What should I do if my baby has a stuffy nose, runny nose, sneezing and coughing?

The main symptoms of a cold are nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and coughing. This is a common disease in our daily life. Although colds occur very frequently and generally do not cause life-threatening dangers, they still bring inconvenience to our lives. Therefore, for children, catching a cold will be even more uncomfortable. Let me tell you what to do if your baby has nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and coughing.

The following mainly introduces how to deal with cough and runny nose?

1. Drink more beverages: beverages can dilute mucus, making phlegm easier to cough out. In addition, the drink can moisturize a dry, itchy throat. You can drink ice water, hot juice, or decaffeinated tea with honey.

2. Desserts to relieve cough: Honey can relieve cough and improve children’s sleep. It is even more effective than some cough syrups. Darker honey is more effective because it contains more antioxidants. Children aged 1-5 years old can take half a teaspoon, children aged 6-11 years old can take one teaspoon, and children under 1 year old should not take it.

3. Air humidification: Families with the conditions can buy a humidifier, which can be used to increase the humidity in the baby's room, making the baby's room moist and refreshing, especially at night to help the baby breathe more smoothly. At the same time, clean the humidifier with white vinegar and water every day to avoid the accumulation of dust and germs. Also avoid your baby becoming dependent on the humidifier.

4. Drops of normal saline solution: Parents can spray some water into the baby's nose, use a few drops of normal saline solution to dilute the dry mucus, or flush out the dirt in the nose, or let the child blow it out.

5. Stuffing garlic in nostrils: When the baby has a cold and a stuffy nose, you can use a clove of garlic, cut it into a shape that fits the nostrils with a knife, and stuff it into the nostrils. Repeat several times and the baby will be cured.

6. Smell peppermint oil: The main effects of peppermint oil include reducing fever, relieving nausea and vomiting, improving digestion, and relieving respiratory pain. Smelling peppermint oil, dropping a few drops of peppermint oil into a large bowl of hot water, and inhaling the steam it emits can instantly clear your nostrils.

7. Soak your feet in hot water: If nasal congestion seriously affects your sleep, soak your feet in hot water to help relieve nasal mucosal congestion. It can not only relieve nasal congestion, but also regulate the excitation and inhibition of the cerebral cortex, thereby promoting sleep.

8. Massage acupoints: Side-lying massage to treat nasal congestion: If you have left-side nasal congestion, lie down facing right; if you have right-side nasal congestion, lie down facing left. Pinch the nose with the index and middle fingers, and massage the Yingxiang points on both sides of the bridge of the nose for 1-2 minutes. The nasal congestion will be eliminated.

9. Diet therapy: Chop a handful of scallions or three or four onions into pieces, and boil them into soup. After it is cooked, inhale the hot steam through your nose. You can also boil vinegar and inhale the vinegar vapor through your nose. Both methods are very effective.

The above content is the editor’s summary of the treatment methods for children’s nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and coughing. At the same time, the editor will tell you some precautions to prevent the recurrence of colds, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and coughing. During the baby’s cold, you should pay attention to a light diet and let the baby drink more boiled water, which will help eliminate the cold virus in the body.