There is no way to alleviate the symptoms of running watery nose in babies with one trick; the causative factors should be clarified and different treatments should be taken.
Common causes of running watery nose in babies include physiological causes, upper respiratory tract infections, allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps and so on.
1. Physiological reasons: when the nasal mucosa is stimulated by the cold air, or tearing and other conditions, the nasal cavity will flow out of the clear water nasal mucus. At this time, you can take measures to avoid contact with cold air and reduce tearing to reduce nasal discharge.
2. Upper respiratory tract infections: the pathogens that cause infections are viruses and bacteria, bacterial infections, sensitive antibiotics can be used, such as, for example, cefixime, etc.; viral infections generally do not use antiviral drugs, supportive treatment is not effective or when the infection is serious, antiviral drugs such as ribavirin can be used to alleviate the symptoms.
3. Allergic rhinitis: patients may be accompanied by running watery nose, sneezing, itchy nose, can be perennial attacks, or contact attacks. Try to avoid contact with allergens, you can take oral antihistamines such as loratadine.
4. Nasal polyps: a kind of benign hyperplasia of nasal or sinus mucosal tissue, serious cases can take the way of surgical resection.
There are many reasons for the baby’s watery nose, should be timely consultation, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the diagnosis, with the treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor to avoid unnecessary harm caused by incorrect use.