Why does a child have a runny yellow nose?

Runny nose is a common symptom of cold in children. Since children grow and develop quickly and have low resistance, they are often prone to catching colds. The most common symptom of a cold is a runny nose. Careful parents will find that children with colds will first have clear runny noses which will then turn into yellow purulent runny noses. Many parents think that this means the cold will soon be healed. Let's understand why children have thick yellow runny noses.

Children with thick yellow nasal discharge have a fiery constitution and are prone to getting inflamed, having red and inflamed throats, and having drier stools. Am I right? The Chinese medicine suitable for your child is Xiaoer Resuqing Granules, which is used to treat children's runny yellow nose, severe dryness and cough. My child uses it frequently because he has a fiery constitution and is prone to getting angry and having a runny yellow nose. Yellow nasal discharge is a sign of heat and also a sign of a certain nasal infection. Therefore, you can also take some anti-inflammatory drugs while taking this Chinese medicine. If you have a runny nose for a long time, chronic rhinitis will occur, which is not easy to cure. The child's cough is caused by a runny nose, because the mucus carries germs. The nasal cavity and pharynx are connected. If the runny nose lasts for a long time, the mucus will stimulate the pharynx to cause inflammation, and the inflammation will cause coughing. If the inflammation is not eliminated, it will sometimes infect the lower respiratory tract and cause tracheitis or pneumonia. Therefore, timely medication is necessary. Colds are usually viral and will usually get better after a week. Your child has had a cold for more than a week now. If the snot turns yellow and there is a cough, it is a complication of the cold rather than a cold. Complications after a cold include rhinitis and tracheitis.

I would also like to add that children who often catch colds or whose colds are difficult to recover from often have poor physical constitutions, so children should drink more boiled water, eat more vegetables and fruits, and not be picky eaters. Their diet should include a combination of meat and vegetables and a balanced diet. They should also do more outdoor activities and exercise, which can improve their physical constitution. Among the Chinese patent medicines, Tongkang tablets are those that can improve children's physical fitness and reduce upper respiratory diseases. For children's heat-related cough, you can give them one steamed honey pear a day. Cut the pear at the handle to use as a lid, hollow out the pear into a bowl shape, put some honey (rock sugar can also be used) inside, cover it with a lid, place the bowl in the pot and steam it. After the pot boils, steam it over low heat for 20 minutes before eating.

If a child coughs with phlegm in the throat and the cough is more severe at night, it is usually caused by food accumulation and needs to be treated with pediatric cough-relieving oral liquid, which will cure the disease. If there is or no sputum, the cough is worse at night and is similar to whooping cough, and the cough is paroxysmal and continuous, it is possible that you are infected with mycoplasma. Since mycoplasma is neither a virus nor a bacteria, general penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics are ineffective. Only azithromycin, which is specifically targeted at mycoplasma, will be effective, and the medication must be used for about 10 days to prevent recurrence. You should judge your own child's situation based on the answers I provide.

In order to avoid children's colds and symptoms of runny yellow and thick nose, it is also important to take care of their diet and daily life. The main nutrients of our body are obtained from diet. We must pay attention to the baby's balanced diet and do not let the baby develop a picky eating habit. Only a balanced diet can make the body stronger.