Is it possible to instill anauran in a child’s ear?

Medicine

17-09-2019, 12:40

Author: Maya Maksimovich

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The chief pediatrician of Ukraine, Evgeniy Komarovsky, told us at what age you can use a nasal spray. As replyua.net reports, on his blog, users asked whether it was possible to use a spray against a runny nose at a very early age. One of the mothers wrote that her children are 2 years and 8 months old, and they really don’t like cold drops. She decided to use the spray, but is afraid that it is dangerous for small children. “The opinion of medical science - and I, of course, agree with it - is unequivocal on this score: children under one year old can only use nasal drops. That's it, period. The spray for babies is dangerous, especially in the wrong hands, since excess pressure can be created and there is a risk of mucus with the solution getting into the auditory tube,” Komarovsky wrote. According to the doctor, if mucus along with the solution enters the auditory tube, this can lead to the most serious complications, including otitis media. If the child is over 1 year old, you can use a spray, but even in this case, although the risks are reduced, such a drug is considered dangerous. The doctor added that regular nasal drops are more suitable for children.

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How to use for children under one year old?

Like any medicine, aloe should be instilled into a child carefully. It cannot be used in its pure form; it should be diluted with boiled water for infants in a ratio of 1:5, and for children under 7 years old - 1:3. In addition, the drops should be warm (30 degrees).

The process of preparing medicine for the treatment of a runny nose should follow the following recommendations:

To obtain juice, you must use a plant that is already 3 years old.
You need to cut off the lower fleshy leaves with a sharp knife. Wrap them in dark paper and put them in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
After the specified time has passed, cut the leaves and squeeze the juice through cheesecloth.
Dilute the juice with water according to the recommendations given earlier.
Heat the drops to the required temperature and drop 3-5 drops into each nasal passage using a pipette. Treatment procedures need to be carried out 2-3 times a day.

Contraindications and side effects

The main contraindications include:

childhood period up to the first year of life;
damage to the eardrum (perforation);
personal allergic reaction to the ingredients included in the composition.

Side effects may occur:

obsessive itching in the area of the external auditory canal;
hyperemia of the skin;
various rashes and subsequent peeling of damaged areas.

With irrational and uncontrolled use, uncontrolled growth of other bacteria may develop, as well as toxic effects on the kidneys, disrupting their normal functionality.

Benefits for a runny nose and chemical composition

Aloe juice contains many beneficial substances, including:

vitamins B, A, PP;
amino acids;
resinous substances;
enzymes;
essential oils;
beta carotene.

Thanks to this rich composition, the plant has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and wound-healing effects. In addition, aloe cleanses the body of toxins and helps restore damaged tissue. We talked in more detail about the use of aloe for children here, and about whether this plant can be used to cure a cough, read this article.

As soon as aloe juice gets into the child’s nose, the swelling of the mucous membrane immediately decreases, and breathing becomes easy and free. Once in the blood, the active components of the plant neutralize toxins, making it easier for the baby’s body to cope with infection. The main advantage of the juice is that it not only relieves the symptoms of the disease, but also effectively copes with pathogenic viruses and bacteria. You will learn how to use aloe for a runny nose in children in a separate article.

How to prepare the solution

Aloe juice in its pure form is not suitable as a remedy against the runny nose for infants and may not cause a reduction in the manifestation of a runny nose, but, on the contrary, inflammation of the nasal mucosa.

At home, you can independently prepare an aloe solution for instillation into a child’s nose, but before that you need to properly prepare the leaves of the plant:

Aloe should be no older than three years.
The leaves should be healthy, bright green, and fleshy. They need to be picked, washed and dried.
Then you need to wrap them in newspaper and place them in a cool place for 10-12 hours.
Then the leaves should be crushed and juice obtained, which must be used throughout the day. Such a lengthy procedure for preparing the leaves is necessary in order to reduce the pronounced biological activity of the juice, which in its pure form has an irritating effect. In order to obtain juice, the leaves are crushed in a mortar, or they are grated. To obtain large volumes of juice, you can use a meat grinder or juicer. The resulting mixture should be filtered. To do this, you need to lay it on gauze folded in several layers.
The temperature of the prepared juice should be room temperature.
It is recommended to instill the resulting aloe juice into the child’s nose, 2-4 drops 3 times a day.
Juice with the addition of boiled water is recommended for an infant.

For children over 6 years old, drops of the following composition are suitable: you need to take equal proportions of honey (any will do, the important condition is that it be liquid), aloe juice and warm boiled water. Mix everything well and use fresh.

You can make an emulsion from the juice. To do this, you need to add warm olive (or odorless sunflower) oil to it in a ratio of 1:3. The finished product should be instilled warm. Each time before the next instillation, it is recommended to prepare a new portion of the emulsion.

Oil with the addition of aloe can be introduced into the child’s nose not only using a pipette, but also using cotton wool. Dipping the end of the flagellum into the warm emulsion, insert it into each nasal passage with gentle rotational movements and hold for 2 to 5 minutes.

The emulsion is not recommended for children under 2 years of age. This is because the oil base blocks the work of eyelashes. In this case, the mucus that is secreted and accumulates in the nasal cavity is not removed. In addition, oil entering the lungs can cause a fat embolism. Therefore, oil emulsion is suitable for older children and is mainly used to soften dried crusts.

Why can’t you always drop chamomile into a child’s nose?

A child with typical symptoms of allergic rhinitis

Chamomile can cause allergies when dropped into the nose . The younger the child, the higher the likelihood of such a reaction to any chamomile remedies. For this reason, it is most risky to drop chamomile into the nose of a newborn - in the first weeks of life, the nasal mucosa can react with swelling to almost any substance. The components of chamomile raw materials, as biologically very active substances, can all the more cause such reactions. Despite the fact that, in general, chamomile does not pose a serious danger to a newborn baby, it is undesirable to instill his nose with products based on it.

For children under one year old, only in consultation with a doctor, you can try drip one drop of chamomile decoction or infusion into the nose and observe whether signs of allergy or irritation develop: sneezing, tearfulness, increased runny nose, rashes on the face. If they are not there, you can continue instillation.

It is strictly forbidden to drip chamomile to a child with obvious allergic rhinitis. In this case, any chamomile preparations can intensify the symptoms of the pathology, especially in preschool children.

Summary

A child can drop chamomile into his nose only when it has been verified that the product does not cause an allergy. The use of chamomile preparations for a runny nose is not advisable, since they do not provide a significant result, but can cause side effects.

How to rinse a child's nose with saline? Is it possible to just drop it in? Or how?

Does your baby have a stuffy nose again, or is he constantly sniffing, trying to get rid of the unpleasant sensations? Visit your pediatrician and follow his instructions. Very often, doctors, depending on the age of the child, offer regular saline solution for nasal procedures.
It is better to buy saline solution (0.9% sodium chloride) at the pharmacy rather than try to make it yourself by mixing salt and water. Firstly, in this way, in any case, safe proportions will not be observed (unless you have laboratory scales at hand), and, secondly, the primary sterility of the drug will also be in doubt.

In order to begin the procedures, it is necessary, first of all, to determine the etiology of the runny nose. A runny nose can be caused by allergies, bacterial or viral diseases. Only after the pediatrician makes a diagnosis can you begin treating the child, including (if the doctor does not object) using saline.

If your child is not yet 3 years old, it is not recommended to rinse his nose; You can only bury a few drops in each nostril. Be careful not to get saline solution into your baby's ears during the procedure, as this can sometimes lead to the development of otitis media.

It is not safe to use a rubber bulb to rinse the nose of children of any age, especially if a runny nose is caused by ordinary physiological reasons (drying of the nasal mucosa in a room with low humidity or in the warm season).

A child over 3 years old can start rinsing his nose only after a preliminary consultation with an ENT doctor who will show you how to properly perform such procedures at home.

Usually the procedure goes like this: - the child stands near the sink or sits in front of a basin, the child’s head is lowered, the chin touches the neck, the mouth is slightly open; - lightly pressing on a small syringe (without a needle, of course), the parent first injects the saline solution into one nostril; - after waiting until the entire solution (sometimes along with snot) flows out of the second nostril, the parent repeats the procedure for it; - the child blows the remaining snot into a basin or other container, and only after that can raise his head.

If your baby has a stuffy nose, then before you start rinsing, drop 1-2 drops of a vasoconstrictor for a runny nose into each nostril.

It also happens that a child begins to panic immediately before the procedure. In this case, you need to reassure the child by promising him, after such, from his point of view, execution, to read him a fairy tale or, if he no longer needs the services of readers, to allow him to play computer games for an extra half hour. Do not offer your children ice cream or sweets as a bribe. In order for the child to quickly forget about the unpleasant procedure, it is better to switch him to another type of activity rather than encouraging a child with a sweet tooth.

How to put nose drops correctly

For infants, the nose is buried in a lying position. If the child is very active or very capricious, then you can place him half-sitting on your lap and tilt his head back slightly.

According to the instructions, the required number of drops is taken into the pipette. In order to instill drops into the left nostril, the baby’s head must be tilted to the right and vice versa.

What can you put in your nose?

Drops should be prescribed by a specialist, since different drops are prescribed for different types of runny nose.

To bury a child's nose, use:

Various rinsing solutions. As a rule, they are based on sea salt. At the pharmacy you can buy sea water, saline solution, Aquamaris and other products.
Antibiotic drops . They are prescribed if a runny nose does not go away for a long time, the mucus is thick yellow-green in color.
Vasoconstrictor drops. They fight the runny nose very effectively, but they should not be taken for more than 4 days due to possible addiction.
Hormonal drops are usually used for allergic rhinitis.
Immunomodulatory drops are used to prevent influenza and ARVI.

It should be borne in mind that many products according to the instructions must be stored in the refrigerator, but taking them cold is prohibited. In this case, there is no need to heat the entire bottle. The required amount of content is poured into a heated spoon or heated in a water bath.

After instillation, to achieve a greater effect, you should massage the wings of the nose.

Important! Drops in the form of sprays are prohibited for use in infants due to the risk of otitis media and other complications.