Puffing at night in 8-year-old children can be seen in physiological phenomena, rhinitis, sinusitis and other diseases, depending on the cause of the disease can be treated with sea saline nasal spray, medication and other treatments.
1. Physiological phenomenon: 8-year-old children sleeping at night indoor environment temperature is not suitable or dry, there may be nasal discomfort, heavy breathing and other manifestations, parents can be described as “breathing huffing and puffing”, for such children can be appropriate to regulate the indoor temperature and humidity, and at the same time can be used to improve the symptoms of physiological sea saline local point nose.
2. Rhinitis, sinusitis: children may have repeated nasal congestion, runny nose, affecting breathing, the above phenomenon, such children if you consider the bacterial infection can be amoxicillin clavulanate potassium anti-infective treatment as prescribed by the doctor, such as the consideration of allergic factors can be used mometasone furoate topical nasal spray, to reduce the symptoms of nasal mucosal edema.
3. Acute upper respiratory tract infection: this kind of children in the course of the disease can appear repeatedly fever, nasal congestion and other symptoms, elevated body temperature can make breathing faster, nasal congestion can also affect the respiratory phenomenon, there may be the above phenomenon, can be physically cooled down, the use of ibuprofen prescribed by the doctor to reduce fever, such as the consideration of bacterial infections can be prescribed to be cefuroxime anti-infective treatment, rehydration and other treatments.
4. Bronchopneumonia: cough, wheezing and other treatments can occur during the course of the disease, which can be manifested as “sleep breathing and puffing”, chest X-ray can assist in the diagnosis of such children can be used in the treatment of aminobromine nebulizer inhalation, suspected bacterial infection can be used in the use of anti-infective treatments, such as cefazoxime.
These medications should be used under the guidance of a physician. 8-year-old children with sleep apnea are advised to seek active medical attention to have their condition evaluated and treated by a specialist.