The child grunts his nose, but no snot? Komarovsky: possible causes and characteristics of treatment

Trembling with the child's health -the primary duty of conscious parents. Modern pediatricians are not surprised by the instant reaction of adults to the slightest sneeze. However, is this reaction to changes in the child's organism always justified? For example, is it worth worrying if the child grunts his nose, but there is no snot? Komarovsky EO enlightens concerned parents in this matter. Let's find out what the doctor thinks about this.

A baby child grunts his nose

Literally right after discharge from the maternity hospitala young mother can discover that her baby loudly snuffles up and publishes specific sounds. The newborn does not cough, the mucus does not secrete from the baby's nose, there is no purulent discharge, the body temperature is not increased. Expressed simpler, the child grunts his nose, but there is no snot.

Komarovsky does not consider such a phenomenon a causefor parental hysteria and excessive excitement. According to the expert, the grunting breath of crumbs disappears to the 2-3th month of life. Maximum of one year your child will nasal, after which his breathing normalizes. What, after all, is the cause of the unpleasant phenomenon?

All the fault of physiology

Why does the baby grunt his nose? Dr. Komarovsky attributes such a manifestation to the attempts of the child's organism to adapt to new conditions for him.

Sopli can disturb a newborn child and inperiod of teething. Abundant regurgitation after feeding is another physiological factor provoking a grunting breath. Babies, after eating mother's milk (mixture), return to their usual position - horizontal. Part of the food is in the back of the nasal passages. When air passes through the nasopharynx of a child, a specific sound resembling grunting occurs.

Your child's mouth sniffs, but there is no snot. "Is it a cold?" - you ask. This is a physiological rhinitis. The mucous membrane of the newborn is irritated in response to dry air in the room, dust, animal hair, pollen of plants. This is a kind of allergic reaction, caused by the factors of the new habitat.

If only after a night of sleep your childgrunts his nose, but there is no snot, Komarovsky connects this with a snot cluster in the area of ​​the posterior nasal department. The reason for this - narrow nasal passages of the child, swelling in response to changes in environmental conditions. This may occur after the heating is switched on in winter.

Is not this a pathology?

The newborn child "grunts," but there is no snot. The reasons for this may also be pathological.

Among the most common:

• Congenital abnormal structure of the septum of the nose. Pathology originates in the process of intrauterine development of the fetus. Correction is made after a preliminary consultation with a specialist.
• Swelling of the mucosa, which was preceded byinjury to the nasal cavity. With a similar may encounter parents who sloppily cleaned the child's spout with cotton swabs and thereby damaged the nasal mucosa. The result is swelling and grunting breathing.
• Mechanical damage caused by bruises, bumps or foreign body noses.

Unclear diagnosis - stridor

Stridor is a disease that candiagnose ENT when examining a newborn baby. Literally, the diagnosis sounds like "noise during breathing". Some babies have softened laryngeal cartilages or narrow nasal passages from birth. In such situations, the child in the process of breathing snorts and emits specific sounds resembling grunting. With the growth of crumbs, breathing normalizes.

If a stridor is diagnosed,the need for additional examinations that will help to eliminate serious ailments associated with heart disease, problems with the thymus gland, bronchial tubes. This fact explains the need for an additional examination of the child by a doctor at the age of 2-3 years.

How to help the baby?

The throat sniffs, but there is no snot. What to do? In the case of physiological reasons for solving the problem, parents need to eliminate allergens and provide comfortable living conditions for the child, namely the air temperature within 20 degrees and humidity 50-70%.

Remove from the nursery all the dust collectors: furniture, carpets, books, etc. Try to keep pets as far from the child as possible. The same applies to feeds for aquarium fish, flowers and other potential allergens.

In order to alleviate the condition of the crumbs,Komarovsky advises to use saline solution to moisten the nasal passages. Drip the drug every 60 minutes for 3-4 drops. It will also help wash using water with sea salt.

Do not forget about regular walks tofresh air, which help the nasal mucosa to remain moisturized, and the nasal passages - clean. Contraindications to long walks can only be an acute form of the disease, provoking a high body temperature.

Drink plenty of chicken. This will help to establish water-salt metabolism and make up for the fluid imbalance in the child's body. Children older than six months can drink fruit juices containing vitamin C (cranberry, raspberry, etc.).

Does your baby literally choke on snot? From white transparent mucus can be eliminated with a special suction, syringe or a regular syringe. During the procedure, you should use the composition to cleanse the nasal passages. They can be found in the pharmacy.

Prolonged mucus secretion, its abundant accumulationin the nasopharynx, a change in the color of snot on yellow or green are single-valued reasons for seeking medical help. The opinion of a specialist is necessary for any of the above-mentioned pathological causes of the phenomenon.

Flush the child's nose correctly

Why does the child grunt his nose, but no snot, wefound out. We also learned about ways to relieve the condition of crumbs, among which the primary washing of the nasal passages is paramount. What about the technique of the event?

For the beginning we put the child on its side and water itsolution of the upper nostril. In the case of newborns, it is better to use isotonic drops, rather than agents in the form of sprays. To wash the nasal passages with saline solution is also not worth it. The concentration of salt in it exceeds the salt percentage in the child's blood by hundredths. This is quite enough for overdrying the mucous membrane of the child's nose.

Then we carry out the same actions with the second nostril. At the end of the procedure, the aspirator (syringe) must be cleaned. To wash the nasal passages Komarovsky advises to resort every time with nasal congestion.

Preventive measures

Your baby snorts, but does not have a sniff? Komarovsky calms his parents, placing emphasis on the physiology of the child. However, this does not mean that preventive measures should be neglected.

More about them below.

1. We maintain the humidity index in the room 50-70%. We regularly hold a wet cleaning, use an air humidifier (we cover the batteries with wet towels) during the heating season.
2. We maintain the air temperature at 18-20 degrees. Regularly aired.
3. We get rid of the dust accumulators.
4. We often walk with the child in the fresh air.
5. We help the baby roll over on the tummy, hold his head - this helps normalize breathing.
6. We carry out regular care of a newborn's nose.
7. We bathe the baby regularly.
8. Regularly drip into the nostrils of the child's physiological solution: 2 drops 2-3 times a day.

How to properly nurse the baby?

In the first month of life the crumbs of his nose shouldclean twice a day - in the morning and evening. The procedure is carried out with the use of cotton buds. Before the tool touches the mucous membrane, it must be dipped in oil or greased with petroleum jelly to avoid damage. White mucus should be regularly removed with a syringe (syringe). If the baby's crust is formed in the nose, soak them with oil.

The nose is laid, snot missing - how to be?

How to act in a situation where there is no sniff, but the baby does not breathe? The Ukrainian pediatrician here also comes to the aid of troubled parents.

Often, the reason for this phenomenon is increasedpharyngeal tonsil - adenoid. It stands on the way to the nasopharynx, making it difficult for the air to pass through. The child gets used to breathe through the mouth, he talks in the nose.

With the similar it is possible to collide and at polyps -benign formations located on the nasal mucosa and preventing normal breathing. The clinical picture is supplemented by a headache, high fatigue. Polyps are removed surgically.

Curvature of the septum is also one of the possible causes of congestion. This can be caused by trauma accompanied by swelling and bruising.

In each of these cases, the need to address the problem to the otolaryngologist is obvious.

Compliance with preventive measures and vigilantthe attitude of parents towards the health of the child ensures the avoidance of the described problems with the nose of crumbs. Does your child for a long time grunt in the nose, but there is no snot? Komarovsky advises to immediately consult an observing doctor. This especially applies to cases of fever, the appearance of lethargy, coughing.