Why does my baby keep rubbing his nose?

When your baby rubs his nose, pay attention to whether there is any foreign object in his nose. This will cause a certain obstruction to the baby's upper respiratory tract. It is recommended to take your baby to the ENT department of the hospital for examination. Babies who keep rubbing their noses may also develop other respiratory diseases, but many parents lack knowledge in this regard. Let us now explain what is going on when babies keep rubbing their noses.

Babies are prone to rubbing their noses all the time, and are especially prone to otitis media, otitis externa, and external auditory canal furunculosis. The reason why babies are prone to otitis media is mostly because their Eustachian tubes are located horizontally and are relatively wide, straight and short, so when babies suffer from upper respiratory tract infections.

Bacteria or viruses in the nasopharynx can easily invade the middle ear through the Eustachian tube, causing acute suppurative otitis media. If a baby always sleeps on a wet pillow (a baby who sweats a lot will get the pillow wet with sweat; a baby who spits up milk will have milk flow under the ears), it can also cause eczema behind the baby's ears. When suffering from otitis media, the outer opening of the baby's ear canal will be moist due to the discharge of secretions, but it is rare for secretions to flow out of both ears at the same time. Babies often feel throbbing or tingling pain in their ears, which worsens when they suck, swallow, or cough.

Since infants and young children cannot express their ideas, they often show symptoms such as irritability, crying, restless sleep, shaking their heads or rubbing their ears with their hands. Because ear pain is aggravated by sucking and swallowing, babies with otitis media often refuse to breastfeed. When your baby cries or has a fever but you can't find the reason, you should consider whether he has otitis media. When you go to the hospital for treatment, you can also remind the doctor to check it out.

The above is the explanation for babies who always rub their noses. If the nose is blocked, the baby will rub his nose, cough, etc. Do not let the obstruction of the upper respiratory tract affect the development of your baby's body and brain, and do not let the virus transfer to other parts. I hope the above information can help you.