Mom newborn babies, especially the first-born, is very worried about the health of their children, and sometimes make excessive force, resulting in undesirable consequences. In this article, let's talk about nasal congestion in infants.
Snot we are looking for, when they are not
It is normal if the baby's nose sniffs. For children newborn period is characterized by wheezing breath, they sometimes even snoring in his sleep. The reason that the nose breathes poorly, is the so-called normal runny nose, possible in the first months of life. Moms in this regard make the wrong conclusion about the presence of snot. Newborns breathe in twice as often as adults, the structure of their nozzles different from the structure of our own. So do not try to remove the snot, if they do not exist!
Close the windows and doors at a cold. As soon as the mother or relatives first see sopelki windows in the room are closed, the heater is turned on. Elevated excretion secretion - protective reaction in the dry air. Therefore humidify the air, ventilate regularly. A useful purchase will hygrometer. Even if it is not, you know - with the central heating air humidity falls at times up to 25%, with This ventilation, especially in winter, do not lead to an increase in humidity in a room, but only to reduce temperature.
To rectify the situation as possible, including in room humidifier, if it is not - fit regular wet cleaning, water spray from the sprinkler, wet rag tight on the battery. To facilitate their task and to combine the two things at once - put the clothes in the dryer for a child's room (of course, if you do not use an excessive amount of fabric softeners). Optimal conditions for a baby under one year - 50-60% humidity, the temperature - 20-22 degrees.
If a stuffy nose in the newborn, then walk at a cold temperature, in the absence is not possible, and necessary. And it very well when walking snot flowed a stream: liquefying the mucus, nasal congestion has passed, and with it came all unnecessary, that tormented the spout.
We treat a runny nose
Runny nose - is not an independent disease, but a symptom. It may be allergic, viral and bacterial. Self-treatment of the common cold, especially in children, is unacceptable.
Only a doctor can determine what type of rhinitis in the baby. But you have to help him in this: to analyze what might cause allergies (it may be household chemicals, mattress, pet), whether there were contacts with those suffering people. Depending on the causes of the nasal sinuses, the doctor prescribe treatment. Perhaps just say ventilate the room and saline drip. And it will not mean that the doctor is incompetent and does not want to cure your child. It is not necessary to listen to grandmothers crushing burden of their life experience, and to drip anything on hand: the juice of indoor plants and vegetables, breast milk, and so on. Possible allergies, inflammation.
Wrong nose clean
The first thing that comes to mind to clean the nose - cotton swab. The finger is not fit! Remember, this is a very dangerous procedure. The likelihood that the baby pulls your head and you give him something to damage, is very high. No need to risk it. The spout should be cleaned from the sterile braided fleece harness (called turundochka) moistened sterilized vegetable oil or saline.
Convenient to use nasal lavage nasal drops for newborn type "akvamaris", "Morenazala", "Physiomer" - a part of the sea the treated water. It is possible to use common salt solution (1 hr. l. per liter of water). In this case, the children of the first months of life, you can not use spray - again, not all sinuses are formed.
How to hbutdrip dropletsnewborn?One drop in each nostril, and when a drip on the right - the head must also be put on the right cheek and the left - the left. To remove from the spout of diluted snot have various adaptations. In general, a syringe or nasal aspirators, the people - sopleotsosy. Syringe is usually not possible to create such pressure as aspirators.
