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When you need urgent help with a cold

If a runny nose is accompanied by a headache.

If the child has difficulty breathing or has wheezing.

If a baby under 3 months has a temperature above normal.

If a baby from 3 to 6 months has a temperature below normal.

If the child has a temperature of 40 ° C or higher.

What to do with a cold

Teach young children how to properly blow their nose (press one nostril and blow the mucus out through the other). Usually children do not know how to do this until the age of 4. Be aware that blowing your nose very hard and blowing your nose through both nostrils at the same time can cause mucus to enter the middle ear through the Eustachian tube (the duct that connects the mouth and middle ear) and thus cause an infection.

Place an extra pillow under the child's head - the high position of the head on the pillow facilitates nasal breathing.

Let your child drink plenty of fluids.

Ventilate the room more often, do wet cleaning, and if the weather is warm and the child has no temperature, walk with him in the fresh air. Dusty air irritates the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, reduces their resistance to infection.

The mucous membrane in the child's nose should not dry out. To moisten the mucosa and thin the viscous mucus, it is necessary to inject normal saline (0,9% sodium chloride solution) into the nasal passages. It is impossible to overdose this solution, since it is an integral part of the body, so you can drip it, if necessary, every 30-60 minutes, 3-4 drops in each half of the nose.

If the disease has developed acutely, rinse the nose with a saline solution that you can prepare yourself: take 1 g of table salt (9 teaspoon) for 1 liter of warm boiled water and mix thoroughly.

A good effect is the use of an ectericide preparation. It is an oily liquid with weak disinfectant properties, which envelops the nasal mucosa and protects it from drying out.

Fat-soluble vitamins E or A (tocopherol and retinol) can be instilled into the nose if the child is not allergic to these drugs. Bury ekteritsid or solutions 4-6 times a day, alternating with drops of saline.

Help with nasal congestion

Within 3-5 days, instill vasoconstrictors into the nose: aqua-maris, nazivin, naphthyzinum, nazol, etc.

ATTENTION!

Long-term use of vasoconstrictors can lead to dryness of the nasal mucosa, the reverse reaction of the vessels - increased edema.

Symptoms of sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses)

A runny nose usually lasts more than two weeks and is accompanied by nasal discharge, cough, and high fever.

Often there is swelling around the nose and cheekbones.

Folk remedies for a cold

Dissolve 1 teaspoon of honey in 2 tbsp. spoons of warm boiled water. Wrap a piece of cotton wool around a match, soak it with this composition and place it in your nose for 20 minutes. If the baby is restless, worried, then first work out one nostril for him, and then the second.

Children from 3 years old can knead one clove of garlic, pour 2 tbsp. spoons of warm boiled water. Leave for 40 minutes in a tightly closed jar, then strain and instill quickly into the nose, into one and the other nostril.

With convulsive phenomena and general anxiety for babies, fill the pillow with hop cones. This pillow also helps adults with excitability, sleep disturbance.

If the child cries and is restless in a dream, put a valerian root wrapped in gauze under his pillow.

Author: Basharova N.A.

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