Why the child does not breathe nose?
Light nostrils from the nostrils and disturbed breathing -signs of a common cold, which doctors call rhinitis. This banal childhood disease does not worsen the general condition, lasts 5-7 days, can be easily cured.
If the child does not breathe in the nose, what is the risk of it? Photo: Getty But there are more complex diseases that violate nasal breathing. Among them:
- SARS, flu. Liquid nasal discharge accompanied by a sharp rise in temperature, cough, headache, fever.
- Rhinopharyngitis. At the same time, the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx are inflamed. Cough, fever, diarrhea are added to the cold.
- Sinusitis Infection or allergies cause severe swelling of the sinuses. Rarely found in children under 4 years. It is expressed by nasal congestion, greenish discharge, headache, lack of appetite.
- Allergy. Swelling of the nasal cavity, the body reacts to stimuli - certain foods, dust, animal hair, tobacco smoke.
- Adenoids. Excessively enlarged tonsils in the nasopharynx close the nasal passages, causing headaches and insomnia.
- Polyps. Benign tumors on the mucous membrane, complicating breathing and smell.
All of these diseases can develop after not untreated ordinary rhinitis.
How to help the child?
Simple rhinitis does not require serious medicalinterventions. The infant should ease breathing by regularly sucking mucus from the nostrils with an aspirator in the form of a rubber pear. After each cleaning, the nostrils are washed with salt water. To the salt concentration was correct, you can buy in a pharmacy a saline or spray with sea salt. In the nose, the baby can bury home remedies:
- melted butter;
- breast milk;
- aloe juice, diluted with warm water in a ratio of 1 to 1;
- warm decoction of chamomile.
Each tool is used 3-4 times a day, 1a drop in the bow. Children over 2 years old are also helped in salt water washing. You can make an iodine mesh on the soles, wear socks with dry mustard powder for the night, and steam your legs in the pelvis with the addition of 1 tbsp. l mustard At elevated temperatures, warming agents should not be used! The baby can not breathe a spout for more than a week, snot became thick, greenish? So, folk remedies do not help, it's time to consult a doctor for examination and prescription of medicines. See also:
