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How To Correct Habitual Breathing Through Mouth In A Child?

My son will be 4 in April, and he constantly breathes through his mouth. He is a normal, healthy, active little boy. The only time I notice he truly can not breath through his nose is when he is eating. He has to stop to breath, between chewing, swallowing, and eating again. When he gets head colds ( typically in the winter months), he is able to blow his nose and clear mucus. However, now that I think about it, and from watching him over the past couple of weeks specifically looking for breathing, he does not breath through his nose at all. When I model for him, he tries and has no clue how to do it! Thoughts??
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Your son seems to be suffering from chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis due to some sort of allergy. I could help you with medicinal prescriptions, however, if these fail to work then surgical intervention might be the answer as DNS is also a possibility.
Try Steam inhalation with benzoine(in severe conditions few drops of pediatric nasal decongestant can be added) twice a day and give anti histamines for 5-10 days.
Also spotting the allergen is important.
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How To Correct Habitual Breathing Through Mouth In A Child?

Your son seems to be suffering from chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis due to some sort of allergy. I could help you with medicinal prescriptions, however, if these fail to work then surgical intervention might be the answer as DNS is also a possibility. Try Steam inhalation with benzoine(in severe conditions few drops of pediatric nasal decongestant can be added) twice a day and give anti histamines for 5-10 days. Also spotting the allergen is important.