Cold drops

Unfortunately, no child can avoid a cold, and in order to rule out various complications after it, parents should start treating children's rhinitis in a timely manner. The most correct and effective way will be the use of such a medicinal product, as drops from the common cold.

All parents sooner or later face such a problem as a runny nose in a child. But they often do not know how best to do in this situation, than it is possible to cure rhinitis in a child. Some mothers, finding the runny nose a harmless disease, do nothing in the hope that it will pass by itself, without medical intervention. But, of course, those parents who will take all necessary measures to eliminate it will be right - they will turn to the doctor and apply the prescribed drops from the common cold to the children.

Rhinitis is the result of inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose. The causes of such inflammation can be both infectious and non-infectious.

Infectious pathogens include viruses that enter the nasal mucosa during inspiration and develop for several days, which in turn facilitates the attachment of another bacterial infection.

Non-infectious reasons include sudden temperature changes, allergies, as well as some environmental factors - dust, smoke, etc.

Often, only the nature of the mucus to be separated from the nose will tell if it is an infection or not.

In case of a runny nose in a child, it is necessary to help him, as the mucous membrane of the nose goes away, which makes it difficult for the nose to breathe. If even an adult feels a serious discomfort from the stuffy nose and tries to eliminate this problem using drops from the cold, then such help is absolutely necessary for children. This is especially true of infants, who spend almost all the time in a horizontal position, which further aggravates the problem with breathing. Therefore, the child can not sleep properly, and if you take into account the method of feeding infants - then eat. Help the child can drop from the cold, which have a vasoconstrictive effect, which allows you to remove the flow of mucous membranes.

If the runny nose is not treated, the complications of such a disease can be of a very different nature. First of all, it must be remembered that the smaller the child, the weaker its immune system. The organism of a small child will not be able to resist the viruses attacking it for a long time and the inflammation of the nose can very quickly pass to other organs, which in turn will lead not only to bronchitis, but also to pneumonia. Another complication in children up to one year is otitis media, that is, inflammation of the middle ear. In children under 3 years, sinusitis is considered to be the most common, but chronic rhinitis often occurs in children from 3 to 5 years.

To ease the condition of a child during a runny nose, drops such as vibrocil, nasivin, otrivin or nasoferon are best. These drugs can be used for children under 1 year. The number of droplets and the frequency of instillation depends on the age of the child. Drops from the rhinitis for babies can be used no more than 3 days. It is best to dip the apples into the spout at night, to ease the infant's night's sleep. In any case, do not treat the child with drops more than one week. Before each instillation it is necessary to thoroughly clean each nasal passage of the child. Older children can do it themselves, and for babies you can use cotton swabs. In this procedure, the toddlers should be in a semi-reclining position, and for older children it is enough simply to tilt the head.

The most important thing is that parents should not engage in independent diagnosis and determine the most appropriate treatment, in their opinion. Any treatment can be started only after consultation with the pediatrician.