Than to treat dense snot in a child?

Coryza - a fairly common phenomenon in toddlers and older children. Most often he accompanies various colds and is associated with penetration into the nasopharynx of the infection, but this does not always happen. Often, thick snot can be found in a child with normal body temperature and the absence of other symptoms of a viral disease.

To treat a cold, it is best to see a doctor so that a qualified doctor can identify the cause of rhinitis and prescribe the necessary medications. About what to treat thick snot in a child, including breast, depending on the nature of their origin, we will tell you in our article.

Than to treat transparent and white dense snot in a child?

Such discharge is not a consequence of an organism's damage by a bacterial or viral infection. Most often, thick white snot appear after regular contact with the allergen. To get rid of allergic rhinitis, it is necessary, first of all, to eliminate the allergen. For this, it is necessary to establish what exactly the organism reacts to in this way.

If you can not determine the allergen yourself, you should consult a doctor-allergist who, with the help of various provocative tests, will be able to identify the true cause of the disease and prescribe suitable antihistamines.

Also during treatment it is necessary to adhere to the following recommendations:

• as often as possible to ventilate the children's room and regularly produce wet cleaning in it;
• in good weather, you must walk outside;
• also increase the amount of fluid consumed by the child daily.

Than to treat green or yellow dense snot in a child?

Dense secretions, which have a green or yellow tinge, arise as a consequence of a disease of a viral or bacterial nature. Treatment of a common cold of this kind must necessarily be carried out with the help of antiviral drugs. To get rid of such snot it is necessary to act according to the following scheme:

1. First, the baby's nose should be thoroughly rinsed with saline or decoction of chamomile.
2. After that, you need to wait a bit and ask the baby to blow your nose. If thick snot is observed in an infant who does not know how to blow himself, it is necessary to carefully suction the discharge with a child's aspirator.
3. Further in the nose drip antibacterial drugs, for example, Bioparox.
4. Finally, in order to help the child breathe, vasoconstrictive medications such as Nazivin or Nazol should be dripped.

In the case of thick green snot it is necessary to show the baby to the doctor, as the medicines used to fight them have many contraindications. Self-medication in this situation is unacceptable, so you can only aggravate the situation.