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[Information on boosting immunity] Dietary education from the mouth ⑨
[Immune power up information] We will introduce excerpts from past musubi magazines and books published by Seishoku Publishing. The 26th installment will introduce an article on food education from the "Musubi Magazine October 6 issue". (12 times in total). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designed to allow full use of lips and tongue
Nose breathing prevents colds and flu I heard that many children have their mouths open, but why is it wrong to breathe through the mouth? The first is the benefits of nasal breathing. Mr. Okazaki says, "You can think of it as a natural mask that we normally breathe through our nose." There are many capillaries in the nose, and even if the temperature is minus XNUMX degrees Celsius, the cold air inhaled through the nose is warmed by the capillaries to near body temperature before reaching the lungs. In addition, the ciliated cells in the nose play a role in expelling dust and dirt from the air. About XNUMX to XNUMX liters of saliva are secreted a day, and about XNUMX liter of water is also secreted from the nose.This is because the lungs are vulnerable to dryness. Breathing through your humid nose can also help prevent the flu.This is because the influenza virus, which rages in dry winters, is weak against humidity. In this way, nasal breathing is very effective in preventing influenza and colds alone.This means that mouth-breathing children are more susceptible to the flu and colds. However, more and more children are mouth breathing.Could I ask the reason.
Mouth breathing child eats According to Mr. Okazaki, there are three reasons why people open their mouths.
① Lower jaw (tongue) loses gravity (XNUMX) Problems in the otolaryngology area (adenoids = enlarged tonsils, allergies, etc.) (XNUMX) Oral function problems
The third point, which Mr. Okazaki is mainly focused on, is the problem of the development of oral functions. Not all babies can close their lips tightly, even though mouth breathing is bad.That is, "Swallowing saliva, swallowing food, etc. When you get good at swallowing, you will become oblong," says Okazaki. However, in many cases, children who have a mountain-shaped upper lip unique to babies who have a weak closing force, or who have thick lips like cod roe breathe through their mouths. With the mouth open, the gingiva exposed to the outside air may thicken, resulting in mouth-breathing gingivitis. During the lecture, a video was shown of a mouth-breathing five-year-old child eating a banana. The mouth is open so you can see the banana in the mouth.If you think that you are eating with a slurping sound, you will momentarily close your mouth and swallow.And eat again.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshihide Okazaki Born in Osaka in 1952.He graduated from Aichi Gakuin University School of Dentistry.After graduating from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, he has been a lecturer in Pediatric Dentistry at the Okayama Gakuin University Faculty of Dentistry Hospital since 84. In 2013, he took an early retirement from Okayama University and became a visiting professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, National Mongolian Medical University.His specialties are pediatric dentistry, dentistry for disabled children, and health education.His publications include “30 years old in 107 bites of Kamikami Health Science” (Shonen Shashin Shimbunsha) and “Food Education Wonderland Seen by a Cam-Cam Encyclopedia Dentist” (Higashiyama Shobo).
