Every autumn and winter, some children will repeatedly appear nasal congestion, nose pumping, continuous cough and other symptoms, but also often rub their eyes, and accompanied by dark circles, etc., many parents will think that the child is a cold, in fact, it may be allergic rhinitis!
Allergic rhinitis, referred to as allergic rhinitis, refers to a series of clinical symptoms such as paroxysmal sneezing, watery nasal discharge, nasal itching, nasal congestion and so on after the nasal mucosa comes into contact with allergens.
Previously, we thought that allergic rhinitis was the privilege of adults, but now according to the data, allergic rhinitis has become the main respiratory disease in children, with an incidence of 15.79% and increasing year by year.
Regarding allergic rhinitis, parents generally have two misunderstandings:
Myth 1: It is not clear from a cold.
Parents can distinguish between three aspects: the duration of the attack, the main symptoms, and the accompanying disease.
1. The duration of the common cold is generally about 7-10 days, and the duration of allergic rhinitis is longer and regular, that is to say, a specific time of year will come. However, there are also allergic rhinitis that last for a whole year.
2. Common cold will have fever, sore throat, six white or yellow thick nasal discharge, allergic rhinitis generally does not have fever, the nose will be itchy, often sneezing, running water-like snot.
3. The common cold generally does not have other diseases at half a year old, but allergic rhinitis will have symptoms such as allergic asthma, allergic conjunctivitis, chronic sinusitis and so on.
Myth 2: Allergic rhinitis does not require treatment
Some parents think that allergic rhinitis does not need any treatment at all, it will be good when it grows up, in fact, allergic rhinitis has a far-reaching impact on children, if not treated in time, it will increase the possibility of asthma, throat inflammation, sinus disease and other diseases.
However, there is currently no cure for allergic rhinitis, and it is necessary to prevent and treat it at the same time.
1. Prevention: The most important thing is to avoid contact with allergens, you can take your child to do an allergen test to see what the child is allergic to, and then try to avoid lifting it.
2. Treatment. At present, allergic rhinitis in children is treated in a stepwise manner according to mild and moderate to severe degrees.
Mild antihistamines, supplemented by saline nasal lavage and specific immunotherapy, while staying away from allergens, moderate to severe anaphylaxis are selected with a combination of glucocorticoids, antihistamines, leukotriene receptor antagonists, supplemented by saline nasal lavage and specific immunotherapy, and may even require surgery if the condition is severe.
Therefore, if it is found that the child may have allergic rhinitis, be sure to intervene as soon as possible and do not delay.