Under normal circumstances, a runny nose in a child is a sign of a cold, which is a cold. For example, in winter, the heating at home is fully turned on, and the child wears less at home, and is hit by the cold wind when he goes out. , In this way, when it is cold or hot, it is easy for the baby to catch a cold and runny nose;

There is also a baby's loss of appetite, which affects protein intake, etc., which will lead to a decrease in the baby's resistance, and it is easy for the baby to catch a cold and runny nose when he catches a cold.

There are generally two types of runny nose in babies, clear, white, or yellow. If the baby only has runny nose and has no other symptoms, he can receive dietary treatment. The specific recommendations are as follows:

Clear runny nose in baby Symptoms:

1. The nasal discharge is clear, white or slightly yellow. If the nasal discharge is not runny, drink some hot water and the discharge will start;

2 . Severe nasal congestion, sneezing, no fever or mild fever, no sweat, tongue without coating or thin white coating;

3. Afraid of cold and wind, usually need to wear a lot of clothes or cover a lot of quilts to feel comfortable.

Recommended two recipes for treating runny nose:

1. Ginger candy drink

Ingredients: ginger, brown sugar

Method :

1. Wash the ginger and cut into shreds;

2. Put the ginger into a cup of water, brew with boiling water, cover and soak for 5 minutes, then add brown sugar. Serve hot.

This product is only suitable for babies with clear runny nose. If taken by babies with yellow runny nose, it will only be counterproductive and aggravate the condition.

2. Onion and white garlic

Ingredients: Onion and white garlic

Method:

Wash and chop the onion and white garlic, add water and boil .

The volatile effect of scallion white can stimulate secretion and exert the effects of expectoration, sweating and diuresis; garlic can kill influenza viruses.

Other methods: soak your feet to sweat, you can boil water with onions and ginger to sweat;

It is not suitable to eat cold foods such as fruits, which will aggravate cold cough.

Symptoms of yellow discharge in babies:

1. Thick discharge, usually yellow;

2. Constipation;

3 .Thirsty, red throat, like to drink water

4. When taking medicine, you can choose Children's Cold Granules and Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid.

5. Drink more water and eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C.

Two recommended recipes for treating runny nose:

1. Chrysanthemum tea

Ingredients: chrysanthemum and appropriate amount of rock sugar

Method:

Put chrysanthemums into a cup, pour boiling water into it and add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to drink instead of tea.

2. Lotus leaf porridge

Ingredients: lotus leaf, japonica rice

Method:

1. Wash the japonica rice and add some japonica rice. Wash the leaves;

2. Wash the lotus leaves, chop them into pieces and fry them, remove the residue and leave the juice;

3. Put the pot on the fire, add water, add an appropriate amount of rice and cook When the porridge is almost ready, add lotus leaf juice and sugar.

"Doctor, my baby has had a runny nose for two days, what should I do?"

This is a little patient I met in the clinic today.

Apart from a runny nose, the baby has no fever, no cough, or any other symptoms. His mental state is also very good, and his eating and sleeping are not affected at all.

But my mother is very anxious!

She always felt that if the runny nose was not nipped in the cradle in time, it would cause a fever, turn into pneumonia, and even require hospitalization.

Even when she took out the medicine that she had given the baby for the past two days, I was really shocked.

These drugs include cefaclor granules, ribavirin granules, and pediatric acetaminophen and xanamine granules.

And such mothers represent some people.

In fact, in this baby's situation, apart from side effects and relieving the mother's anxiety, it does not do anything to help the baby.

To solve the problem of baby's runny nose, let's first understand:

Why babies have runny nose.

In a sense, the baby's runny nose is "detoxifying"!

By chance, a virus invaded the baby's respiratory tract.

But our babies are very powerful. Once the virus enters the human body, it will be discovered by many "defenders".

In order to prevent the virus from further entering the bronchus and lungs.

They fought fiercely on the battlefield of the nasal cavity and pharynx.

After a battle, the baby won.

But there are also casualties, plus virus corpses and battlefield garbage, which will form "snot".

What to do with the snot?

Of course it is discharged!

This is the mechanism behind a baby’s runny nose after catching a cold.

Not required.

When many parents hear about inflammation, they think of using antibiotics. However, the inflammation may be caused by viruses, so antibiotics such as cephalosporins are not needed.

So, do you need anti-venom?

Not required.

Don’t underestimate your baby’s own resistance. Most viruses will heal on their own.

And antiviral drugs have very serious side effects.

The gain outweighs the loss.

So, what about cold medicine?

At this time, mothers should keep their eyes open and be sure to take a look at the ingredients of cold medicine.

For example, acetaminophen, acetaminophen for children, contains acetaminophen, and acetaminophen is an antipyretic, so its use is certainly not recommended.

So, what should I do if my baby has a runny nose?

This kind of runny nose for one or two days is caused by common viruses. We only need to let the baby rest more, drink more water, and dilute the nasal secretions to help them be discharged better.

If there is a lot of nasal discharge and sneezing, but the baby cannot blow his nose, it will affect sleeping and other daily life.

At this time, you can use saline to clean the baby's nasal cavity.

When a child just starts to have symptoms of simple runny nose, he cannot use compound cold medicines at will. So how to use the medicine accurately?

1. Runny nose is the most common acute upper respiratory tract symptom. Simple runny nose is the reaction of the nasal cavity to cold air, allergens, and cold viruses stimulating mucosal secretion.

2. A runny nose is also a self-protection mechanism that can eliminate nasal allergens, dust, cold viruses, etc.

3. Of course, a runny nose will cause nasal congestion in children. Nasal congestion will cause difficulty in breathing and difficulty in eating and sleeping, so symptomatic treatment is required, that is, precise treatment.

4. How to use medicine accurately. If the nasal mucus is clear, the simplest way is to spray the nose with saline or rinse the nose. For babies who don't know how to blow their noses, it can be perfect with a nasal aspirator.

5. If it is yellow nasal discharge, oral antibiotic treatment is required along with normal saline.

6. If the baby originally has allergic rhinitis or has allergic constitution, you can consider early use of anti-allergic drugs (antihistamine drugs of 2nd generation or above) to reduce the aggravation of allergic symptoms.

7. Why compound cold medicines cannot be used for runny noses is because they often contain a variety of ingredients, most of which have antipyretic ingredients. A simple runny nose does not require antipyretics. This is the reason, which is precise medication use.

8. The instruction manual states that it should be used with caution by children under one year old. In fact, it should be banned for those with simple nasal congestion and runny nose without fever.

9. Continuous runny nose for more than 10 days often requires otolaryngology treatment. Don’t think that your baby has always had a cold or has caught colds repeatedly.

Dr. Ke is the chief physician of pediatrics and has rich clinical experience. He specializes in children’s digestive and respiratory diseases, chronic cough, Helicobacter pylori infection, chronic gastritis, functional constipation, abnormal liver function, chronic diarrhea, milk Protein allergy and other difficult diseases, as well as infant nutrition development and feeding consultation. For professional consultation in pediatrics, please come to Good Doctor Online to find Director Ke Youjian. To be with health and be friends with doctors, you are welcome to repost, like, comment and follow. Like and share is a virtue. If you have any questions, you can leave a message and Dr. Ke will answer typical questions in a targeted manner during the break.

Generally, when my daughter has a runny nose, I will do this:

1. If it happens to be like this when the wind blows, it should be the stimulation of the cold air, but it may be due to the wind and cold. Signs of a cold. I will soak the child's feet immediately. If possible, boil water with ginger and let it cool down for a while. After soaking, I will not go out to dry the feet for a while and put on socks.

2. I will give her double vitamin C in the evening. She took liquid form when she was a child, but now she uses chewable tablets. She usually takes one multivitamin a day, and doubles the vitamin C when she has a cold.

3. My daughter has allergies. If there is no air blowing and the quilt is not kicked at night, and she has an inexplicable runny nose and sneezing, and she is not feeling well for two or three days, I will consider that it is caused by exposure to allergens. I will give her allergy medicine before going to bed at night. The allergy medicine is drops prescribed by the hospital.

4. All experts have said that cold medicine has no therapeutic effect on children and can only relieve symptoms; because colds are inherently self-healing diseases, even if you do not need medicine, they will heal themselves. . Therefore, in general, do not give cold medicine to children when they have a cold.

5. If the nasal congestion is serious, the smaller baby can use hot water steam to fumigate it when taking a bath or shower, and then use a nasal rinser after the nose is clear; the older baby can use a physiological sanitizer. Use a saline spray, and then use a neti washer to suck out the mucus from your nose, so that you can have a good sleep.

6. Older babies can be taught to press one nostril and spray out the mucus from one side before scrubbing their nose.

Hello everyone! I have two babies at home, and I have some personal experience with babies having runny noses. Here I would like to share with you some of my experience and opinions. If there is anything inappropriate, pediatric experts are welcome to give me advice.

What is a runny nose?

The so-called runny nose, to put it bluntly, is an early manifestation of a baby's cold (also called upper respiratory tract infection), allergic rhinitis, and acute rhinitis.

Note that not all runny noses mean that babies have a cold, but colds account for a larger proportion.

The main components of nasal mucus are shed epithelial cells, immune white blood cells, a small amount of red blood cells and nasal mucin, etc., which is a mixture secreted by the nasal mucosa.

Why does the baby have a runny nose?

In fact, a baby's runny nose is a rejection reaction of the body against bacteria, viruses, allergens, etc. When bacteria, viruses and allergens cause harm to the baby, the nasal mucosa will secrete mucus to stick them, and then spray these harmful substances out through sneezing or runny nose.

In addition, sudden changes in cold air will also stimulate the baby's nasal mucosa and increase secretions such as nasal mucus. Therefore, a baby's runny nose is actually a manifestation of normal human immunity, and it is not entirely a bad thing.

My baby just has a runny nose, how to use the medicine accurately? Generally speaking, it is not suitable for medication.