Runny nose is very common not only in adults but also in children, while not obminaya and infants. And if with a cold in older children more and more clear, then, what are the causes of the common cold in infants, how dangerous it is and what to do with this disease, care of almost every parent.
When a baby clogged nasal passages mucus, it can bring him great discomfort, so that the baby can start to act up, it can get worse appetite and disrupt normal sleep.
The causes of the common cold can be quite different from viral and bacterial infections, allergens or toxins banal to a dusty environment or medium elemental overcooling or overheating crumbs.
A newborn baby immediately after birth as a runny nose may occur. This so-called physiological rhinitis that occurs due to the fact that the microflora of nasal mucosa baby has not yet adapt to the environment, so a large amount of mucus enough that after a while gradually take place.
One of the most common causes of nasal discharge in infants is considered to be the impact of viruses on the body of the child, in which there are three stages of the common cold in infants:
- Dryness of the nose.
- Swelling of the nasal mucosa.
- The decrease in nasal swelling, increased secretions thick consistency.
As one of the causes of respiratory mucus is a foreign body, which can easily penetrate into nasal passages of young children due to the fact that they often pull into the mouth or nose into the surrounding items.
Possible cause of the common cold may be allergic, entailing different consequences. Diagnose the cause of nasal congestion in a child and appoint a further method to solve it is to a pediatrician, so trek to the pediatrician should be immediate.
If the physician determines that a runny nose caused by acute respiratory viral disease, then every parent must realize that secrete mucus from the nose - a protective reaction of the organism to the virus got into it, and its composition is the mass of materials that are able to "neutralize" hit him "Strangers". Knowing this, it becomes clear that the use of nasal drops, not only does not treat crumbs, but also minimizes the protective functions of the body's inherent nature.
It is important to remember that all the useful substances in the slime, "work" only when the discharge liquid and transparent. In the thick mucus and crusts is a large amount of protein that prevents useful substances fulfill its protective function. One of the reasons for the formation of crusts in the nose - is dry and warm air in the room, or a high fever in an infant.
But the formation of thick mucus in the crumbs may already be a sign of the presence of bacteria, as an incorrect treatment of the common cold virus can develop into bacterial form, as will be evidenced thickened nasal discharge, which are of clear secretions become yellow-green allocation. The consequence of such a step can be rhinitis sinusitis or rhinitis.
How to treat a runny nose in infants?
If confirmed, the pediatrician viral infection as it is not necessary to use such drugs for treatment of the common cold. It is important - to keep the viscosity of the secretions by:
- consumption of large quantities of hot fluid
- holding as long as possible time outdoors
- room ventilation
- wet cleaning of apartments
- applying humidifier
- infant nasal instillation pharmacy saline or saline (1 teaspoon to 1 liter of pure water)
Rules nasal instillation grudnichka:
- drip saline or saline into one nostril (approximately half of the pipette)
- turn the child's head to the side so that the one nostril, which dripped, was on top
- second side of the drip on the same principle
- the residue was aspirated mucus aspirator
If the runny nose lasts longer than a week, you should consult with Laura, since prolonged cold can lead to various consequences, such as:
- sinusitis;
- sinusitis;
- otitis;
- adenoids;
- bronchitis;
- mental retardation (lack of oxygen supply).
If any version of the common cold in infants it is necessary, first of all, turn to a pediatrician, who will prescribe appropriate treatment to further prevention, and then a few days later, the baby can breathe freely spout without any further consequences and complications. Be healthy!
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