We treat green snot in a child
Cares and worries appear at a time when yourthe baby fell ill. Colds that overcome a child in the autumn-winter period are often accompanied by such an unpleasant phenomenon as snot. Snot, or runny nose - is the process of mucus rejection, which is produced by the mucous surface of the nose and is a protective reaction of the body to inflammation caused by the ingress of viruses or bacteria. Runny nose is divided into three types:
- viral;
- bacterial:
- allergic.
If there are green snot in a child, then,the disease passed into the next stage and took a bacterial character. At the beginning of the disease, the snot is transparent and mucous. Such secretions are characteristic of the common cold, which is viral or allergic.
As a rule, green snot appear on the secondstage, when the immunity is reduced by the catarrhal disease, and in the environment there is a bacterial background. This happens if the baby's stay in the open air is limited. Or if a visit to a kindergarten, where the concentration of microorganisms in a confined space is increased, occurs before the onset of full recovery. Or (most often) when activating their own opportunistic bacteria, living in the nasopharynx in a child.
Green snot in a child get their color forthe account of the substances appearing in the mucosa in the destruction of special cells - neutrophils. And the presence of these cells in the nasal mucosa means that the common cold has now become not only viral, it has also acquired a bacterial character. Green snot in a child should be treated without delay, since lost time can lead to the development of chronic sinusitis. In addition, it is quite possible to have osseous (tubototy, otitis) and respiratory system (tracheitis, bronchitis). You should definitely consult a doctor, he will tell you what to treat the green snot in a child and what exactly drugs should be used. Do not engage in self-medication, because only a specialist will be able to put the right diagnosis and prescribe the right treatment.
Parents should be aware that the green snotthe child does not mean that they need to be treated only with antibiotics. It can be both medicamentous preparations, and means of traditional medicine, and more often all in a complex.
Be sure to flush the baby's spoutSaline solution to remove mucus from the nasal cavity. The body fights and it must be helped. Well, and after washing - to dip into the tip of the baby warm drops.
Drug medications can be bought without a prescription in the pharmacy, but they should be changed every four to five days, otherwise with longer use it becomes addictive and the effect decreases.
I want to dwell more in detail on the methods of traditional medicine, because very often all that is needed is in sufficient quantity at hand, you just need to remember about such methods of treatment.
Herbal drops can easily be cookedin-house. To do this, a teaspoon of a mixture of herbs: yarrow, chamomile, calendula (or individually) you need to pour a glass of boiling water and twenty minutes to insist on a water bath. If there is no allergy to honey, you can add honey (half a teaspoon) to the warm infusion of herbs.
Freshly squeezed carrot, beet or potato juiceeffectively help in the treatment of the common cold. Be sure to remember that they should be in two or even three times diluted with warm boiled water. You can also add some honey. And one more good rule: before burying the baby check the drug on yourself. This will not only give confidence in the painlessness of the concentration of a given solution or its temperature, but it will also work for the child as a psychological factor. On the inflamed mucous nose of the child should not be exposed to a solution of increased concentration, so that the unpleasant sensations do not cause a negative reaction the next time.
Warming with dry heat gives a goodtherapeutic effect in the treatment of green snot in children. Two eggs boiled in a steep, or large salt, heated in a frying pan, tied in a dense napkin made of cotton or linen and applied through several layers of tissue to the spout of the baby. Thus, the nasal sinuses, the bridge of the nose, warm up. However, such thermal procedures can be carried out only after consulting a doctor, because if a child has purulent sinusitis (sinusitis, frontalitis, etc.), you can not heat your nose!
Those who are not contraindicated by wet inhalation,can use the infusions of sage, marigold, chamomile. Together with them, you can add to the boiling water tincture of propolis, which is sold in a ready-made form in the pharmacy.
Well, we do not forget about fresh air. Of course, not immediately after the thermal procedures. Walks (in the absence of temperature) play a positive role in the dynamics of treatment of this disease.
