What to do if your 27-day-old baby has a stuffy nose

Parents need to pay special attention to the baby's every move after birth. For some babies who have nasal congestion just 27 days after birth, it may be considered that there are too many nasal secretions in the baby's nasal cavity, which are not cleaned out in time, resulting in nasal congestion. Parents need to pay special attention to this issue.

What to do with a stuffy nose? Quick solution

What to do if you have a stuffy nose? 5 quick-acting home remedies for nasal congestion.

1. Decoction and fumigation method: chop a handful of scallions or three or four shallots into pieces and boil them into a soup. Inhale the hot steam with your nose, or boil vinegar and inhale the vinegar vapor. Both methods have better therapeutic effects.

2. Filling method: Mash the scallion whites and extract its juice to soak into cotton wool, then stuff the cotton wool into the nostrils. Alternatively, cut a garlic clove into a cylinder slightly smaller than the nostrils, wrap it with a thin layer of cotton or gauze and stuff it into the nostrils. This also has a good effect.

3. Side-lying massage method: If you have a blocked nose on the left side, lie on your right side; if you have a blocked nose on the right side, lie on your left side. Use two fingers to pinch your nose and massage the Yingxiang points on both sides for 1 to 2 minutes, and the blocked nose can be removed.

4. Hot compress method: Apply a hot towel to the nose, or use a hair dryer to blow hot air towards the nostrils, blowing on both sides of the temples, Fengchi acupoint, and Dazhui acupoint, which can relieve nasal congestion.

5. Position change method: This method is suitable for babies. When a baby has a stuffy nose, he often cries non-stop. At this time, you can hold the baby upright and he will fall asleep soon. How to locate the Yingxiang point: The patient should sit upright or lie on his back when locating the point. The Yingxiang point is located on the face, in the wrinkle about one centimeter away from the wing of the nose, next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the wing of the nose, in the nasolabial groove.

Causes of nasal congestion

1. Any lesion that affects the width or narrowness of the nasal respiratory passage can cause nasal congestion. Common lesions include:

1. Nasal tumors and polyps block the nasal respiratory passage; nasopharyngeal tumors and hypertrophy of the nasopharyngeal tissues.

2. Deviated nasal septum caused by trauma; blockage of nasal secretions due to specific infections of the nasal cavity, such as nasal syphilis, nasal diphtheria, nasal tuberculosis, and rhinosclerosis.

2. There are generally two situations when a baby is sick with a stuffy nose:

1. Nasal congestion caused by cold.

2. Nasal congestion caused by acute sinusitis.