A child has a lot of green snot than to treat. Snot in a child - the opinion of Dr. Komarovsky. Is it possible to runny in kindergarten

Snot or runny nose in children are most often caused by three main reasons: viruses, bacteria   or allergies.

Causes of children's snot

  Viral infection.

Among viruses, the cause of snot usually becomes rhinovirus. There are over a hundred varieties of this virus. The source of infection are sick children or healthy virus carriers. In the autumn and winter, the disease proceeds in the form of epidemics.

Virtually all children except babies up to 6 months, are susceptible to subspecies of this virus, especially in conditions of close contact in the team.

The disease begins acutely with high temperature   body and burning in the nose. A few days later the accession occurs. bacterial infection   and the runny nose of the child gets a green tint.

If in the first days of the disease a child swabs from the nose, then there will be a large accumulation of lymphocytes in it, which confirms the diagnosis. viral infection.

Staphylococcus.

Often in the nose of a baby with a smear you can detect the presence of staphylococcus. This bacterium can normally inhabit the nasal cavity and oropharynx of a small patient. It has a pronounced resistance to antimicrobials, therefore, it is difficult for the usual treatment regimen.

With a decrease in immunity against the background of viral infection, staphylococcus begins to multiply actively on the nasal mucosa, causing new symptoms of the disease. When bacteria multiply, the active substances are released from the cells of the immune system, which causes the snot to stain green.

Allergy.

Allergic rhinitis in children is manifested by clear secretions. The cause of allergy in babies is usually dust, wool and epidermis of pets, pollen of some plants and trees.

Often develops drug allergy to vasoconstrictor and other means for the nose, with which parents unsuccessfully try to treat allergic rhinitis. Attaching a bacterial infection to allergic rhinitis   also manifested in green snot in a child.

Green snot does not always require antibiotic therapy or other treatments. Often they are associated with excessive dryness of the nasal cavity and are eliminated by simply moistening the room or irrigating the nasopharynx with saline solutions.

Frequent walks with your child through the park or forest away from busy roads will help to cope with this problem without the use of medications.

Approaches to the treatment of snot in a child and the need to consult a doctor

Some parents consider the presence of snot or a common cold in children is not a reason for going to the doctor, they begin to treat the baby folk remedies   or do nothing.

Consultation of the doctor is necessary at least in order to determine if in this case the treatment or the organism of the little patient will cope on their own.

However, if a cold suffers a child more often 2–3 times a year, then every time it is difficult to contact a doctor, so parents should learn how to first aid a baby with a cold:

Cleansing and moisturizing the nasal mucosa with saline solutions.

You can buy it in a pharmacy or make it yourself (a teaspoon of salt per liter of water).

Application vasoconstrictor drops.

In case of severe swelling in the nose no more than 5–7 days ( Nazol baby sanorin   and etc.).

Antibacterial drops.

With green snot, you can use antibacterial nasal drops based on protargol, collargol or miramistina.

Herbal oils.

Drops on a vegetable basis ( sea ​​buckthorn, thuja   etc.) are safe, but not less effective remedy   relieve nasal congestion and get rid of a cold.

If this treatment helps the baby, then you can cope with the problem at home. But there are several situations that Dr. Komarovsky often mentions when he needs to see a doctor:

• If there is no improvement on the 4th day;
• The temperature continues to hold after seven days;
• There is no positive dynamics within 2–3 days and the condition of the child continues to deteriorate.

Parents are often faced with the problem of cleansing the nose in infants from green snot, which itself does not know how to show off. For these purposes, special children's aspirators were developed.

There are many different models of aspirators from simple rubber pears to whole systems for nasal washing. Consider the most popular models:

In addition to aspirators, you can regularly bury a pharmacy or self-prepared saline solution in the nose of a small patient. In this case, the snot from the anterior sections are shifted to the back and the child swallows them.

In the pharmacy, you can buy various solutions cost, which varies in a wide range. When choosing a nasal agent, it is better to choose a spray product that penetrates the nasal cavity more quickly and has therapeutic effect.

Young children choose drops or special sprays for children up to one year old, since a regular spray can cause damage to the delicate mucous membrane of the infant. Examples of popular means for washing the nose:

  Aqua Maris in the form of a spray, drops for the nose and a separate spray.

For children up to a year. Contains the water of the Adriatic Sea with a wonderful combination of salts. It not only moisturizes the nasal mucosa, but also partially relieves edema.

Price in the area 250 rub.   for 30 ml.

Humer for children.

Contains isotonic solution undiluted sea ​​water. Thins the viscous secret and contributes to its removal from the nose.

Its value is within 600 rub.   for 150 ml.

Runny nose in children can appear at any time of the year and for very for various reasons. Do not panic, but leave unpleasant symptom   without attention too. For young mothers, the advice of the famous professor E.O. Komarovsky. A pediatrician with a lot of experience, he always suggests the most effective and safe way to deal with any problem. Let's find out when a child has green snot, what Komarovsky recommends.

  Causes of snot

First of all, Dr. Komarovsky advises to deal with the reasons why such discharge could appear. Any snot have only three possible reasons   appearances:

But Komarovsky argues that it is usually have an infectious cause.

The most frequent of these is ARVI, when bacteria are released into the respiratory tract along with air. As a defensive reaction, the baby's body begins to liberate mucus. Green color mucous secretions give special cells "neutrophils", which are trying to resist the onslaught of bacteria. When they are destroyed, a substance that paints the snot is produced.

At first, it is transparent and liquid, the body thus tries to “wash” the infection from the spout. Gradually, for 2-3 days, snot becomes more and more viscous and their color changes. Thick green snot suggests that although the child’s immune system works well, it still does not cope on its own, and the pathogenic microflora continues to multiply. This means it's time to help the body and start active treatmentAt the initial stage it is not necessary with the use of antibiotics.

Another reason why a child may appear green snot, Komarovsky considers too dry air in the room. Especially if it still has heating devices.

The mucous membranes of the nose of the baby dry up and can not already allocate enough secret for normal hydration. And warm air in an unventilated area is an ideal breeding ground for pathogenic bacteria. Getting into the child's nose, they provoke inflammatory processes, in the fight with which the snot and gradually turn green.

If such secretions appeared in infants, then this may be due to normal physiological processes. Its nasal passages are still so narrow that with the slightest drying out or puffiness they almost completely overlap. When any pathogenic microorganisms hit the spout, ideal conditions are created for their reproduction. When irregular and / or improper care of the baby snot accumulate in the nose and become green.

  How to treat

You will be very surprised, but if they appear, Komarovsky’s treatment strongly recommends starting with a walk in the fresh air. Of course, if there is no strong increase in body temperature. An ordinary walk kills several birds with one stone:

• creates an additional supply of oxygen;
• sunlight contributes to the production of vitamin D and strengthens the immune system;
• the baby's mood rises and more energy appears;
• uV light has a detrimental effect on pathogens.

If for some reason it is not possible to go outside with the child, you can take it out to the balcony or ventilate the room where it is constantly located.

The second important point contributing to the speedy recovery is high-quality wet cleaning of the room. Dust accumulation can be a source of allergy. In addition, its particles fall into the nose and remain in the mucus, making the snot even more viscous. A humid air facilitates breathing and prevents irritation of the mucous.

Before, Komarovsky strongly recommends careful, but very thorough washing of the nose with a solution. sea ​​salt   or drugs purchased in a pharmacy (Aquamaris, Aqualor, Salin, Marimer). For flushing you need to use a small syringe, which snot is first removed, and then water with a small pressure alternately flows into the nostrils.

Then you need to drip nose. Very young children better drip nose broth of herbs: chamomile, yarrow or aloe juice (you can Kalanchoe).

When the green snot in a child is 2 years old, the choice of what to treat is much more. It can be vasoconstrictor drugs and if necessary, drops with an antibiotic. If the snot is dark green, then the ears should be dripped at the same time to avoid the development of otitis.

But whatever simple treatment   green snot in children, Komarovsky strongly advises in the event that a runny nose lasts longer than a few days, be sure to consult with a specialist. If acute rhinitis becomes chronic, the next stage can be chronic sinusitis. And with timely and proper treatment   runny nose passes quickly and permanently.

With the appearance of rhinitis should not immediately use a variety of drugs. Initially, Dr. Komarovsky recommends identifying the cause of the common cold, and only then treat it with popular or benign medical means.

As a rule, green, yellow and transparent snot   begin to flow copiously from the nose with a weak immunity, hypothermia, exposure to allergens or lack of vitamins. Not rarely, they are one of the symptoms of a viral or bacterial infection.

Dr. Komarovsky advises starting treatment for any rhinitis by washing the nose with salt water. When this is important to follow all the advice of a doctor, and then recovery does not take long.

Most often, colds stand out clear or white snot. But sometimes green appear either yellow dischargeTherefore, many people are interested in the question: what does this mean and how to treat such a runny nose?

Green snot: how to get rid without drugs?

If a runny nose occurs due to which the child's breathing is disturbed, he becomes irritable, and insomnia torments him at night, then the first thing to be done is to determine the color of snot, its consistency and the nature of the discharge.

Green snot indicate the presence of infection in the respiratory organs, to determine its type is better to contact the health facility.

So the green color is a consequence of the development of pathogenic microorganisms in the nasal cavity, which actively multiply and die. Invisible dead cells are covered with mucus and grouped, making the snot viscous, thick and greenish.

Dr. Komarovsky warns that if such a rhinitis occurs in a child, it is important to have timely treatment, because it can occur. You can get rid of the green rhinitis even without pills, but only if you follow certain rules. Therefore, the doctor makes important recommendations regarding living conditions in case of an infectious rhinitis:

1. The room where the patient lives should always be well ventilated.
2. The patient should drink plenty of warm liquid (for example, an hour with honey and citrus).
3. The humidity of the air in the patient's room should be from 50 to 70%.
4. The optimum temperature of the air in the bedroom, where a person sleeps with a cold - 18-20 degrees. If the figures are lower, it will cause the activity of bacteria and viruses, which will only aggravate the course of rhinitis.

These conditions are mandatory for those who want to get rid of the green rhinitis and start breathing normally with their nose. However, if all the recommendations were followed, and the improvement did not come, then medical treatment may be needed.

But Dr. Komarovsky insists that the doctor should prescribe medications and only after a thorough examination of the patient.

Treatment of infectious rhinitis medicinal and folk remedies

Dr. Komarovsky does not deny that in some cases, green snot in children should be treated with local antiseptic drugs and even sparing antibiotics. But the use of the latter is allowed only with a complicated and running cold.

Therefore, it is better to use antiseptics, which also cleanse the nasal passages, but they are safer. However, antibacterial agents kill pathogens, and antiseptics improve the process of removing dead cells, preventing bacteria and mucus from accumulating in the nose.

To moisten nasal cavity   need to use. Since the dry mucous contributes to the occurrence of abnormal seals, which interferes with the normal functioning of the respiratory organ.

Komarovsky recommends the treatment of rhinitis, which is accompanied by green secretions, Etericidal. it medicine   On the basis of oils, preventing the drying of the mucous membrane and moisturizing the nasal passages. The drug is almost harmless, so it can be used from an early age.

In addition to Ekteritsid, green snot child can be treated with olive oil, essential extract tea tree   (in the absence of allergy) or an oil mixture with the addition of vitamins E and A.

Dr. Komarovsky approves the use of certain folk remedies. So, the doctor advises to treat the nose with aloe or kalanchoe juice. To do this, in each nostril you need to drip 3 drops of juice. If the course of rhinitis is not complicated, then improvements will come in 2-3 days.

As mentioned above, with a cold you need to wash the nasal passages. To prepare a therapeutic agent, 250 ml of boiled water should dissolve 1 tsp. soda and salt. It is important to mix the solution thoroughly so as not to damage the delicate nasal mucosa.

Rinsing is carried out as follows: closing the left nostril, you should pour the solution into the right, and then the procedure is repeated, but only vice versa.

Yellow snot: causes and treatment

In addition to green secretions, a person may have yellow snot. But what does such a color of the head cold in a child mean and what treatment should be carried out in this case?

Opinions of doctors regarding such rhinitis differ: some say that it is not dangerous, since yellow   indicates a speedy recovery. The rest do not exclude that such a runny nose is the result of purulent infection and spread inflammatory process.

In addition, yellow snot are rarely symptoms of sinusitis, otitis and adenoiditis. Also, such secretions often develop on the background of allergies that occur during the flowering of plants. Therefore you should not hope that this type of rhinitis will pass by itself.

Dr. Komarovsky advises to consult a doctor who will identify the cause purulent rhinitis   and will hold effective treatment. In particular, to determine the diagnosis, the ENT is required, who will conduct an external examination, take smears from the nose and, if necessary, carry out an X-ray examination of the head.

But why is it so important to treat yellow rhinitis in time? Snot flows down the larynx, resulting in infection penetrates the lower respiratory tract, which aggravates the disease. Moreover, the stagnation of mucus leads to swelling of the nose, in the worst case this can result in a cessation of breathing.

For these reasons, Dr. Komarovsky advises how to conduct a comprehensive treatment as soon as possible. purulent rhinitisincluding:

• Washing the nasal cavity with chamomile decoction, which will eliminate the inflammatory process.
• Nasal instillation by means of constricting vessels on a natural basis (Humer, Aquamaris).
• Supplement drug therapy folk remedies. For example, you can use natural antiseptics (onion, garlic, carrot juice).

Regarding vasoconstrictor drops, they can not be applied longer than one week. Otherwise, the mechanism of habituation will be launched, which further will lead to the appearance of adverse reactions.

These may include symptoms such as insomnia, sneezing, vomiting, and drying out. oral cavity, rapid heartbeat, swelling of the nasal mucosa and burning.

Antibiotics for yellow rhinitis

If the treatment of the child did not give positive results, then this indicates the progression of bacterial rhinitis, as a result of which complications can develop, which pass to the nasopharynx, ears, and brain. Therefore, with a sudden deterioration ( headache, temperature increase) antibacterial drugs can be prescribed.

Often macrolides are used to treat purulent rhinitis:

1. Midecamycin;
2. Erythromycin;
3. Clarithromycin.

The doctor may also prescribe B-lactam drugs (Augmentin) and cephalosporins (Ceftriaxone, Cefodox). As a rule, they are available in pills, but advanced cases are better treated with antibacterial solutions (infusions, injections).

However, it is not always necessary to use antibiotics, which have a broad effect, to eliminate inflammation in the nose. Enough to hold local treatmentwhich can be used for any type of rhinitis.

For this purpose, antibacterial sprays and drops are prescribed. Often, otolaryngologists suggest treating yellow snot with such antibiotics in the form of drops, such as Novoimanin, Framycetin and Neomycin.

Novoimanin has a natural composition, its active ingredient   Hypericum extract is. The drug destroys staphylococcus and gram-positive microorganisms resistant to penicillin. In addition, Novoimanin contributes to the rapid regeneration of the nasal mucosa and the early restoration of the normal functioning of the nasopharynx.

Framycetin is prescribed as part of the complex treatment of bacterial sinusitis. However, the drug can not be used to eliminate the common cold in patients under the age of 1 year. And Neomycin, in addition to the antibacterial effect, has an antiseptic effect. And in the video in this article, Dr. Komarovsky himself will talk about the snot of a child.

Children's body is very sensitive to the environment. Especially in the autumn and winter periods, many children have a cold. Provoke development cold disease   hypothermia during a walk, visiting places of mass gathering of people, visiting a kindergarten, in which there must be at least one sick child.

If a transparent highlights   Since the nose is allergic or viral in nature, the green snot in a child indicates a bacterial or viral-bacterial etiology of rhinitis.

For what reason do green snot appear in a child?

The children's immune system, secreting special antibodies, fights bacteria that have entered the body. This process also involves leukocytes. Due to the presence of dead pathogenic bacteria and leukocytes, the mucous secretions from the nose are stained in green (yellow-green) color. The more saturated the color of snot, the greater the number of white blood cells was involved in the fight against infection.

A child may have green snot for the following reasons:

• contact with people suffering from infectious diseases;
• adaptation to the new environment;
• hypothermia of the body. Occurs mainly in the autumn and winter months;
• weakening of immunity.

What consequences can occur?

The appearance of green snot, as a rule, indicates that the time for the treatment of the pathological condition of the child in the initial stages is missed. It may also mean that the therapy was chosen incorrectly. If you do not treat this condition, the child may develop serious complications, namely:

• sinusitis In addition to the snot green, the child has a headache, which increases with the adoption of a prone position, the sense of smell is lost, the sensitivity of taste buds is dulled, the temperature rises. Often, when sinusitis is one-sided inflammatory process. Therefore, in addition to headaches, pain can be felt in the area of ​​the nose, upper jaw and the lower edge of the eye orbit;
• ethmoiditis This disease is accompanied by purulent secretions   from the nose. The reason for this condition is the penetration of a bacterial infection into the paranasal sinuses. As a result, there are thick green snot in a child that does not pass for a long time. In addition to such secretions, body temperature may rise and appear strong pain   in the nose;
• sinusitis. This disease is characterized by persistent nasal discharge, which is green with a yellow tinge. Sometimes there are blood clots in the discharge. Often, this condition is accompanied by facial and headaches, paroxysmal non-productive cough, redness of the skin in the area of ​​the inflamed sinus;
• otitis. The disease has such basic symptoms as hearing loss, dizziness, vomiting, pain in the ear, giving to the temple, fever. Do not forget that one of the most hazardous consequences   Otitis is an inflammation of the lining of the brain;
• purulent rhinitis. The disease begins with the entry of viruses into the body, which sufficiently weaken the protective functions of the child’s body. This creates a favorable environment for the reproduction of bacteria;
• frontal This disease is characterized by a course of acute inflammatory process in frontal sinuses. Accompanied by the formation of purulent clusters, which, flowing from the nasal sinuses, spread over the laryngeal mucosa.

Green snot: how to treat with medication?

Treatment of green snot should be carried out after visiting the otolaryngologist and under the supervision of a pediatrician, who will determine which therapy to prescribe to the child. In this case, the doctor will take into account the nature, severity of the disease, as well as the presence of associated symptoms.

To rid the child of green snot, a specialist can apply the following treatment methods:

• sinus lavage. In this case, are used salt solutions. At any pharmacy, you can buy ready-made salt solutions with the addition of essential oils. For example, you can use Humer, Aqua Maris, Kviks, Dolphin, Marimer, Aqualor Baby, Salin. All these drugs are easily tolerated even by small children. There are also such situations when the green snot in a child cannot come out naturally (after blowing out). Treatment in this case requires the use of a special device - a pus suction device;
• instillation of drops into the nasal passages, which contribute to vasoconstriction. It may be such drugs as phenystyl or nazol. It is very important to comply with the prescriptions of the attending physician. Otherwise, if you overdo it with the dosage and duration of use of these drugs, the vessels undergo too much narrowing;
• antibacterial nasal drops. Sinupret, Protargol, Nazivin are most commonly used. It is more convenient to carry out the procedure of instillation of the nose, when the child lies on his back;
• antibiotics. Data medications   are used in extreme cases, when for a long time do not pass snot in a child. Also, the use of antibiotics is advisable if the green snot has caused serious complications. When using them, it is necessary to observe the regimen of dosage and dosage prescribed by the pediatrician. Do not be alarmed if the child has dysbacteriosis - this is the normal reaction of the body to taking antibacterial drugs. The doctor, as a rule, envisages this situation and prescribes the admission of appropriate medicines to eliminate this condition.

Unconventional green snot treatment methods

Many parents are interested in the question of how to treat snot in a child if they have acquired a green color. In addition to drug treatments for this condition, there are lots of recipes traditional medicine. All of them are safe and, at the same time, quite effective. However, it should be understood that their use makes sense in the early stages of the appearance of snot green - when there are no serious complications in a child.

An effective way to get rid of green snot is washing the nose with a solution prepared by yourself. To do this, you need to add 1 tsp to 500 ml of warm boiled water. salt (sea or ordinary cooking).

Before starting the procedure, it is necessary to clean the baby's nasal conchas, in other words, the child must blow his nose thoroughly. It is also worth remembering that if the child has a curvature of the nasal septum, this procedure will not bring a positive result.

Then you need to bring the end of the syringe to the nostril of the child and gently press the bottle until the solution starts to flow out of the other nostril. After that, the child can exhale and blow his nose, keeping his mouth slightly open. The same manipulations must be repeated from the second nostril.

Warm compresses

For this procedure, you can use heated sand and / or salt, which should be wrapped in fabric bags and applied to the area maxillary sinuses   15 minutes twice a day. Not bad help warm boiled eggs or potatoes, which also need to be applied to these places.

Natural ointment

Excellent helps to get rid of snot green ointment, prepared independently from natural ingredients. To do this, squeeze the juice out of one head of garlic, mix it with hot vegetable oil (10 g), mix the components thoroughly and leave to infuse for 5 hours. The finished mixture lubricates the nasal passages of the child four times a day.

Inhalation

• eucalyptus;
• fir;
• lavender;
• coriander.

1. After rinsing the nose, it is recommended to remove residual mucus and solution from the nasal passages. If the child is small and still does not know how to blow her own nose, you should bring a compressed syringe to the nasal passage and open it. Thus, by means of air, the syringe absorbs all the remnants of mucus and solution.
  2. Do not do the procedure of washing the nose of the child immediately before bedtime.
  3. Do not press on the syringe too sharply.
4. After washing the nose, it is not recommended to take the child outside for 40-60 minutes.
  5. For washing the nose, you can use not only salt solutions, but also solutions prepared on the basis of baking soda and herbs:

• yarrow;
• calendula;
• sage;
• chamomile.

6. You can also prepare a solution from the juice of beets, potatoes or carrots for washing the nose. These products contain volatile production, which are considered natural antibiotics. Juice is recommended to be diluted with warm boiled water (1: 1 ratio).

What preventive measures to take?

Due to the fact that the occurrence of green snot can be triggered by an unfavorable environment, it is very important to create comfortable conditions for the child. In the room where the baby sleeps and is located most of the time, daily wet cleaning and airing should be carried out.

It is not recommended to heat the air temperature in the rooms by means of electrical appliances. From this, the air becomes too dry, which disrupts the normal operation of mucous membranes. respiratory tract. Also, the body becomes more sensitive to cold, respectively, reduces its protective function.

Make sure the baby’s nutrition is balanced. That he regularly consumed fresh fruits and vegetables that are rich in minerals and vitamins.

Daily walks in the fresh air will help strengthen the child's immune system. Do not forget that the baby should be dressed according to weather conditions, in order to avoid overheating or overcooling of the body. If the child often has a cold, doctors recommend trips to the sea, visiting salt mines, as well as taking vitamin complexes and immunomodulators. Be healthy!