Children’s ear protection guide for parents

Children’s ear protection guide

Parents often choose to take their children out for travel during the holidays, but on the plane, they often encounter such things as the noisy baby, or the adjacent children always quarrel with their ears. Does everyone have such a terrible experience? In the plane and high-speed rail, it is a serious challenge to keep the baby quiet. One of the most common, is the baby ear pain and noise. Don’t rush to label them as “bear children”. In fact, when children are flying, some noises, seats, dry air, small space As well as take-off and landing may cause baby ear pain!

Why does the ear ache when flying?

This is because the atmospheric pressure is usually stable in the daily land environment, and the tympanic membrane is in a relaxed state when the atmospheric pressure in the middle ear is the same as that in the outside. When the plane rises and lands, the car passes through the cave, and the car suddenly closes the door, the external pressure of the ear decreases and the atmospheric pressure decreases, that is to say, the atmospheric pressure outside our middle ear has decreased, while the atmospheric pressure inside the middle ear is still normal, the internal pressure is greater than the external pressure, and the tympanic membrane protrudes outwards. When the aircraft is descending, the opposite is true. The atmospheric pressure increases slowly, the atmospheric pressure outside the middle ear increases slowly, the atmospheric pressure inside the middle ear is smaller, the inner pressure is smaller than the outer pressure, and the tympanic membrane is concave inward. At this time, the ear will feel pain, and when it is serious, it will crush the tympanic membrane.

Each person’s physical conditions are different, and their response to air pressure is different, so some people may not feel it, some may feel it strongly, and even need medical treatment.

For children, because the eustachian tube of children has not developed well, the tympanic membrane is thinner than that of adults, the pressure that can be borne is much smaller, and it is more likely to cause discomfort. Of course, it can be quite difficult to command a crying baby or angry baby to stop crying and keep calm!

Therefore, during the flight, parents should pay special attention to the take-off and landing time of the aircraft, take correct and effective measures to let the baby open the eustachian tube, reduce the discomfort and prevent the occurrence of aero otitis media.

Tips: the following methods can help relieve the pain in children’s ears

01. When the aircraft takes off and lands, let the child eat breast milk or feed him with a bottle, or let the baby hold a pacifier, let the child continue to swallow. Sucking and swallowing can make the eustachian tube expand, keep the pressure balance inside and outside the tympanic membrane, and reduce the pressure inside the ear lobe, so as to avoid the child’s ears from suffering and crying. If you are not ready for anything, what can you do? You can use your fingers, just let your baby suck and swallow, which can greatly reduce this situation.

02. For older children, parents can teach them to achieve pressure balance by chewing gum, eating, drinking, yawning, etc.

03. Try not to let the child sleep at this stage, because the possibility of tympanic membrane injury is greatly increased during sleep, so the child should be awakened from sleep when taking off or landing.

At the same time, don’t forget to ask the crew for advice. They can help your child to relieve the pain.

04. In addition, does your child have a cold? You’d better not fly when you have a cold. Because the eustachian tube is also easy to be blocked during the cold period, which leads to the imbalance of internal and external pressure in the middle ear. At this time, flying on the plane will cause tympanic membrane damage or middle ear effusion. It is recommended to postpone the flight or travel plan.

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