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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Nguyen Thai Ngoc Chau - Neonatologist - Pediatrics - Neonatology Department - Vinmec Phu Quoc International General HospitalMany parents often use cotton swabs to pick their newborn's nose when they see that their child has a runny nose, because they are worried that the rust will affect the child's airway. However, care should be taken when picking a newborn's nose to avoid injuring the baby's nasal mucosa. In addition, parents also note how to properly clean a newborn's nose.
1. Common mistakes when picking a baby's nose
A few common mistakes that parents often make when cleaning their child's nose include:
Using a cotton swab to pick a newborn's nose: This is a common way that many parents often apply to get rust. nose or mucus in the child's nose. However, it should be noted that the nostrils of newborns are very narrow. To push the mucus in the nose out, the baby will have a sneeze reflex. The use of cotton swabs inserted into the child's nasal cavity can affect the lining of the nose and the blood vessels below. Sharing a cotton swab to pick and clean both sides of the nose: This habit can lead to cross-contamination of viruses and bacteria from one nose to the other and increase infection. Do not wash hands, clean hands before picking a baby's nose: If you do not clean and disinfect your hands before cleaning your child's nose, it can increase the risk of bacterial infection into the baby's nose. Washing the baby's nose too many times: Frequent washing of the nose of an infant or washing it too often is not the best way to prevent infections or rhinitis in children, because this can damage the lining of the baby's nose. nasal conjunctiva and can even make the baby's rhinitis worse. Frequent nasal washing also removes the mucus layer that protects the nose from dirt and maintains moisture in the nose, drying the nose, which can easily lead to rhinitis.
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2. How to properly clean a newborn's nose?
A few steps to clean the baby's nose that parents need to pay attention to include:
When the child has a stuffy nose, runny nose due to cold weather or lying in the air conditioner, parents can clean the baby's nose by placing the baby Lie down so that the head and shoulders are about 30 degrees higher than the body, let the child lie on his side, then put physiological saline into the child's nose. Salt water will come out with mucus in the nose, parents use a clean cotton swab to wipe the child's nose. You can combine nasal hygiene for babies when bathing by using cotton balls soaked in physiological saline to gently wipe around the nose, helping to clear mucus in the baby's nose. Use cotton pads soaked with physiological saline to clean each nostril separately, do not use the same cotton pad for both sides of the nose. Wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer before cleaning your child's nose. Only clean and wash the baby's nose when the child has a stuffy nose, runny nose, by instilling 1-2 drops of physiological saline for each nostril, then insert a cotton swab wrapped into a trumpet shape to seepage in the nose. When children have a lot of runny nose, can use physiological saline spray or small form to spray or drop into the child's nose. Then, use clean hands to rub along the bridge of the child's nose to let the nose rust drift out with physiological saline. Do not use cotton swabs to pick up a child's nose. In order for children not to have a stuffy nose, dry nose, avoid turning on the air conditioner too cold, because the cold air from the air conditioner can enter the child's nose. Parents need to pay attention to turn on the air conditioner for the child at a temperature so that the measured room temperature is 26 - 28 degrees. When picking a baby's nose, parents need to be careful not to damage the lining of the baby's nose. The above are considered important steps that parents need to pay attention to when performing nasal hygiene for young children. Proper nasal hygiene for children will bring good results and limit affecting the child's nose.
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