Causes of chronic sinusitis in children

We all know that many children are particularly prone to diseases due to their low resistance, which has a particularly great impact on their physical development. Chronic sinusitis in children is something that many parents encounter in our lives. Chronic sinusitis always causes many children to have symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose. However, if you want to effectively prevent the occurrence of chronic sinusitis, you must grasp and understand its causes. Let us learn about the causes of chronic sinusitis in children.

Causes of chronic sinusitis in children:

1. Children's sinus openings are relatively large, and colds can easily invade the sinuses through the sinus openings.

2. They have poor disease resistance and are susceptible to colds, upper respiratory tract infections and acute infectious diseases (such as measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever and influenza).

3. Enlarged tonsils or adenoids affect normal breathing.

Colds can cause sinusitis in children

Colds can cause sinusitis in children

4. Congenital immunodeficiency or atopic constitution.

5. Swimming or diving in unclean water.

6. It is easy to get secondary infection due to foreign objects in the nasal cavity and nasal trauma.

7. Sinus function is not yet mature: The younger the age, the greater the chance of suffering from sinusitis; generally speaking, children over seven years old have less and less sinusitis as their immune function and sinus function mature.

8. Allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis in children is mostly caused by genetics, so there are many people who suffer from allergic rhinitis since childhood. According to statistics, if both parents have a history of allergic rhinitis, more than 80% of the children will have allergic rhinitis. If one of the father or mother has allergic rhinitis, the child has a 50% chance of inheriting it, and about 50% of children with allergic rhinitis will be complicated by sinusitis.

Treatment of chronic sinusitis in children

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment often uses Jiang's rhinitis ointment. The herbal formula: 30 grams of Xanthium sibiricum, 20 grams of Magnolia officinalis, 35 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 4 grams of Asarum, 25 grams of Angelica dahurica, 10 grams of Gentiana scabra and other Chinese herbal medicines. It is a manual process, with careful selection of medicines, drying, grinding, and external use twice a day. It is not only effective for pediatric sinusitis, but also has good effects on other sinusitis.

1. Acute sinusitis in children:

(1) Use antibiotics promptly and apply nasal mucosal astringents topically (do not use nasal and eye cleaners) to improve ventilation.

(2) Use Chinese medicine to clear away heat and detoxify.

2. Chronic sinusitis in children

(1) The key is to enhance one’s overall disease resistance and use Chinese medicine to cure the disease so that it will not recur.

(2) Use Chinese medicine that clears away heat, removes toxins, nourishes yin and resolves phlegm.

(3) Use Chinese medicine to nourish the spleen and stomach and stimulate appetite.

In fact, there are many diseases in our lives that we can better prevent. After understanding the causes of chronic sinusitis in children, we can better prevent sinusitis. Especially in autumn and winter, which are the peak seasons for chronic sinusitis, we must pay great attention to it. We should pay more attention to children's balanced diet and exercise more outdoors.