Rhinitis in children is an inflammation of the mucous membrane and submucous tissues of the nasal cavity and can be divided into acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis in terms of the urgency of onset and duration of the disease. In addition to nasal congestion and pus, there may be fever and cough, depression and irritability, as well as otitis media, rhinorrhea and arthralgia, and in older children, headache. So what are the characteristics of rhinitis in children? The following is an introduction to the characteristics of rhinitis in children.
2, children’s sinus sinus mouth is relatively large, the infection is easy to invade the sinus through the sinus mouth.
3, children are prone to nasal foreign body, nasal trauma, and cause secondary infection.
4.Children often dig their noses with their fingers, and the nasal snot stimulates the skin of the nasal vestibule and causes nasal boils and nasal vestibulitis.
5.Children’s body resistance is low and their adaptability to changes in the external environment is poor, making them susceptible to rhinitis, upper respiratory tract infections and acute infectious diseases (influenza, measles, whooping cough, etc.).
6, children who swim or dive in unclean water are susceptible to rhinitis and sinusitis as causative factors.
7, the adjacent organs of the nose, such as the tonsils of the pharynx and adenoid hypertrophy of the nasopharynx and congenital cleft palate and other diseases affecting normal nasal breathing.
8.Children with allergic constitution are prone to allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma, etc.