What to do if your child has a stuffy nose

Adults can take medicine when they are sick, and even if they are seriously ill and feel very uncomfortable, they will not show any symptoms. But it’s different for children. Generally, children will cry when they are sick or uncomfortable. So, children's stuffy nose is also one of the more common problems in life. What should we do if children have stuffy nose? Is there any way to help children?

In fact, children don’t need to take medicine if they have a stuffy nose. You can use steam to fumigate your nose. You can open the lid of the thermos and slowly let your child get closer to the steam, without burning his face. Let the steam fumigate his nose to help nasal ventilation. It will be effective after about 10 minutes each time.

If the child is young and cannot blow his nose, you can use a nasal aspirator to help him suck out the snot. Be careful not to suck too hard. After blowing out the snot, the baby will feel that his nose is more unobstructed. Because nasal discharge during a cold is a manifestation of the body's immunity, and the cold virus multiplies in large numbers in the nasal tissue cells, the secreted nasal discharge can carry the large numbers of multiplied viruses out of the body, which is a way for the body to detoxify, so the nasal discharge must be cleaned up in a timely manner.

If it is a cold or typhoid fever, you can let your child drink brown sugar ginger water. Add more ginger and make sure it is not spicy. Let your child sleep after drinking it. It is best to cover him with a quilt to sweat. This will help the cold get better and the nose will no longer be blocked.

Also, adults can give orders to help children massage their noses. You can use your thumb and index finger to massage your nose from the corner of the eye downward and then upward to promote normal blood circulation in the nose and help relieve nasal congestion symptoms.

If you use the above method to treat mild nasal congestion, it will gradually get better. So if these methods have not helped. You should go to the hospital for examination in time, it may not be caused by a cold. Only after the doctor helps to find the cause of the disease can symptomatic treatment be given.

The above content is some explanation and introduction on what to do if a child has a stuffy nose. I hope these can give everyone a clearer understanding of a child’s stuffy nose. Therefore, we must take good care of sick children and try our best to keep them away from diseases. Only when children are healthy can they grow better and their families can feel more at ease.