Symptoms of rhinitis in two-year-old baby

There are many people around us who suffer from rhinitis, and there are patients of all ages, even two-year-old babies have rhinitis, which has a great impact on daily life. Especially in winter, rhinitis will worsen and cause discomfort. What are the symptoms of rhinitis in babies? Whether it is chronic rhinitis or acute rhinitis, dryness, itching and frequent sneezing will occur in the nose during an attack.

Pediatric rhinitis can be divided into acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis. Symptoms of chronic rhinitis in children: characterized by nasal congestion and loss of smell. Symptoms of acute rhinitis in children: mild chills and fever, general discomfort, burning sensation in the nasopharynx, dryness, itching and sneezing in the nose at the onset.

In chronic simple rhinitis, nasal congestion is relieved during daytime activities, but worsens at night or when sitting still. When lying on one side, the lower nasal cavity is blocked, while the upper nasal cavity is well ventilated. When lying on the other side, nasal congestion occurs in the other nasal cavity. The nasal discharge is mucous and is often accompanied by headache, dizziness, decreased sense of smell, etc. Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis is often characterized by persistent nasal congestion, mucous or mucopurulent nasal discharge, and may also cause tinnitus, hearing loss, headache, insomnia, mental depression, etc.

Symptoms of acute rhinitis in children include nasal congestion, large amounts of clear nasal discharge, decreased sense of smell, and headache after 1 to 2 days. After 3-4 days, due to secondary infection, the secretions turn into yellow purulent nasal discharge that is difficult to blow out, and the nasal congestion becomes more severe. If there are no complications, recovery will occur in about a week. and poor adaptability to the outside world, so children are more likely to suffer from rhinitis.

If the child is older and has nasal congestion, you can use green onion to plug the nose to help relieve the congestion. The specific steps are as follows: choose fresh raw onions, wash them, take the white part of the onion, mash it, then put a few small pieces of cotton wool the size of a fingernail into the onion juice to soak them and set aside. First, use a sterilized cotton swab dipped in light salt water to clean the child's nostrils, and then you can insert a small cotton ball soaked in onion juice into the child's nostrils. Replace the cotton ball with a new one when it loses its irritation. Do this for about half an hour to an hour, three times a day.

Therefore, the symptoms of rhinitis in a 2-year-old baby can be understood based on the above introduction, and parents can make timely identification with the help of a doctor.