What should I do if my two-year-old baby has a stuffy nose?

The healthy growth of children is very important to mothers and families. But some situations often affect the healthy growth of children. Children's immune systems are not fully developed, so they often catch colds, which leads to stuffy noses. Today, let's take a look at what we should do when children have stuffy noses.

Although the nasal passages of young babies are relatively narrow, they generally do not experience obvious nasal congestion or difficulty breathing. In most cases, a baby's stuffy nose is not a serious problem, but if the baby always makes a humming sound when breathing, and even affects his sleep and feeding, it is still necessary for parents to pay attention to and deal with it. When a child has symptoms of nasal congestion, parents should first try to find out the cause of the nasal congestion and not rush to abuse medication. When the following conditions exist, nasal congestion symptoms will be more obvious and may even affect the baby's feeding and sleep. Cold stimulation is the same as that of adults. If the baby is exposed to cold stimulation, acute nasal mucosal edema may occur, causing nasal congestion, and in severe cases, it may lead to shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. If acute nasal congestion is caused by cold, keep the baby warm in time. For example, you can increase the ambient temperature, add clothes to the child, or soak a towel with warm water and place it on the baby's nose for hot compress, which will help the baby's nose to be unobstructed.

Nasal obstruction with discharge or crusting

. The immature immune system and unbalanced nutrition of infants can cause vitamin deficiencies, leading to colds in children. After a cold, the nasal mucosa becomes congested and swollen, and the inflammation causes increased nasal secretions. If your baby has nasal secretions after catching a cold, or if a small amount of nasal secretions accumulate to form nasal crusts that adhere to the nasal mucosa, it will cause nasal congestion because babies do not blow their noses like adults.

After listening to the editor's analysis, have mothers learned a lot? Next time when encountering this situation, mothers don't have to be anxious and at a loss. Think about the editor's suggestions and look at the babies' symptoms. If the situation is serious, seek medical attention as soon as possible and receive timely treatment to let our babies grow up healthily.