The next cold caught by the child is always alarming for parents and adds worries. One of the unpleasant nuances is the green snot in the child, which does not allow you to breathe in full. Thick mucus clogs both nasal passages of the baby, hence the whims, poor sleep and appetite. But this is not the most unpleasant, because the dense green snot in a child is an alarming signal. Often it indicates that a bacterial infection has settled in the body of the baby. And you can not ignore this signal. However, before you appoint a treatment, you need to know how the green snot appears in the child.
The mechanism of formation of a thick yellow-green mucus in the nose does not occur in one day. In the first two or three days of the disease, mucus is transparent, which can indicate the presence of an allergic or viral rhinitis. If after a few days the selection changes color and the child has yellow-green snot, then the cause is the dead white blood cells, which came into contact with bacteria. It is these cells that give the mucus a yellow-green color. By the way, the more saturated the color, the more bacteria became the victims of leukocytes, standing on the guard of immunity.
Causes of the appearance of green snot
Find out why the child has green snot, it's easy. First, for the autumn-winter period, this situation is not something out of the ordinary. Immunity is weakened, it's cold, damp in the street, everyone sneezes and coughs around. If the child also visits a kindergarten, then in his environment there must be at least one sick person. In children's teams, the spread of bacteria and viruses occurs very quickly. The runny nose, and the more prolonged green snot in the child can not be ignored. Before he cures green snot child, it must be checked by an otolaryngologist. In most cases, the doctor diagnoses rhinitis. The disease can be both bacterial and viral-bacterial (mixed).
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Do not immediately adjust to antibiotic treatment. Sometimes it is enough to limit oneself to additional walks on the street, buying an air humidifier, washing the nose and increasing the vitamin-containing fruits and vegetables in the diet.
Of all independent attempts at treatment there can be no question, if there were green snot in the infant. In this case only an otolaryngologist can make a treatment regimen. Parents should understand that the green snot can not immediately disappear from the child. Time is needed. Usually, after a week, the spout can be completely freed from mucus. Do not ignore the runny nose! The variant "will pass or take place" can end with a chronic genyantritis.
After establishing the nature of the disease, the baby will be prescribed antibacterial drops for the nose and / or antibiotics. In addition, a mandatory condition - washing the nasal passages.
Folk methods can help in the treatment of green snot in a child. A good effect is given by drops of herbal infusions. To do this, a teaspoon of dried marigold flowers, mixed in equal proportions with yarrow, is filled with a glass of boiling water. The broth should be infused for half an hour in a water bath. It will help to facilitate the breathing of beet, carrot or potato juice, which contains natural antibiotics - phytoncides.