What causes children to drool and have a runny nose?

In fact, many parents will find that their children are drooling and having a runny nose, but they don’t see that they have a cold, so they will feel confused about this and don’t know how to help their children solve the problem or use medicine. In response to this phenomenon, the following is a detailed analysis and introduction to the reasons why children drool and have a runny nose.

Runny nose is most common in rhinitis, nasal polyps, sinusitis, etc. Common causes of a runny nose include:

1. In the early stage of a cold, the discharge is clear watery or mucous, and purulent discharge may appear in the later stage of a cold.

2. Chronic rhinitis: The nasal discharge is mostly mucous. The amount can be more or less.

3. Allergic rhinitis: The patient has clear watery nasal discharge in large amounts, accompanied by sneezing and nasal itching. It can occur year-round or seasonally. Patients with allergic rhinitis may have asthma, especially children.

4. Chronic sinusitis, mostly with mucopurulent secretions, bilateral or unilateral, accompanied by nasal congestion, dizziness, memory loss, etc. Unilateral sinusitis should be considered odontogenic sinusitis.

5. Nasal polyps may also cause clear nasal discharge, which may be accompanied by purulent nasal discharge when infected. Nasal congestion, dizziness, memory loss, etc. may also occur.

6. Children's secretions are relatively vigorous. If there is no other discomfort, it may be caused by cold air irritating the nasal cavity and no special treatment is required. Unilateral nasal congestion with blood in the mucus may be caused by foreign matter in the nasal cavity.

7. If there is yellow watery discharge, the possibility of a cyst in the sinus should be considered, and a sinus X-ray or CT scan should be taken.

8. If there is blood in the mucus, please refer to the common causes of nosebleeds.

9. Other causes include cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea, atrophic rhinitis, etc. The latter is mainly characterized by dry nasal crusts, thick, scanty and smelly nasal discharge.

As long as we pay attention to the common sense of these reasons, we can effectively help children solve these adverse phenomena. Because sometimes some diseases can also cause this problem, we need to pay attention to these effective responses and solutions to reduce this problem as much as possible and the adverse effects it has on children.