What to do if your 2-year-old baby has a runny nose and sneezes

It is very troublesome when a baby is sick. Children are too young to be suitable for intravenous drips or taking medicines. Sometimes parents don’t pay too much attention to simple runny noses and sneezing, but these are potential dangers. There are many types of runny nose and sneezing in 2-year-old babies. We need to prescribe the right medicine according to the different characteristics and not use any folk remedies or medicines on the baby indiscriminately. Let's take a closer look:

There are three types of runny nose in children: clear nasal discharge, white sticky nasal discharge, and yellow nasal discharge.

1. Clear runny nose. Children's crying and sadness will invade the lung qi and cause runny nose. Don't worry about it, just drink more water.

2. When you encounter a cold, the cold air will first enter your body, causing sneezing and a runny nose. If you have just discovered it, immediately drink plenty of hot water or wipe your face with hot water to enhance your body's ability to resist the cold. If it lasts for a long time, or the cold air has blocked your pores, you cannot sweat and only have a runny nose, you can boil water with hot foods such as ginger, scallion, cinnamon, etc. to produce heat and sweat to remove the cold.

3. If your nasal discharge lasts for a long time, it will damage the body fluids and generate heat in the body, or the body's resistance is basically successful, and the nasal discharge will become sticky. At this time, you can just drink more hot water.

4. The nasal discharge turns yellow. It is caused by excessive use of hot medicines, too long illness, yin deficiency after illness, which leads to rising of virtual fire and the appearance of yellow nasal discharge. Depending on the severity of the disease, you can use boiled water, chrysanthemum water, or honeysuckle water to adjust the condition step by step. In addition, eat more foods that promote salivation. Runny nose is not a disease, so do not take medicine at will, especially western medicine. If there are other symptoms that cannot be controlled, you can see a doctor for a solution, but you don’t need to use suppressive drugs. Instead, you should use methods that support the body for treatment. Washing your face with cold water regularly can enhance your ability to resist cold.

If mothers want their babies to stay healthy, they need to put more effort into taking good care of them. However, they should not spoil their children too much. They should give them some proper exercise to strengthen their physical fitness and enhance their ability to resist germs. You should pay more attention to your child's condition, especially a 2-year-old baby with runny nose and sneezing, which can be serious or minor, so you still need to pay more attention to it!