What medicine should my child take for a runny nose?

Runny nose is a common symptom in children. Runny nose may be caused by a cold. A cold may also cause coughing, sore throat, pharyngitis, poor appetite and other symptoms, which make children feel uncomfortable. Children with runny noses should be checked in time and treated symptomatically. They should pay attention to keeping warm. In winter, they should wear more clothes when going out to avoid catching cold and drink more warm water. What medicine should children take for runny noses? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What medicine should children take for runny nose?

1. Boil water with scallion whites: Wash the scallion whites with roots, cut into sections, and boil them in a small pot. Drink 300 ml a day. This is specially used to treat early colds without fever. If the child refuses to drink it, you can add some brown sugar. Brown sugar can add flavor and also has the effect of dispelling cold.

Scallion whites are warm in nature and spicy in taste. They can regulate body temperature, make sweat glands work normally, and reduce and prevent the occurrence of colds. Boiling scallion whites in water can prevent colds caused by wind and cold, and it is suitable for children, adults, and the elderly. In addition to boiling water, using 3-5 segments of scallion whites and cooking them with rice into a thin porridge has the same effect.

2. Treatment with Chinese medicine: When children have runny nose, slightly hot body, throat discomfort, and decreased appetite, they can take small pills such as Baoyuan Dan and Zhibao Ding, one pill each time, three times a day. If the condition worsens after taking it for one day, you should stop taking the medicine and go to the hospital for treatment in time.

3. Western medicine treatment: The key is to find out the cause of the cough so that it can be treated correctly. If it is a respiratory bacterial infection, antibiotics should be used; if it is a respiratory viral infection, antiviral drugs should be used; since most chronic coughs lasting more than 2 months are allergic coughs, the main treatment should be to eliminate allergic inflammation of the respiratory tract; if combined with allergic rhinitis, it may be allergic rhinitis, and desensitization treatment should be the main treatment.

2. Is drug treatment effective?

Medicines only eliminate the symptoms of the disease and have no actual therapeutic effect. Moreover, all medicines are toxic, so doctors do not recommend using medicines to treat runny noses caused by rhinitis or other nasal diseases. The key is to go to the hospital to cure the nasal disease.

3. Notes

1. Avoid contact with pathogens: During the cold epidemic, do not go to crowded public places with turbid air, and do not contact patients with colds. When someone in your home has a cold, try to limit contact. Open windows frequently to ventilate and keep the indoor air fresh and flowing. Fumigating a room with vinegar can kill airborne pathogens.

2. Ensure nutrition: A balanced diet, reasonable feeding, and adequate nutrient intake can enhance the body's resistance. Prevent and treat rickets and malnutrition.

3. Dress appropriately: Add or remove clothes according to temperature changes. Do not wear too many clothes. Change sweaty clothes in time after sweating to avoid catching a cold due to cold.

4. Strengthen exercise: Regular "three bath" exercises (i.e. sun bath, water bath, and air bath) are extremely important for strengthening physical fitness and improving the ability to adapt to temperature changes.