A prolonged runny nose can be a sign of sinusitis - an inflammation of the sinuses of the nose. The share of this disease accounts for 30% of the total structure of pathology of the upper respiratory tract in children and 10% in adults. The peak incidence falls on the autumn-winter months when the first develops acute sinusitis or worsens chronic.
Why is this happening and how to protect yourself?
Causes of sinusitis
It turns out that in children the inflammation of the sinuses develops three times more often than in adults.
Why is this happening?
In childhood, the nasal passages are somewhat narrow, and this leads to the fact that the paranasal sinuses are poorly cleaned. The air in them comes with difficulty. The situation is exacerbated by inflammation of the nasal mucosa - due to edema, the lumen of the nasal passages narrows even more, in the sinuses stagnant secret, which is an ideal nutrient medium for microorganisms. Under such conditions, bacterial conditionally pathogenic flora is activated, which continually lives in the respiratory tract. And the bacterial infection also joins the viral infection that caused nose.
How to understand that the development of sinusitis complicated a constant runny nose?
It is worthwhile if the nasal congestion and pathological excretions do not pass within 10-14 days. Simultaneously, pains appear in the projection of the inflamed sinus, the sense of smell worsens - the child ceases to distinguish smells, headaches arise, especially when the head is tilted forward and down. In childhood, symptoms may appear from the side of the pharynx. The body tries to localize the inflammatory process, so the pharyngeal tonsils are included in the work, and afterward, other organs of the lymphatic system react for inflammation: they increase, and the neck lymph nodes become painful. it is, unfortunately, not only a poor state of health. Sluggish infection, characteristic of sinusitis, leads to violations of immunity, increased fatigue, and even a decline in school children's performance. Chronic disease in the nasal sinuses is a danger to the entire child's body.
How to prevent sinusitis?
In the belated sinusitis treatment, there is another danger, in the form of a likely probability of surgical intervention - a puncture of the inflamed sinus. Even for adults, this is an unpleasant procedure, which is already talking about children. For them, this is severe psychological trauma.
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