Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-08-17
Breathing Through the Mouth

Breathing Through the Mouth
Is Not the Right Way
When the air is taken through the
mouth much dust and many more
germs are taken into the body than
when the air is taken through the
nose.
Adenoids and Earache
Children with adenoids often have
earache. Notice If your child COM
plains of earache. Whether a little
matter does not come from the ear.
Does he hear we'll? Don't always
blame him if he is slow-perhaps he
is deaf. Ear ache often means that
the child has adenoids. Adenoids
should be removed. Ear ache always
means that the child is in danger of
getting deaf. Ear ache always means
that the child is in danger of getting
running ear. A running ear is al
ways dangerous, for the child may
get brain fever from it. A running
ear should always be treated by an
ear doctor; it will not get well with
out good care. 1t may make the child
deaf.
Ii is Hard for Children with
Adenoids to Learn
Children with adenoids do not
feel we'll. They are often scOlded for
being slow in learning their lessons
when they cannot see or hear proper
ly. They cannot smell because their
noses are stuffed up. They are some
times suffering from pains in the
joints; from beginning heart disease
or from enlarged glands. They are
unable to learn or work because their
bodies are slowly being poisoned by
the germs in the large tonsils and
adenoids and the germs about decay
ed or dirty teeth. The germs from
dirty teeth, adenoids and diseased
tonsils are carried into the stomach
with food and drink, and may also be
carried to the lungs, and may cause
stomach, bowel or lung disease.
Easier for Child with Large TOnsils
and AdenOids to Catch" disease
A child with crooked, decayed
teeth and diseased tonsils and ade-
noids has a much greater chance of
getting dihthiera, scarlet fever, meas
les and whooping cough. When such
a child gets any of these diseases, it
has the disease a great deal harder
than a child which has had it's tom
sils and adenoids taken out. Large
tonsils and adenoids make good
places for disease germs to grow in,
and, therefore, a sick child does not
get we'll of the disease as soon as a
healthy child. The sick child with
large tonsils and adenoids has much
more catarrh in the nose and throat
than healthy child. The glands in
the neck and other parts of the body
have to enlarge to help carry off the
poison when the disease is severe. If
your child is sick be very careful to
see that it's mouth is kept clean so
that dangerous germs may not be
carried in to the body.
How to Tell When "a Child Has
Adenoids and Large Tonsils
If the child takes cold easily and
has sore throat often, or if it COM
plains of ear ache; or if it is hard for
it to breathe through its nose, the
tonsils and adenoids should be taken
out at once-no matter what the
child's age. Don't wait, thinking
they will get better. 1t is dangerous!
For the child may lose its hearing in
twenty-four hours and never get it
back.
The Best Time to Have
Them Removed
Tonsils and adenoids can be re-
moved at any time of the year-the
child will not catch cold" Most of
the harm done by tonsils and ade-
noids is done during the first six or
eight years of the child's life. Be
very watchful for the danger signals,
mouth breathing and ear ache.