Does your child suffer from respiratory problems allergies ....?
May be caused by it being a mouth breather.
Introducing NASAL BREATHING from birth, with lip sealing at rest and with the tongue positioned on the palate both during swallowing and at rest is of vital importance.
Why? We reproduce a comment from Dr. Wilson Aragão about how important it is for the general health of a child, and of any person, to have a NASAL BREATHING instead of an oral breathing: during nasal breathing, the air that goes to the lungs through the nostrils is increased by the tear fluid, which contains more than 94 chemical elements. When it reaches the lungs, important metabolic changes occur, responsible for the production of autoimmune elements that give increased resistance to allergies.
When a person uses the mouth instead of the nose to breathe, tear fluid drips out of the nostrils, disturbing the mucosa and causing rhinitis. And because expiration is not nasal, secretions accumulate in the sinuses.
This environment, without the natural cleanliness of proper breathing, provides conditions conducive to the development of bacteria and thus infections that cause sinusitis, otitis and mastoidites. When breathed in through the mouth, the air is not humidified, filtered and is not temperature stabilised. This irritates bronchi and bronchioles, providing the onset of bronchitis and bronchial asthma.
When a person breathes through the mouth, he cannot chew bilaterally, i.e. alternating the sides of the dental registers, because he has to give space for air to enter while feeding. Result: his chewing becomes unilateral. Unilateral chewing causes the muscles of the neck, shoulder girdle (scapula and clavicle) and nape of the neck to become hypertrophied and shortened. This causes elevation of the shoulder on the same side as the chewing, causing a cascade effect.
The result over the years: postural deviation, leading to scoliosis. With hypertrophied muscles on one side only, the head undergoes improper rotation affecting the bones of the whole head. This misalignment leads to compression of craniocerebral nerves, causing headaches and chronic migraines.
A child with mouth breathing is often mislabelled. If you suspect that your child may be a mouth breather, do not hesitate to contact us and we will advise you on the most appropriate treatment to follow.
