What to do if your child has a runny nose after catching a cold

As the weather gets colder, children are particularly susceptible to catching colds. However, in the hot summer, children are particularly prone to catching cold due to wind-heat. What is this situation? Children's physical fitness is weaker than that of adults and they are more likely to catch colds. When a child catches a cold, many symptoms may occur, such as fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, etc. So it is worrying when a child has a runny nose after a cold. What should we do when this happens? Let’s take a look together.

Children's nasal mucosa has more blood vessels than adults and produces more secretions. In addition, the nervous system's regulatory function on nasal mucosal secretion and ciliary movement is not yet fully developed. Children are not good at wiping their noses by themselves, so they often have clear nasal discharge. This is a normal physiological phenomenon and there is no need to worry. If there are two lines of snot hanging under the child's nostrils all day long or yellow-green purulent snot flows out, it is a sign of illness. People who have yellow-green, purulent nasal discharge for a long time may suffer from sinusitis. Frequent runny nose may be caused by a lack of vitamin A and vitamin B, and treatment with these two vitamins can be effective. Allergies to inhaled dust can cause a large amount of clear nasal discharge within a short period of time. A small number of children with foreign objects in their nasal cavity may also have a runny nose frequently. Some children with nasopharyngeal lymphadenopathy also often have a runny nose, but they also have symptoms such as severe snoring, dull face, and flat nose, which can seriously affect their development and posture and should be treated in time. In short, for children with runny nose, appropriate treatment should be given according to the cause. Strengthening cold-resistant exercises, letting children go outdoors more often, keeping the air fresh, and maintaining proper nutrition can all help prevent children from having a runny nose.

After reading the above introduction about children's runny nose after a cold, I believe everyone has a better understanding of this situation. When the weather changes drastically, children with weak constitutions and poor resistance are more likely to catch a cold, followed by coughing and runny nose. At this time, parents should pay more attention to the physical condition of their children, try not to let their children go out in the cold wind, and when the weather is good, they can appropriately increase physical exercise to enhance their physical fitness, and at the same time supplement more vitamins, which are all helpful.