Easy nasal care tips to keep your kids healthy and virus free

[AD] No mum wants to see their children uncomfortable and struggling to play, eat, or sleep, due to a stuffy nose. But stuffy noses are a normal part of life, and children can get blocked, congested, and stuffy noses often.

If you’d like some tips on how to make nasal care stress free for your kids, here are some nasal care tips for kids that will help your kids to stay healthy and virus-free for as long as possible.

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Place a humidifier in your child’s room

Filling a humidifier and running it in your child’s room next to their bed, can play a significant role in your child’s nasal health, as the moisture alone from the humidifier can help your child breathe while sleeping, especially when they have a stuffy nose.

Even if your child’s not sick, a humidifier can give dry air moisture, which helps to relieve dry, irritated nasal skin.

Use a steroid nasal spray

One of the easiest and fastest ways to clear your child’s nose is to use a steroid nasal spray, which is among the strongest solutions that you can use to fight sinusitis in children.

The steroid nasal spray for sinusitis has anti-inflammatory properties. These anti-inflammatory elements are responsible for giving children sinusitis relief.

Steroid nasal sprays allow your child’s nose to clear out easily, when spraying the nasal spray into your child’s nose, the steroids present will work fast to reduce the swelling/inflammation in their nose.

After some time, you’ll notice that some of the common cold symptoms that make it difficult for your kids to breathe have eased.

Use a saline solution

A saline solution can help soothe the dry nasal passages of your child’s nose, and can also help to clear mucus.

This ensures your kids have a healthy and virus-free nose, and what’s more, the saline solution can clear a stuffy nose that occurs with year-round allergies and colds.

When using a saline solution, tilt your child’s head back, then squeeze a few drops of saline solution into your child’s nose.

Once done, tilt your child to the side and allow their mucus to drain. Make sure you have a soft tissue ready to wipe their nose.

Use medical rubber enemas

A clogged nose can make it difficult for your child to breathe, so to help with this, you can use a medical rubber enema, which helps to suck mucus out of your child’s nose.

You can even combine this with a nasal spray to ensure better nasal care.

To use a medical rubber enema, make sure your child is relaxed. Clear out all the air in the product by squeezing it, then place the tip of the rubber enema in your child’s nose and quickly stop squeezing.

Doing this will help to clear your child’s nasal passages, and draw mucus out of their nose.

Try multi symptom relief medicine

If your child has a stuffy nose from a cold, they’re most likely dealing with more than nasal congestion.

In that case, try using a multi symptom relief medicine. This medicine can help to handle more than your child’s stuffy nose, such as helping with a cough, a runny or congested nose, sneezing, and much more.

Multi symptom relief medicine is ideal for children over 4.

Try steam

A child with a blocked nose can create a difficult bedtime, as your child may have trouble sleeping, or even cry constantly.

To avoid this, try steam, as steam can work really well at clearing nasal congestion by loosening any dry congestion your child may have.

You can do this by turning the hot water in your shower on and steaming your bathroom.

Once done, sit your child in the steamy bathroom, and you may even like to try some eucalyptus or peppermint essential oil for better breathing.

Nasal care tips for kids – a recap

Nasal issues can be very uncomfortable for children.

As a mum you want to do whatever you can to help your child when they have a stuffy nose, which you can do by:

• Placing a humidifier next to your child’s bed
• Using a steroid nasal spray for fast relief
• Using a saline solution to soothe dry nasal passages
• Using a medical rubber enema to remove mucus
• Trying multi symptom relief medicine to help relieve congestion and other symptoms
• Using steam to loosen dry congestion

Once your child is free of their nasal issues, they can go back to doing all the kid’s activities they once enjoyed!

It’s also important to remember that what may work for one child when dealing with any health concern, may not work for another, so it’s always worth visiting your GP or health practitioner if you ever have any concerns about your child’s health.

What do you do when your child has nasal issues?

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