How is it that children sneeze in the morning to clear their eyes?
At this time, parents can't ignore it, because children sometimes get allergic rhinitis instead of the common cold and have to be treated!
So how to distinguish the common cold from allergic rhinitis?
How to quickly distinguish allergic rhinitis from common cold
1, sneeze
Several times a day, more than three times at a time, mostly in the morning or evening or immediately after contact with allergens.
Step 2 clean your nose
A lot of clear water-like snot sometimes drips from the nostrils unconsciously.
3, nasal congestion
Intermittent or continuous, unilateral or bilateral, with different severity.
4, itchy nose
Most patients have itchy nose, and pollinosis patients may be accompanied by itchy eyes, itchy ears and itchy throat.
If the child has the above points, then it can be preliminarily judged that the child has allergic rhinitis. At this time, parents should take their children to the hospital for symptomatic treatment.
Not only that, there are three ways to help children relieve discomfort.
1, sea salt nose wash
In addition to massaging acupoints, we can also wash our nose with sea salt to relieve the pain of children's rhinitis, but when washing our nose with sea salt, we should pay attention to the following three points:
☉ Do not use tap water directly.
Boiled tap water contains bacteria and artificially added ingredients, which may infect the nasal cavity and aggravate the condition. So I suggest you wash your nose with pure water or warm water.
You can't wash your nose with salt.
Because most of the edible salt is added with iodine, iodine has an oppressive effect on the blood vessels of the nasal cavity, which is easy to cause damage to the nasal cavity. Therefore, you must choose special physiological salt to wash your nose, and you must not be careless.
☉ Don't flush the nasal cavity from the beginning.
The correct way to wash the nose is to clean the outermost layer of the nasal cavity first, and then clean the deep layer of the nasal cavity. The advantage of this is to avoid washing all the dirty things outside the nasal cavity into the depths, but it loses the function of washing the nose with salt water. At the same time, it is best not to rinse the nasal cavity more than twice a day. If the number of times is too much, the nasal mucosa will lose the protection of secretions, leading to excessive dryness of the nasal cavity.
2. Acupoint bleeding
Clinical application shows that bloodletting at acupoints is a good therapy to relieve children's antipyretic cold, which can reduce the dosage of antipyretic drugs taken orally by children and shorten the course of disease.
However, it should be noted that acupoint bloodletting needs to be operated by a professional doctor, and parents should not try it themselves.
Allergic rhinitis is not only high in incidence, but also difficult to cure. General drugs can only temporarily relieve and control rhinitis, and if you are not careful, it will cause the recurrence and aggravation of rhinitis.
Rhinitis has various effects on life, such as stuffy nose, poor breathing, dry and itchy nose, sneezing, snoring during sleep, and even being awakened suddenly.
Moreover, because our eyes, ears, nose, pharynx and larynx are connected, it means that bacteria in the nasal cavity may also spread to other organs and cause infection. For example, some patients with rhinitis are often accompanied by itchy ears and eyes, tears and pharyngitis.
So, what can be done to keep children away from allergic rhinitis?
How to prevent allergic rhinitis
1, diet conditioning
The climate in autumn is dry, so we should pay attention to balanced nutrition, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and avoid eating foods that can induce allergies such as shrimp, crab and seafood and raw and cold foods. In short, what to eat, what not to eat, and how to eat should be decided according to the child's personal situation, and following the doctor's advice is the key.
2. Sports
Proper outdoor exercise in daily life can enhance the body's immunity and effectively prevent rhinitis.
3, pay attention to keep warm
The temperature changes suddenly in autumn and winter, so parents should always pay attention to the weather forecast and add clothes to their children in time. Because climate change is easy to cause rhinitis due to colds, it is also a preventive measure to wear a mask at the right time to reduce the stimulation of cold air on nasal mucosa.
At the same time, because there is plenty of time at night and there is no urgent urge, many parents are used to bathing their children at night. This requires parents to dry their hair before going to bed after bathing their children to avoid the occurrence of other respiratory diseases such as colds.
4. Environmental protection
The key to prevent allergic rhinitis is to avoid contact with allergens. People who are allergic to dust mites should keep the room clean, often open the window for ventilation, avoid using carpets, clothes and bedding indoors in humid areas, expose themselves to the sun or dry them with a dryer, clean the air conditioning filter regularly, stay away from plush toys and wash your hair frequently.
At the same time, try not to go to crowded places and passively inhale second-hand smoke to avoid bacterial invasion.
Step 5 get rid of bad habits
Blowing your nose is the most common behavior of rhinitis patients. Many people don't know that blowing your nose will make it enter the sinuses, making the sinuses a hotbed of bacteria, which will easily stimulate the nasal cavity and induce rhinitis. Parents should ask children with this bad habit to get rid of it as soon as possible.