Each parent sooner or later faces the need to instill drops in the nose of their baby. Moreover, as you know, children are not enthusiastic about this procedure. Therefore, mothers and fathers need to know about what is best to use nose drops for a child, and how to properly drip them. We suggest talking about this in this article.
How to properly instill drops in the nose of children?
According to the erroneous opinion of many parents, as soon as a child has snot, the need for drops immediately arises. However, first of all, you need to learn how to timely and correctly clean your baby's nose from mucus. For this procedure, normal saline solution, which is sold in all pharmacies, is perfect. It needs to be warmed up a little and instilled in the baby’s nose. After a couple of minutes, when the mucus softens, remove it using a special device or ask the baby to blow his nose. After that, you can use the nose drops for the child. In addition to saline, to clean the nose you can use the drug "Aquamaris" or its analogues, as well as non-carbonated mineral water.
What are the drops in the nose for a child
In order to choose the right drug for your baby, of course, it is best to consult a doctor. If you want to make a choice yourself, then you need to at least know what categories are divided into nasal funds for the action. So:
- Nasal drops are vasoconstrictive. Children, however, as well as adults, are not recommended to use these drugs for longer than three days, as they are addictive. These funds vary depending on the active substance: it can be "Xylometazoline", "Oxymetazoline" and others.
- Moisturizing drops. These drugs are made on the basis of saline solutions. These drops can be safely called the most effective and safe, since they contribute to the restoration of the mucosa in a natural way. This group includes the following drugs: "Aquamaris", "Aquador" and others.
- Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory nasal drops for a child. Such drugs help fight bacteria that multiply in the late stages of the common cold, when it becomes more difficult to regularly and thoroughly remove them due to the abundance of secretions. The following medical products Protargol, Collargol and Pinosol have this effect.
- Anti-allergic drops. Since allergies are a very common cause of the common cold, it is advisable that this drug is always in your home medicine cabinet. This group of medicines includes Zirtek, Nazonex and Allergodil drops.
What else do you need to know?
In case you are dripping a child with this or that drug, but after three days there is no visible improvement, you should immediately consult a doctor. Also, be sure to follow the dosage indicated in the instructions. In addition, with full responsibility it is necessary to approach the choice of drops, especially if it concerns a newborn baby.