09.02.2014

Winter is coming. The temperature gradually drops below zero. Thousands of large fluffy flakes are falling from the sky, slowly spinning, and the children, with a noisy squeal, run out to frolic in the street. But it is here that danger awaits the children - very curious children tend to check everything and experience it for themselves. So, for example, in winter there is a great temptation to lick the ice, enjoy the snow, or check whether the tongue can really freeze to a pole or any other metal surface.

To reduce the likelihood of such an incident, try to explain to your child in an accessible way why it is impossible to put your tongue to the glands in the cold and grab them with your bare hands. Talk about the dire consequences, but do not exaggerate too much so as not to shock the child.

Well and, what to do if the tongue is frozen to the post? To begin with, do not panic and make sure that your child does not try to tear off the frozen tongue (or lips) by force. Otherwise, delicate skin can be damaged and germs can get into the wound.

What will help if the tongue is frozen to the metal?

First: warm liquid (not boiling water!). It is necessary to pour warm water on the sticking site, and the resulting wound must be shown to the doctor.

Second: frequent breathing at the junction of the tongue and metal. If there are people nearby, you can ask them for help. The more people can be involved, the faster the "prisoner" will be freed from the icy shackles.

Third: a lighter or a large number of matches that need to slowly heat up the metal (the main thing is not to bring the fire close to the tongue / body and do not set fire to the victim's clothing items).

In the worst case, if you find yourself in a wasteland, and there are no settlements nearby and mobile communications do not work, you can use urine.

Licked the handle of a swing or door in the cold, do not panic. This situation is common and frequent. The moisture of the tongue, when touched with cold metal, turns into "ice" and makes the child stand motionless next to an icy object to which his tongue has stuck - a swing, a slide, a doorknob, a pipe, etc. This situation always causes controversy regarding first aid.

There are three ways to release the child sticking tongue to iron:

1. tear off tongue. If the child finds himself in such a situation that there are no adults nearby and there is no one to wait for help, you should not stand in the cold for a long time and shed tears. Explain in advance to a child who likes to play on frosty days outside that if he accidentally finds himself in such a painful situation, you must quickly tear off the stuck tongue from the iron. He can do it himself, without the help of adults.

Certainly, mucosa of the tongue in a child will be damaged, but the wound is usually small in such situations and heals within 3-7 days. To avoid infection, rinse your child's tongue with water and lubricate it with an anti-inflammatory ointment. If the bleeding does not stop, moisten a swab with hydrogen peroxide and place it on your tongue. During the time until the mucous membrane of the tongue heals, give the child only grated, non-hot food. If after 7 days there is no positive dynamics in the healing of the tongue or even worse, it began to darken - consult a doctor.

Task parents convey to your son or daughter that while walking on frosty days, you need to make sure that open parts of the body do not freeze - the face, ears and hands. And yet, you can’t take off mittens in the cold and touch iron objects with your tongue - “sticking” is possible.

Children like winter, because at this time of the year you can go sledding, skiing, skating, playing snowballs, making a snowman, and just wallowing in the snow. Prohibitions and moralizing in the case of children who are passionate about the game often do not work. Therefore, so that the child does not stick his tongue to a metal object, it is recommended to conduct such an experiment: go for a walk with the child, take a spoon and a thermos of warm water with you. Then let the spoon freeze in the cold and ask the child to touch it with the tongue. When the clutch occurs, pour the child's tongue with warm water brought in advance. Children remember such experiments for life and try not to repeat them again.

2. Warm up the iron. A more correct and painless solution to rescue a child whose tongue is stuck to a metal object is to warm the iron. This can be done by breathing or warm water. The heat in the breath is enough to help the tongue thaw. Explain to the child that he is already big and how to breathe on a piece of iron so that the tongue thaws. If the baby is still small, then you will have to "breathe" him from a metal object. As soon as the tongue begins to come off, take the baby away from the metal.

release child from "captivity" you can also water the stuck tongue with warm water if you have a thermos with warm water with you or have the patience to wait for someone to take it out of the house at your request. Agree, waiting for such help is unrealistic in a situation where it is cold outside and an upset child is standing still.

3. Get into a warm room faster. If the baby sticks his tongue to the sled or metal toy, then the easiest way in this situation is to lift the baby along with the object in his arms and quickly go to the nearest warm room. In this case, you do not need to do anything, but you just need to wait a bit and the tongue will come off by itself. The disadvantage of this method is that with a cold toy on the tongue you can go into a warm room and warm up, but it will not work with a swing or a slide.

Today you can meet on the internet a lot of bad advice on how to help a child if his tongue is stuck to the metal. For example, some advise to urinate on the sticking site or heat the metal with a lighter. Using such methods, you will not only not be able to warm up the right place, but there is also a high probability of injuring the child and scaring the victim even more.

And finally, want to remind parents that the dangers that await while walking on the street are not a reason for a child to stay at home in frosty weather. You need to dress warmly and go outside. Walking in the cold is much more beneficial than in hot summer weather. In winter, the concentration of oxygen in the air is 30% higher compared to the hot air of the summer heat. Therefore, children who often walk outside on frosty days get sick less and sleep better.

For so that the child's body got the most out of winter walks in the cold, adhere to the following rules:
- do not go for a walk if the humidity is too high. You should not expect a beneficial effect from walking in cold, damp weather.
- do not allow the child to walk outside for a long time if the air temperature is -20 ° C and below.

Why did you freeze your tongue? The curiosity of children sometimes transcends all boundaries. In winter, the child usually wears a lot of uncomfortable clothes. Incorrectly constrain the movement of their bodies, restrain the stormy children's energy. Then the eyes or thoughts begin to "run" quickly. Do not let the baby indulge, distract from bad thoughts with useful activities. and get the most out of it, is written in another article.

If a metal object comes into view, which stands out favorably from the snow-covered landscape, then I really want to touch it at least with my tongue in order to understand how it differs from other objects.

Understanding comes instantly. The tongue painfully freezes to the iron and does not allow to speak. Surely some adults remember this feeling. It is not forgotten. The child begins to scream, despite the fact that his tongue is frozen. It is immediately clear that this is the reason for his cries.

Need urgent first aid

1. Warm up the iron. If the tongue is frozen not far from home, you can quickly take out warm water and pour it on the metal. In the absence of such an opportunity, you will have to warm the iron with your own breath.
2. Raise the ambient temperature. This is the case if the tongue is frozen to a small metal object that can be carried along with the child. Any warm room will do.
3. Tear off the frozen tongue from the metal surface. I do not recommend this method because it is very painful. In addition, a bleeding wound remains on the tongue. One day, a worried neighbor came to me for hydrogen peroxide to treat the bloody surface of his daughter's tongue. The determined dad did not know what to do when it happened. He did not come up with anything better than to tear off his beloved child from iron, leaving a deep mark in the memory of the baby.

In order not to take it to extremes, it is better for parents to know the first two first aid methods if the tongue is frozen.

And then an unpleasant thing happened, the child licked the iron in the cold. No, no, don't take it off. Let's start our conversation with what not to do if the tongue sticks to the iron in the cold:

• do not Cry. A scream can frighten the child even more and provoke a sharp movement, and the mucous membrane of the adhered tongue or lips will be damaged;
• do not tear the child off the ice surface by force;
• do not use a lighter to warm iron. First, it can be intimidating. Secondly, you can burn the child's face. Thirdly, it is inefficient, since it will not work to heat the metal in the right place to the optimum temperature;
• do not water the frozen place with urine, as some extreme people recommend.

What to take with you for a walk in the cold season?

1. Spare gloves or mittens for yourself and your child.
2. Thermos with warm tea. Again, for myself and the child.
3. Napkins.
4. Fat cream for baby, protecting from frost.

What to do if the tongue is frozen to the iron in winter?

So, your baby licked the iron in the cold. You are confused, he is scared.

The algorithm of your actions should include several consecutive steps:

1. Reassure the child. Explain that there are troubles and you are not angry.
2. Ask the child to breathe by directing the air onto the metal. Try to breathe in the same way. Perhaps the warm breath will melt the ice, and you can free the baby.
3. You can try to warm the metal with your hands.
4. If you or other moms have water (not necessarily warm), pour it between the stuck tongue and the iron.
5. If there is no water and people nearby, try to melt the snow (unhygienic, but better than tearing it off by force).

How can such a situation be prevented?

There are also “preventive” measures that can be used to prevent metal licking in the cold:

1. Give your child an experiment. Take a clean metal object (spoon, buckle) from home. Let it cool in the cold and offer to lick it with your tongue to make it stick. Since the item is small, it will easily warm up, and it will be possible to go home with it.
2. Or another option. Let the child take hold of a cold object with his hand so that he feels sticking with his hand. Explain that peeling off the tongue and lips will be even more difficult.

What to do upon returning home?

But still it happened that the baby twitched and damaged the delicate mucous membrane of the tongue. How to treat such a wound? What can you do to help your child at home:

• you came home. The child cries, blood flows from the tongue or lips. Wash your hands first, take either a bandage or sterile wipes. Give the child and try to persuade him to press the napkin to the wound and hold it with his hand. If the child is small or, most likely, afraid of even more pain, blot the blood yourself.
• see what you have from antiseptics, treat the wound (Miramistin, Chlorhexidine);
• within a few days after the injury, the tongue will swell and hurt, which means that it is necessary to give the child mild mashed food, rinse the mouth with chamomile decoction, saline, soda solution;
• it is possible to use children's sprays for the treatment of the throat. They need to be sprayed on the wound.

If discharge appears from the wound or the mucous membrane darkens, a doctor's consultation is necessary.

When winter comes, don't be stingy with your time. Explain safety rules to your child. You are a mother, and he will listen to you sooner than anyone else. After all, if the child’s tongue is already frozen, it’s too late to explain.

Happy winter walks!

Hello dear readers of my blog! Today, while walking with one of the twins, we encountered a terrible situation: a child at the age of 7 stuck his tongue to the swing. I, as an adult lady, had to immediately provide first aid to the victim. Instead, I'm petrified. What to do in such a situation?

Since the beginning of 2017, I have been constantly thinking about this problem. However, instead of looking on the Internet, I came up with other topics for writing posts, doing creative work with children, preparing January delicacies, meeting guests, etc. After all, January was created for family holidays. But it was not there.

As I remember now, on January 4, somewhere in the afternoon, meeting my sister with her husband and baby, I slightly stuck my wet hand to a metal door (it happened in a country house). It wasn't hard to peel off. However, it was then that the question arose in my head: what to do if the tongue stuck to the metal in the cold?

I asked myself a question, but there was no answer. Mother laziness played a cruel joke on me. Today, however, I witnessed the "terrible acquaintance" of language with iron. Not for nothing they say thought is material. The moisture of the tongue, when in contact with cold metal, turns into ice - hence the "clutch".

Thank you very much to the man who passed by. We both rushed to the rescue of the frightened boy. I calmed down mentally as best I could, our savior (without him I would not have coped) “unstuck” the tongue from the piece of iron.

Instructions for saving the language

For the first time in my life I am writing an article based on the words of the hero of a children's walk. The Internet slightly corrected the acquired knowledge.

I am a journalist by education and I had to take a lot of interviews and often. However, I did not succeed in doing articles so quickly. This incident happened around 15.00 Moscow time. It took me 30 minutes to write this post.

So let's get down to the detailed operation to save languages:

If this problem touched my children, I would panic. However, this should by no means be allowed. “Calmness, only calmness” - as Carlson bequeathed, a man in the prime of life (every day we read Astred Lindgren with children, so the quotes ask for a blank sheet).

There are enough advisers in our life. However, not all of them are competent in this matter and can cause unnecessary problems with their comments. For example, there are people on the Internet who advise warming up a piece of iron with a lighter. Are you a spectacle? You bring fire to your child's face - a terrible picture, isn't it?

Elderly people can advise the old way: to pee. This is a kind of analogue of warm water. However, for aesthetic reasons, this method can only be applied in extreme cases.

Someone is still advised to tear off the tongue. By principle, it hurts better, but quickly. Only how then to treat the crippled tongue, they do not know. So the choice is yours.

How to treat the victim?

There are cases when the child himself is nevertheless freed from the piece of iron, while causing serious injuries to the tongue. In this case, you must immediately go home. DO NOT apply snow or ice to the tongue, as it can cause an infection.

At home, you need to rinse your mouth with warm water and apply cotton wool with hydrogen peroxide to the tongue (by the way, I recently cured my wisdom tooth with peroxide, but more on that next time). If the bleeding still does not stop, you need to urgently call an ambulance. You can't do without specialists.

During the next week, the child should be fed pureed food and make sure that the food is not hot. If a few days after the incident, the tongue still does not heal and begins to darken - urgently see a doctor.

How to prevent language familiarity with metal?

Children are all different and when you say to someone - NO! - he immediately goes to do it is impossible. Some sites advise to visually show children how the bonding of language and metal occurs.

To do this, they take the spoon out into the cold, then bring it home and ask the child to lick it. After the “coupling”, the child is freed from the spoon with warm water and explained to him that it is impossible to do this on the street with a swing. Would you dare to experiment with your child?

I doubt my 2.4 year old twins will understand this experiment. Today Andryushka was frightened at the sight of a child in an embrace with a piece of iron. Will he remember such an example - the future will show! However, the second twin did not see this, and given his stubbornness and curiosity, everything is still ahead of us.

I told you about this story and it became easier! I hope my post will help someone become a little wiser. I certainly now know how to act in such situations. The main thing is to warm the poor curious child without panic with the help of breathing or warm water.

That's all, my dear listeners! On the one hand, today was a scary, but informative day. I look forward to your comments and reposts. See you soon!

Always yours, Anna Tikhomirova