What should I do if my baby has a cold and a runny nose?

The baby's physical health is one of the things that the family cares about most. We know that the baby is vulnerable to diseases because of its poor disease resistance and immunity. We recommend that parents take good care of the baby's body in daily life. One of the diseases that babies are prone to is colds. Many babies will have runny noses when they catch a cold. Below we will introduce what to do if the baby has a runny nose due to a cold.

1. When you take your baby to the hospital, the doctor will often ask the baby to undergo some tests so that they can find out the cause of the cold.

2. If it is a viral cold, there is no specific medicine. The main thing is to take good care of the baby and alleviate the symptoms. Generally, it will be fine after 7 to 10 days.

3. If it is caused by bacteria, the doctor will often prescribe some antibiotics for the baby, and the baby must be taken on time and according to the dosage. In order to make their children recover faster, some mothers often increase the dosage of medicine on their own. This is absolutely not allowed, otherwise it will backfire.

4. If your baby has a fever, you should take antipyretics as instructed by the doctor. If the body temperature is below 38.5℃, you don't need to take antipyretics. Don't take cold medicine indiscriminately. For infants under one year old, taking cold medicine randomly often does more harm than good.

5. If the blocked nose has made it difficult for the baby to feed, you need to ask the doctor to prescribe some saline nasal drops for you. Apply the drops to the nose 15 minutes before feeding. After a while, you can use a nasal aspirator to suck out the saline and mucus in the nasal cavity. Nose drops can thin out thick mucus and make it easier to clear. Never give your child vasoconstrictor or other medicated nasal drops without your doctor's approval.

In the above article, we introduced one of the things that parents are most concerned about, that is, the baby's physical health. We recommend that parents and friends take good care of their baby's body in daily life. The above article gives us a detailed introduction on what to do if the baby has a cold and a runny nose.