How to distinguish nasal polyps and rhinitis in children

Core tip: Once you find that your child’s nose is not ventilated, running sticky thick snot, and showing symptoms of dizziness and headache, it is recommended to visit the otorhinolaryngology department of a general hospital to avoid snoring or breathing difficulties during sleep, which may affect the child’s intellectual development.

Nasal polyps are common in adults and rarely occur in children in general. Therefore, many children with nasal polyps are difficult to be detected by their parents, and some of them have been treated as chronic rhinitis for three or four years.

Otorhinolaryngologists remind that once a child is found to have an unventilated nose, runny and thick snot, and symptoms of dizziness and headache, it is recommended to visit the otolaryngology department of a general hospital to avoid snoring or breathing difficulties during sleep, which may affect the child’s intellectual development.

Although nasal polyps feel harmless in the short term, they often block the nasal passage, causing breathing difficulties and affecting the sense of smell.

As nasal polyps are closely related to allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinitis and sinusitis, so to prevent nasal polyps, we should actively treat chronic rhinitis and sinusitis to reduce the chances of occurrence.

In early spring, cold and warm air frequently alternate, the level of human resistance is prone to decline resulting in a high incidence of allergic diseases. Multiple factors such as under-dressing and exposure to allergens can lead to an increase in allergy sufferers in spring.