Almost all parents are faced with a problem such as a runny nose from the first days of their child’s life. There are many reasons for its occurrence. Rhinitis can cause both viruses and bacteria, as well as mixed infections.
Often, a mild runny nose disappears within two weeks if the correct treatment regimen is observed - moist air, walking on the street, timely nose burial. But there are also complex protracted rhinitis. They cannot be cured with the help of appropriate preventive measures and simple medications.
When is it appropriate to use complex nasal drops?
Complex drops are used to affect the infectious infection of the nasopharynx comprehensively and relieve inflammation. Their use is also relevant in the treatment of rhinitis in children.
They can also be prescribed by doctors for childhood sinusitis, sinusitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, allergic inflammation. Complex drops are called so because they include several drugs for the treatment of the above diagnoses and auxiliary components of natural origin and not only.
You should know that they are sold in specialized pharmacies for their manufacture. The medical composition of complex drops in the nose for children is the attending physician, who prescribes the medicine.
Currently, not every city has a specialized pharmacy for the production of complex nasal drops, so many are trying to find a prescription in medical information sources, because the reviews about them by those who have tested them in practice are mostly positive.
Many parents note the fact that even chronic rhinitis goes away forever after applying them. Inflammation and
swelling of the nasopharynx also disappear, and the diseases do not remind of themselves at each cold snap, a stable immunity of the body to infections that cause ENT diseases is developed.
The prescription for complex drops is prescribed only by a doctor! Amateur action regarding the preparation thereof can be fraught with complications.
Benefits of Complex Nasal Drops
Complex drops for children at the same time affect the causes of the common cold. It is often not possible to determine offhand, which caused a disease of the nose - viruses, bacteria or fungal infections, and maybe even an allergy. Therefore, it is possible to influence all possible causes immediately by digging into the nose the complex composition of the solution.
The second positive point of using these is the individual approach of the ENT doctor to a small patient.
The disadvantages of complex nose drops
Complex drops also have disadvantages. They can cause complications. Therefore, they are always prescribed to the child by the doctor in the case when the disease can not be affected by simple or combined means.
With a common cold, complex drops are not used!
The effectiveness of complex drops has not been fully proven, there are not enough laboratory tests, so they should not be trusted too much.
A solution mixed from several drugs is stored for two weeks.
The cost of a complex remedy is higher than the usual drops for a baby nose.
Where can I order and buy them?
As mentioned above, you can buy complex nose drops for children in specialized pharmacies for their manufacture. The doctor writes a prescription, and pharmacists, according to his recommendations, make a special mixture of several drugs.
You can buy them only by prescription. Without a doctor’s prescription, no specialized pharmacy will sell you a complex drug, especially if it is intended for use in treating a child.
It can not be cooked at home, there is a possibility of improper selection of components for mixing and determining their dosage.
Components of complex nasal drops
Complex drops are used with caution in children. The composition of these may contain vasoconstrictive elements, hormonal, antibiotic, immunomodulating, antihistamines, antibacterial, antiviral. Such a set of components can be equally useful and harmful at the same time.
More specifically, complex drops, the composition of which is intended for the treatment of children, need to be emphasized on the fact that they include only drops intended for the treatment of small patients.
So,
vasoconstrictor drops can relieve inflammation in the nose, swelling, due to which the child can breathe freely. The most commonly used drops are Naphthyzinum. However, reviews of this children's medicine today are not as positive as negative, it is not applicable in the treatment of children under two years of age, so doctors are more likely to mix nasal drops such as Vibrocil, Polydex, Sanorin, Nazivin , Otrivin.
Antihistamines affect allergic rhinitis. Most often, the composition of complex drops for children is added either a solution of Diphenhydramine or a solution of Suprastin.
Means that help protect the nasopharynx from the multiplication of harmful bacteria, such as Gentamicin, Cefazolin, Linkomycin, do not exclude the use of Furacilin solution.
Hormonal drugs relieve inflammation of the nasopharynx, swelling. In children’s complex drops, Nazobek and Nazonex are often used.
With complex forms of rhinitis and sinusitis, doctors can add aloe juice, coniferous, menthol or eucalyptus oil to complex drops. Before adding them, it is specified whether the child has an allergic reaction to these components.
Procedure for instilling complex drops
Complex drops are not stored for a long time. Instructions to them often say that you need to use them within seven days. Therefore, after this period it is not recommended to continue treatment with them.
Often the effect occurs after a week of their use. They are buried one or two drops in the nasal passages of the child several times a day. Before instillation, do not forget to rinse the baby’s nose with a solution of sea salt and a special pipette to pump out the snot, remove them from the nasal passages so that the drops come into contact with the nasal mucosa and do not come out with mucus.
Since drops can cause a burning sensation, it is recommended that five minutes after instilling them into each nasal passage, drop a drop of vegetable oil.
If it is difficult for a child to instill a nose, then cotton swabs moistened in the prepared solution are used, which are placed in the nostrils for five to ten minutes, after which it is also recommended to instill vegetable oil.
Below are three recipes for complex baby drops, but we warn you that preparing them yourself at home is dangerous for the health of your children. The composition of these should include drugs that can individually affect the condition of your child.
The recipes described in this article are for guidance only, but not recommended for practical use.
Complex drops are authorized to be prepared only by a professional ENT doctor.
Recipe number 1
Complex drops for children can be made by mixing the following drugs in the appropriate proportion: “Metazone 1%” (0.5 ml) + “Lincomycin 30%” (2 ml) + “Dioxidine 1%” (2.5 ml) + “Nazonex "(1 ml).
Recipe number 2
Another option for complex drops for treating a cold in children: Nazivin (one bottle) + Lincomycin 10% (one bottle) + Nazonex (one bottle) + aloe juice (1 ml).
Recipe number 3
“Vibrocil” (one bottle) + “Lincomycin 10%” (one bottle) + “Diphenhydramine 1%” (one ampoule).
Complex nasal drops are a mixture of drugs that treat diseases of the nasopharynx with physical solution, water, antibacterial oils, combined drops for the common cold.
Drops, which include more than two to three drugs, are complex and should be used only under the supervision of a doctor.
The preparation of complex nasal preparations does not stop with these three recipes. You can combine many medicines with each other, the main thing is not to concentrate those that cause too pronounced side effects.
As mentioned above, today there is no evidence base that the combination of several drugs is beneficial for the body of children, so complex nasal drops are extremely rare. These may be the most complex and advanced diseases of the nasopharynx of an inflammatory nature.
It should also be noted that complex drops in the nose can be instilled with conjunctivitis in the eyes and ears with otitis media.
During treatment of your child, one should not follow the recommendations of friends who supposedly prepare an effective cure for the common cold at home. Not every kid can use the miraculous home-made elixir.
An incorrect combination of drops and other components can lead to dry nasal mucosa or burns. Complications are more difficult to cure than finding the cause of the common cold with your doctor.
Complex drops are recommended for children after three years. Infants and children under three years of age are contraindicated. For their treatment, combined factory-made preparations are used.
Self-treatment of prolonged and chronic runny nose in children is not the task of the mother, but the ENT doctor. Only after examination can you act in accordance with its requirements.