What is the reason for children's frequent nasal congestion and runny nose?

Nasal congestion and runny nose are common symptoms of nasal diseases. Many adults want to know what causes children to often have nasal congestion and runny nose. For children, these symptoms may be some nasal diseases such as rhinitis. It is best to check first and then provide targeted treatment.

1. Rhinitis: The main symptoms include nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, headache, dizziness, etc. However, rhinitis cannot be diagnosed based on these symptoms alone. A detailed examination by a doctor is still required.

2. Sinusitis: nasal congestion, yellow, turbid, sticky nasal discharge like pus, with a foul odor and poor sense of smell, severe headache and pain in the affected area, fever, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, irritability, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and rapid and stringy pulse.

3. Nasal polyps:

(1) Persistent nasal congestion. The cause of nasal congestion is the poor circulation of capillaries in the nasal cavity, which causes the capillaries to expand and cause nasal congestion, decreased sense of smell, obstructive nasal sounds, snoring during sleep and mouth breathing.

(2) There may be runny nose, headache, tinnitus, stuffy ears and hearing loss.

(3) If nasal polyps increase in number and size and are not treated for a long time, the nasal dorsum may widen and form a “frog nose”.

4. Hypertrophy of nasal conchae

(1) Severe nasal congestion, often persistent, frequent mouth breathing, and decreased sense of smell.

(2) The nasal discharge is thick and often mucous or mucopurulent. Due to postnasal discharge, the throat is irritated and causes coughing and excessive sputum.

5. Deviated nasal septum

Headache, nosebleed, nasal congestion, runny nose and symptoms of adjacent organs such as nasal obstruction hindering sinus drainage and secondary sinusitis; long-term mouth breathing and accumulation of inflammatory secretions in the nose make it easy to catch colds and upper respiratory tract infections.