Why does a child have a stuffy nose when sleeping at night?

Children are the most important and precious. All aspects of children's topics are also what parents care about most. Children are closely protected by their parents when they are young, and are afraid of cold and heat. However, even so, viruses can still invade children's bodies because children's bodies are also the most vulnerable. Next, let’s take a look at why children have blocked noses when they sleep at night.

Generally, children's nasal congestion may be caused by cold. Children sometimes have nasal congestion because the room is too hot or the mucosa becomes congested and swollen after a cold, and inflammation causes increased nasal secretions, blocking the nasal cavity and affecting the child's normal breathing function. When a child has a stuffy nose, you can use a wet towel that is not too hot to gently apply it above the nostrils, so that the child can breathe more humid air, increase the humidity in the child's nasal cavity, and relieve the nasal congestion. If the child has trouble with nasal discharge, parents can use a cotton swab dipped in warm water to insert it into the nasal cavity to clean the nasal discharge for the child. If necessary, you can add a humidifier and several basins of water to the room to increase the indoor humidity, and let the child drink more boiled water. This prescription is only used to treat nasal congestion symptoms caused by colds.

There are three main reasons for nasal congestion in children: Most children's nasal congestion is caused by colds, often accompanied by fever and cough symptoms, which last for about a week. Parents only need to pay attention to daily care; most parents cannot distinguish between children's rhinitis and colds. Children's rhinitis and nasal congestion symptoms are persistent and recurrent, sometimes mild and sometimes severe, with no fever symptoms, accompanied by clear or yellow purulent nasal discharge and sneezing; adenoids hypertrophy is caused by incomplete treatment of colds and the development of children's rhinitis. Nasal congestion worsens over time, and eventually the adenoids block the nostrils, leading to snoring and mouth breathing.

After reading the above introduction, we know why children have blocked noses when sleeping at night. This also reminds our parents that it is wrong to overprotect children. Who among us hasn’t had minor disasters and illnesses? Who doesn’t have a cold? However, when a real serious illness comes, parents don’t know what to do. Learning to take care of children’s illness is also a compulsory lesson for parents.