What to do if your child wakes up with an airless nose

Children waking up with an airless nose may be related to colds and chills; it may also be related to adenoid hypertrophy, acute and chronic sinusitis. Treatment should follow the doctor’s instructions for the cause of the drug treatment, surgical treatment.
1. Colds and chills: Children may catch colds and chills during sleep due to factors such as not being properly covered and changes in the weather. The main manifestations are nasal congestion, runny nose, and in severe cases, even sore throat and fever. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to give pediatric aminophenol alkylamine granules, Banlangen and other drugs symptomatic treatment, if the symptoms of nasal congestion is more serious, can be combined with hydroxymetazoline nasal spray treatment.
2. Adenoid hypertrophy, acute and chronic sinusitis: due to the repeated stimulation of inflammation of the upper airway, resulting in pathological hyperplasia of the adenoids, leading to the nose airless, forming a vicious circle. Such cases should be actively used glucocorticoid nasal spray, cefixime and other antibiotic treatment, such as conservative treatment is not effective, it is recommended that surgery to remove the adenoids.
There may be other reasons why a child wakes up with an airless nose, so it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for treatment according to the appropriate examination.