What to do if your child has a lot of phlegm and runny nose

Children of a few years old generally have poor physical resistance, so they can easily get sick if they are not careful. In summer, when the weather is hot, people can easily catch either wind-heat or wind-cold colds, not to mention children with weak physical resistance. And we all know that children cannot take medicine casually when they have a cold, and taking too much medicine is not good for them, so today I would like to recommend to you some small methods for treating children with phlegm and runny nose.

Hot compress on the nose: Put the towel in hot water, wet it and wring it out, set the temperature to an bearable level, and cover the entire nose. After a few minutes when the towel becomes a little cool, put it in hot water again to heat it, and then cover the nose. After four or five hot compresses like this, the nose will basically be unblocked and the amount of mucus will be reduced a lot.

Hot compress on both ears: Apply a hot towel on both ears. When the towel gets cold, heat it in hot water and then continue to apply it.

Absorb hot steam: Boil water, put it in a cup or thermos, and inhale the hot steam through your nose, being careful not to get burned. The nose will be unblocked quickly, and you can change to hot water when the water becomes cold. There is also a simple method: when steaming rice in an electric rice cooker, you can inhale the hot steam coming out of the steam holes.

Soak your feet in hot water: Put hot water in a basin and put your feet in. The temperature should be bearable. Keep adding hot water to the basin while soaking to maintain the water temperature.

Blow your nose with hot air: Use the hot air from a hair dryer to blow your nose for a few minutes each time. Be careful not to get burned.

The above content is about some methods of treating children with excessive phlegm and runny nose. These methods are mainly to alleviate the child's condition but cannot completely cure it. Parents should also be aware of the causes of their children's colds and not blindly give their children cold medicines or folk remedies. If the child's cold is serious, it is best to go to the hospital to see a doctor.