The hazards of secondhand smoke to children include increased prevalence of respiratory diseases, hearing loss, and height loss.
1. Increase in the prevalence of respiratory diseases: second-hand smoke can lead to pneumonia, bronchitis incidence rate increases, at the same time, second-hand smoke is also induced by children’s bronchial asthma, allergic cough important risk factors.
2. Impact on hearing: Secondhand smoke may increase the chances of children suffering from otitis media, middle ear effusion, abnormal tympanic membrane tension and other diseases.
3. Impact on height: Secondhand smoke may limit the development of a child’s height, making the child’s average height shorter than that of a normal healthy child.
Secondhand smoke is also harmful to children in other ways. If the child is not feeling well, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment.