What to do if your child has a stuffy nose

  When a child gets sick, parents get very worried. Cold and nasal congestion is a very common pediatric disease, parents must deal with it correctly.  1, the nasal secretions to clean the child’s cold usually nasal congestion, nasal congestion caused by the blockage of nasal secretions, so the first thing to do is to clean the child’s nasal secretions. Because children’s nasal cavity is fragile, it is rich in blood vessels and nerves, so special care should be taken when cleaning it. You can use a fine cotton swab dipped in water to roll out the secretions, if the secretions are thin, available for children special nasal plug cleaner for cleaning.  2, white onion breast milk method If the child is too small to take medicine, you can use the white onion breast milk method for treatment. Squeeze out about 100 ml of breast milk, then cut two sections of white onion and cook together for 3 to 5 minutes. Take it out and feed it to the child with a small spoon can effectively relieve the child’s cold and stuffy nose.  3, hot compress method If the child’s nose does not work, you can use a hot towel on the nose to achieve the purpose of ventilation. Use hot water to dip the towel into the wet, and then put it on the skin of the child’s nose (adjust the temperature to avoid burns) to see if it can relieve the different symptoms of nasal congestion, and generally have a good effect on the baby with a cold.  4.Take medicine If the above methods do not have good effect on relieving children’s cold and nasal congestion we should prepare some medicine for children. Treatment of children’s cold and nasal congestion drugs mainly have pediatric cold granules or pediatric cold and flu Ning and other relief drugs.  Children with cold and nasal congestion, parents must not panic, to choose the right way to deal with, only then the child can recover as soon as possible.