How to Remove Objects from the Nose
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Raisins and rocks, seed, bead, bells and buttons: all of these objects will fit in a small child's nose.
How do I know?
Personal experience.
Lots of it.
Yes, I was a child, who shoved things up my nose.
My children too, are prone to stuffing objects up their noses.
Even the children I had in day care seemed to have the nose shoving gene.
Some children will tell you when something is stuck; but, others prefer to ignore the problem. These are the ones you really have to be ware of.
Some signs of an object stuck in the nose are:
- Difficulty breathing.
- Funny sounds out of the nose.
- Swelling of the nose, particularly on one side.
- Blood trickling out of the nose.
- A bulge high up on the nostril. The bulge may be soft or hard, depending on the object.
Did you know a bean in the nose will sprout?
What is a parent or caregiver to do, if an object is found to be lodged in the nose?
How to Remove Objects from the Nose
1. Have the child try and blow their nose, while pinching the unaffected nostril closed.
2. If you can see the object, but it can not be blown out by the child, try grabbing it with tweezers and gently pulling it out.
3. If the object can Not be seen, and the child's blowing is not working, blow it out your self.
This option is similar to preforming CPR. You will want to place a Kleenex between the child's nose and your face, then pinching the child's unaffected nostril shut, blow into the child's mouth gently.
You may have to blow several times, but with a little persistence, the object will come out.
Beads and other things with holes in them are the hardest to get out, as the holes allow air to pass through them, but once there is a build up of snot, the object will come out.
Beans, raisins, and the like have a tendency to swell in the nose, making prompt removal very important.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Copyright (c) Christa Dovel 2009
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I don't KNOW how many fit up there... As I recall, SOMEONE insisted on getting them out before I was done experimenting!
Plain ole curiosity drew me in..Now I can help my husband when he is experimenting with things up his nose...LOL
This was not only informative but amusing! :) I was a daycare provider for 15 years and have two children of my own...I am all too familiar with this topic! LOL. Thanks for this terrific post.
Meggin: Glad to be of assistance!
Mschattie: Thank You! I think it is something almost every parent will have to deal with at some point, and I would like to save a few of them a trip to the ER. :D
It's about time that somebody hubs about this! Bookmarked - it might come in handy! :D
Thanks Chris! So glad to know that this will not make it in to your next 'Hate it' hub. :D
This is a pretty amazing hub! I was never a child adventurous enough to stick things up my nose so I don't have any personal experience, but I can only imagine how stressful it is for a parent or teacher the first time they experience this happening to a child. All 'my children' are Korean, and old enough to know better, but I'll be definately be keeping this advice in mind if it ever happens. I didn't know that you could blow it out yourself. That must be a very useful tactic... :)
You've been fortunate Laura! While not all of my children have experimented with such, it has saved me many trips to the ER.
My son has stuck more things in his nose, then one can imagine I believed at one point it was a nose to bead and bug fetish. Yes he even stuck a bug up there on a dare,lololo thank god for tweezers and the certainly do work miracles, great advice. :)
Isn't it funny the things kids do while discovering themselves? Everything goes in the mouth, then nose and ears, then other kid's ears and noses and mouths,...no wonder parents lose their minds!
AEvans: LOL! Bugs up the nose? Thank goodness I've never had to deal with that one. :)
mamahops: Kids are great! There is nothing they don't think of, or so it seems. When did I become so boring, as to not even wonder how many beads would fit in my nose, or how a cherry pit feels in the ear? Gotta love them.
Seriously? You can perform nostril CPR? How desperate do you have to be to figure that one out. Awesome hub, Christa Dovel, I'm bookmarking it in case I ever need to use any of these techniques.
My dear dad was the one desperate enough to figure it out. Long drives to the ER don't make for a fun evening. :)
This has been my first serious laugh of the day. Thanks.
Fortunately, I haven't needed any of this advice...yet. Both of my children have been caught before any objects actually lodge in the nose. :-)
Glad you enjoyed it Joy! Thanks for stopping by, and you are fortunate. :)
This hub is a must read for new parents and I can tell you this from my personal experience lol. I shoved a marble up my nose once when I was kid and fortunately for me, I told my mom right away. She took me to the hospital and the procedure was really simple, a thin and long vacuum thingy was all that the good doctor needed to pop that marble out of my nose. I was one of the lucky ones though, because I’ve heard of some horrible stories about children ignoring the problem and paying dearly for it. This is a wonderful hub, a really nice job indeed.
Your right, it can be a very serious problem. Things can rot in the nose and seeds sprout quite well there. I have head of more than one parent who's first clue to the problem was a root growing out of the kids nose. Luckily they grow down!
Nice hub... thanks for sharing..Additional tips: You can also put a towel warmer in the area around the nose, so that objects can melt.telusuri
Hsofyan, thanks for reading and commenting! I could see that work if for something like chocolate... but I would be afraid of burning the child. Have you used a towel warmer to melt objects from the nose?
Oh dear. Your hub reminded me of a humiliating childhood moment when I had tried to wad enough tissue up my nose to keep it from running... It got stuck, and I was too scared to tell my parents. It all came out rather spectacularly at dinner that night ... onto my plate ... in public... in a restaurant with relatives.
LOL! That is too funny. Though I can see how humiliating it would have been! :D
How to Remove Objects from the Nose....... What is really great about that...... my 2 year old son does that....... it is called nose picking ! LOL !
Free4india: If you had read the article, you would know that it is about what to do when picking won't work. Hope nothing serious gets stuck up your toddler's nose.
my 2.75 yr old just sneezed out a peanut that's been lodged in his nose for 13 days. he put said peanut in his nose while i was out of town. husband thought it had come out and (despite my suggesting) never took him to the doctor. apparently, it did not. i'm so glad this ended well. what a crazy ordeal.
Amy, I'm glad that turned out well for you!
Amusing and so true. My oldest daughter was the worst about this. This could still come in very useful for my youngest.
Farmerboy says:
7 months ago
"How do I know? Personal experience...Beads ... with holes in them are the hardest to get out, as the holes allow air to pass through them, but once there is a build up of snot, the object will come out."
but how many will fit up there? Especially the little gold ones, from the old necklace in the old dresser?