Treatment of cough, nasal congestion and sneezing in newborns

The first thing to do for a newborn baby with nasal congestion is to clean the baby's nasal secretions by gently rolling out the secretions with a moist cotton swab. In addition, covering the soles of the baby's feet with slightly scalded ginger powder, warming the fontanelle with a thick hot towel, or giving the baby water soaked with scallions are all good ways to relieve nasal congestion. The immune systems of newborns are very weak. Let’s take a look at the detailed treatment measures and methods for newborns’ coughs, nasal congestion, and sneezing.

1. Clean nasal secretions: You can use a soft cotton swab to gently roll out the nasal secretions. If the secretions are too hard, you can drop a little breast milk or clean water into it to soften it before rolling it out.

2. Relieve nasal mucosal congestion and edema: drop 0.5% inositol ephedrine nasal drops on a swabb, then insert it into one nasal orifice and gently rotate it for a few weeks. After staying for a few seconds, take it out and then continue in another nasal orifice, three times a day.

3. Relieve exterior symptoms and open up the orifices: squeeze about 50-100 ml of breast milk into a small bowl, take 1-2 scallions (with roots), wash them and put them into the milk, steam them in water for 5-10 minutes (you can smell the onion fragrance), take them out and let them cool, then feed them to the baby with a spoon. It has the effect of resolving exterior symptoms and opening up the orifices to treat colds and nasal congestion. Or press the Yingxiang points in the nasolabial groove on both sides of the nose several times a day, 10 times each time, which can clear the blocked nasal cavity, so that the child is less likely to have breathing difficulties when feeding.

4. If your baby’s nose is blocked in the early stage of a cold, you can put slightly scalding ginger powder on the soles of the baby’s feet when the baby is sleeping at night. This can help the nose breathe smoothly and the cold heal faster. Method: Cut the ginger into shreds and fry in a dry pan until it is dry and the ginger aroma comes out (it’s okay if it’s a little mushy). Put the fried shredded ginger into a small gauze bag and then place the gauze bag with slightly hot shredded ginger on the soles of the baby’s feet. (Be sure to make sure the ginger is not too hot to avoid scalding your baby.)

5. Hot compress method: A stuffy nose may be caused by the baby's fontanelle being cold. Mothers can use a thick towel to place it on the radiator or wrap it around a container of boiling water to release heat. You can warm the baby's fontanelle for a while and continue to apply hot compress until the baby's forehead sweats. If you cannot tell whether the baby's fontanelle is cold, you might as well give it a try. It will not harm the baby.

6. If your baby has a stuffy nose due to a cold, you can soak some scallion in water, cut the scallion into shreds (for easier flavor), put it into boiling water, and fumigate the baby's mouth and nose while it's still hot. This method is effective for babies with nasal congestion caused by cold.

7. Wash the nose with salt water. You can add salt to cold boiled water, wet a small cotton swab, and clean the baby's nasal cavity. Be gentle when cleaning. Cleaning every day can relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion.

8. If the baby's left side of the nose is blocked, the baby can lie on the right side. Similarly, if the right side is blocked, the baby can lie on the left side. You can also press the Yingxiang points on both sides of the nose with your fingers for 1-2 minutes. After the massage, drink a cup of hot water, which can quickly relieve or even eliminate the nasal congestion. (When using, it is more effective to massage with fingertips and stimulate in the left and right directions.

Babies are the fruits of their parents' love and the source of happiness for a family. When newborns have coughs, nasal congestion, and sneezing, mothers will be more worried, as their fragile immune systems may not be able to resist them. Therefore, mothers must protect their babies well, sum up experience, and avoid getting sick. Let your baby grow up happily.