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| Make spring cleaning "green" cleaning |
If you have a child with asthma, you know that smells from harsh cleaning products, and dust and pollen
coming in through open windows can make spring cleaning a challenge.
Belinda Huffman, pulmonary health and diagnostic coordinator at Dayton Children’s, has a lot of
experience helping children with asthma and their families swing into spring more easily.
“Controlling asthma triggers in the home is one way to control asthma attacks,” Huffman says.
Four “green” cleaning tips
- Use your nose. Choose cleaning products without strong or harsh scents. Always follow instructions on these products. Also, try to use
as few products as possible. - Read labels. Avoid products marked “danger”
or “poison.” Limit your use of products marked “caution” or “warning.” Try not to use aerosol sprays. - Look for “green” products. Some of these are certified by an independent organization such as GreenSeal. Just because something has a natural-sounding name, doesn’t mean it’s safe.
- Make your own cleaning products. Simple and inexpensive ingredients such as vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, salt, soap and water are very effective cleaners.
| Dayton Children’s joins Kohl’s Department Stores to bring you these and other child health and safety tips. For more green cleaning tips, controlling children’s asthma attacks and using controller medicines, click HERE. |
HealthBeat
| When a tooth gets loose |
A loose tooth? No big deal if you’re talking about primary or “baby” teeth. But when permanent teeth get knocked out or loosened in an accident, you need to pay attention. Here are three common dental traumas and advice on how they should be handled from Dayton Children’s pediatric dentists.
Avulsed (knocked out) tooth
Immediately put the tooth back into the socket. Next call your child’s dentist to stabilize the tooth and do any nerve therapy if needed. If the tooth is out of the mouth longer than 60 minutes or if the root of the tooth was dry when replanted, long-term survival of the tooth is poor.
Displaced tooth
This is a tooth that is out of alignment. Put the tooth back to its original position immediately. Call your child’s dentist to align and stabilize the tooth.
Cracked crowns
Find the missing piece and have your child’s dentist rebond the fragment to the tooth. If the missing piece is not found, the dentist will reconstruct the missing part with white filling material.
Prevention is the best strategy when it comes to your child’s teeth. Protecting children from facial injuries when playing sports is important. The American Association of Orthodontists recommends mouth guards be worn for contact sports such as baseball, football, soccer, basketball, wrestling, softball, ice and field hockey, volleyball and lacrosse. Mouth guards can help prevent jaw, mouth and dental injuries and are less costly than repairing the injury.
| ATV injuries to children growing |
Injuries from
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are increasing, especially among children. Safe Kids Greater Dayton, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) warn parents that no child younger than 16 years should operate an ATV of any size – including youth-sized ATVs.
“ATVs are difficult to operate and children do not have the emotional maturity and physical skills to drive or ride these vehicles safely,” says Lisa Schwing, trauma nurse coordinator at Dayton Children’s, and a member of Safe Kids Greater Dayton.
Although children make up just 15 percent of ATV riders, they account for 27-40 percent of the 150,000 ATV injuries reported each year. They also comprise 28 percent of deaths from ATVs.
Rollovers, collisions and ejections involving ATVs can cause instant fatal head injuries as well as serious nonfatal injuries to the head, spinal cord and abdomen.
“We know that many families use ATVs for recreation and farm work and may not want to hear that children
under 16 should not operate ATVs. Unfortunately, previous efforts to make ATVs safer for kids have not
kept kids out of the emergency department. We believe there is no way to make ATV riding safe for
children,” Schwing says.
| Table of Contents |
Kohl's A Minute for Kids
Make spring cleaning "green" cleaning
Health Beat
When a tooth
gets loose
ATV injuries to children growing
Dayton Children's - Just right for the community
Dayton Children's Focus
Endocrinology team at Dayton Children's - Warren County
Convenient care for chronic conditions
About endocrinology and Dayton Children's care team
Dayton Children's speech and audiology services
Speech and audiology services available at Springboro location
Lima clinics move to new location
New anesthesiologist joins surgery staff
Stay connected with Dayton Children's
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