Parents are always advised to keep away small objects out of their little one's reach to ensure safety and to prevent them from swallowing or putting the small parts in nose or ears.
Yet injuries related to these small objects remain a serious problem for parents in the country.
A six-year-old boy Isaak Lasson from Lake City was in the news recently for living three years with a Lego piece stuck up inside his nose.
Helping parents to solve the problem, a new study found applying "Mother's kiss" technique safe and effective for taking out small objects struck in nostrils of young children.
Mother's kiss is a technique prevalent from 1960s that help in avoiding more invasive methods like hook or forceps to remove the small objects kids put in their noses.
In the technique, a mother uses her mouth to cover and seal her child's mouth and blocks the clear nostril with her finger and blows into the mouth. Pressure from the breath helps to remove object from the child's nose.
To re-assure the safety of the technique, a team of researchers from UK and Australia looked at eight case studies. Examining the effectiveness of the technique on young children aged one to eight-years-old, the investigators found no adverse events related to the method.
"The mother's kiss appears to be a safe and effective technique for first-line treatment in the removal of a foreign body from the nasal cavity," Dr. Stephanie Cook, Buxted Medical Centre, United Kingdom and coauthors, wrote in a news release. "In addition, it may prevent the need for general anesthesia in some cases."
However, the researchers emphasize the need for conducting further studies to compare different positive-pressure techniques.
Findings of the study have been published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
