In autumn, the difference between day and night temperatures, babies are prone to nasal congestion, runny nose or cold and other symptoms, nasal congestion in small babies, and even affect the baby’s milk in serious cases, mainly because the nasal mucosa of small babies are more sensitive to cold air and outside allergens, plus 2 months of age or less, the baby simply breathing with the mouth is not very coordinated, nasal congestion up more serious. Long-term nasal congestion causes snoring during sleep, which will affect the normal development of the baby. So how to solve the baby’s nasal congestion?
Baby nasal congestion is generally divided into physiological nasal congestion and pathological nasal congestion: physiological nasal congestion is due to a variety of reasons caused by the obstruction of nasal ventilation, but not caused by disease. This is because the nasal cavity of babies is narrower, the nasal hairs are sparse, the mucous membrane is tender, and the blood vessels and lymphatic tissues are richer than those of adults, so once they encounter cold air, they are prone to congestion, edema, and increased nasal secretions, resulting in nasal congestion.
Pathological nasal congestion is caused by pathological factors, and this kind of nasal congestion will last longer and is accompanied by cold symptoms such as nasal discharge, sneezing and headache. Among them, if there are cold symptoms along with nasal congestion, it may be nasal congestion caused by acute and chronic rhinitis and sinusitis; when accompanied by sneezing and nasal itching, it may be nasal congestion caused by allergic rhinitis; when accompanied by reflex headache and nasal bleeding, it may be nasal congestion caused by deviated septum.
Nasal congestion is a big problem for babies that cannot be ignored because it not only affects their sleep quality, but also may trigger their sleep snoring.
So what can you do to make your baby breathe well?
1, if the acute nasal congestion caused by cold, to keep the baby warm in time, you can raise the room temperature or add clothes to the child can help to clear the nose.
2, baby nasal congestion, may cry, then you can hold the baby upright, sleep and take the side position, can reduce nasal congestion.
3, timely removal of dry crust in the baby’s nasal cavity, if the secretions become hard, use warm water or ointment to make it soft, and then remove.
4.Saline can be used to nebulize or rinse the nose. If it still can’t be relieved, especially if there is still persistent nasal congestion, you can use anti-allergy medicine. However, these have to be chosen according to the age of the baby, so it should be done under the guidance of the doctor.
5, rhinitis, sinusitis and other causes of nasal congestion to go to the hospital in a timely manner, according to the doctor’s recommendations to use spray or drug treatment.
6, nasal congestion caused by tonsils, adenoids hypertrophy, also go to the hospital, the doctor will decide whether to surgically remove tonsils, adenoids according to the condition.