Due to their young age, children's physical functions are not fully developed, and their nasal and sinus cavities have not fully grown. Therefore, they are prone to difficulty breathing and lack of nasal ventilation after catching a cold. If it's a mild nasal congestion, it's okay to say, but if the situation is serious, it will affect the child's life and study. So, how to treat a child with a cold and stuffy nose?
When parents find that their child's nose is not ventilated due to a cold, they can soak a towel in hot water, wring it out, and apply it to the root of the child's nose to soften nasal secretions and help the nose ventilate as soon as possible. In addition, you can also use a children's cotton swab to soak it in water and carefully enter the child's nasal cavity to gently roll out the secretions inside, in order to improve the ventilation of the nose.
Another common method is to use a cup filled with hot water, placed at the front of the baby's nose, and let the baby inhale the steam emitted by the hot water in the cup, softening and diluting the secretions inside the nasal cavity. This is consistent with the principle of applying a hot towel to the nose, which can quickly solve the problem of stuffiness in the nose.
In addition, if the baby's nose is still not ventilated while sleeping at night, and even seriously affects the quality of their sleep, parents can raise the baby's head to alleviate nasal congestion symptoms. If the baby's nasal congestion still does not improve after the above operations, it is recommended that parents take the baby to the hospital for relevant examinations and targeted treatment.
