Runny nose in children is generally said to be pathological, and young parents should worry about it in order to provide a basis for doctors’ diagnosis.
1.Clear nasal discharge
It is common in the early stage of cold and flu, mostly accompanied by nasal congestion, sneezing and slight cough. It is also seen in the attack period of allergic rhinitis.
2.Yellow watery nasal mucus
Mostly due to the rupture of cysts, mostly seen in maxillary sinus cysts.
3.Mucus nasal discharge
Mostly for patients with chronic simple rhinitis.
4.Yellow thick rhinorrhea
Mostly seen in sinusitis. If one side of the nose flows yellow thick snot, it is caused by foreign body in the nasal cavity.
5.White bean residue nasal discharge
Mostly seen in case of caseous rhinitis.
6.Green scab-like nasal discharge
Green scab-like secretion is blown out of the nasal cavity, which mostly belongs to atrophic rhinitis.
7.Red nasal mucus
It refers to the nasal discharge with blood or small blood clots, and the nasal discharge is pink in color. Mostly due to nasal trauma, foreign body, vitamin C or K deficiency, etc.
8.Black nasal mucus
It is caused by the inhalation of black dust.
What does it mean when a child has a runny nose for a long time? Some children often have a runny nose, but their parents think it is because their children are often cold and windy, so they take it for granted and do not pay attention to it. Some parents even think that “children are born with a runny nose, so they will be fine when they grow up”. Unbeknownst to them, this kind of long-term runny nose is a kind of pathology, and if it continues for a long time, the child’s health will be damaged.
Many diseases can cause runny nose in children. If children always have runny nose, it means that they must have some local or systemic chronic diseases, such as nasal polyps and respiratory tract infections. If these chronic diseases are not eradicated, the constant runny nose will affect the growth and development of children to varying degrees, making their resistance drop and making them susceptible to various diseases, resulting in more diseases on top of diseases. What’s more, if these chronic diseases are not cured as soon as possible, they may also lead to malignant lesions of tissue cells and tumors.
Therefore, children with chronic runny nose should not be ignored and should go to hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.