The correct way to steam your nose

In summer, babies often catch colds due to air conditioning or cold, especially heat colds, which are the most uncomfortable. Many symptoms will appear after a cold, such as nasal congestion, which will seriously affect our lives. There are many small tricks in life that can effectively relieve nasal congestion, and steam fumigation of the nose is one of them. How to use steam to fumigate the nose? How to use steam fumigation for the nose? Let’s take a look

Generally speaking, nasal congestion is a common symptom of upper respiratory tract infection (i.e. cold). The increase in secretions blocks the nasal cavity, and the edematous nasal mucosa also makes the respiratory tract narrower. In addition, there are also cases where excessive nasal crusts are caused simply by not cleaning the nasal cavity for a long time, which affects the patency of the respiratory tract. Parents should treat nasal congestion symptomatically according to the cause.

Steaming the nose - Relieve mild nasal mucosal edema

Many smart parents have tried some tips to relieve baby's nasal congestion, such as preparing a cup of boiling water and placing it next to the baby's nose to relieve edema by inhaling hot steam, or creating steam in the bathroom and letting the baby stay in the bathroom for a while, or even applying a hot towel to the nose. In fact, these practices are all reasonable. When the baby's nasal cavity inhales water vapor, it not only helps relieve edema, but also facilitates the discharge of secretions.

There are other little tricks in life:

1. Use saline nose drops to help clear nasal secretions

If there is too much secretion in the baby's nasal cavity, such as snot or mucus, it will block the respiratory tract. For children over 3 years old, just blow your nose, and you can pick out the boogers if there are any. But babies who are too young cannot blow their noses, and they cannot breathe through their mouths, so a stuffy nose is a disaster for them.

Therefore, it is necessary for parents to help their baby clean his nasal cavity. You can drip saline nasal drops (homemade, 0.65% saline) into the baby's nasal cavity to soften the secretions and stimulate the baby to push the secretions from back to front, and then use a ball nasal aspirator to suck out the secretions.

Some doctors also believe that children should not use nasal aspirators, as they believe that it will damage the nasal mucosa. In fact, if used correctly and not frequently, it will not cause much harm. In order to make the baby breathe smoothly, sleep and drink milk more conveniently, it is not a bad idea to use it appropriately.

Since babies have smaller nasal cavities, cotton swabs are too large and are not very practical. Although older children can insert cotton swabs, the cotton swab is used with a force pushing from the outside to the inside, which may push the secretions deeper.

2. Nasal spray - relieve severe nasal congestion caused by colds

If the above treatments fail to relieve your baby's nasal congestion, and your baby can't sleep well because of the nasal congestion, can't eat well, or even struggles and cries, then you should consider using nasal spray. Some decongestant nasal sprays work by compressing the blood vessels in the nose, shrinking the swollen mucosa and thus opening the nasal cavity.

It should be noted that you should not use nasal drops on your baby casually, especially adult nasal drops. You must use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor, and usually use nasal drops that do not contain ephedrine. Moreover, it should not be used more than 3 times a day and cannot be used for 3 consecutive days. Excessive consumption may have the opposite effect and cause more severe congestion.