Why do children get sinusitis?

Children are very prone to catching colds when they are young because of their poor physical fitness. There are many sequelae after catching a cold. Some children may get pharyngitis, and some may get sinusitis. After children get sinusitis, they will feel headaches because their nerves are very sensitive and their intelligence is in the development stage. So why do children get sinusitis?

Why do children get sinusitis? The cause of sinusitis in children is closely related to the anatomy and physiology of the children's sinuses, and varies with the children's physical development status, their unique diseases, living habits and behaviors. The causes of sinusitis in children have the following characteristics:

1. The sinus openings are relatively large, and infections can easily invade the sinuses. Children have narrow nasal cavities, underdeveloped sinuses, tender and weak sinus mucosa, and abundant lymphatic vessels and blood vessels. Once infected, the mucosa swells and secretions are abundant, and the nasal passages and sinus openings are easily blocked, causing sinus drainage and ventilation disorders.

2. The body's resistance and adaptability to the outside world are poor, making it easy to catch colds, upper respiratory tract infections and acute infectious diseases, often followed by sinusitis.

3. Enlarged adenoids block the posterior nasal cavity, affecting the communication and drainage of the nose and sinuses. Congenital diseases such as posterior nasal atresia and sinusitis affect normal nasal breathing.

4. Immune diseases and specific constitutions, such as fibrocystic disease, primary or acquired ciliary dyskinesia, asthma, variant rhinitis, etc.

5. Swimming and diving in unclean water.

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

When a child has a cold, the nasal mucosa becomes inflamed. If not treated in time, the inflammation in the nasal cavity will spread and invade the sinuses, causing acute sinusitis. Colds are the most common cause of sinusitis in children. The presence of foreign bodies in the nose hinders the drainage of secretions in the sinuses and can also cause sinusitis. If a child has tooth decay and it is not treated in time, causing inflammation of the tooth root, it may induce inflammation of the maxillary sinus close to the tooth root. From this it can be seen that sinusitis is indeed a common disease in children.

Allergic rhinitis is rhinitis caused by contact with allergic substances. This type of rhinitis cannot be cured by general medicine. Guidance and advice: Go to an ENT specialist hospital for consultation and do an allergen test to see if you are allergic to a single substance or multiple substances. For a single substance, desensitization therapy can be considered, and for multiple substances, anterior ethmoid nerve block can be considered.