My daughter has a cold as the doc calls it but i dont think it is bec she still has it she is breathing like she is stoped up and when I clean her noise its nothing there but I can her it in her breathing she has started not sleeping good at night bec she cant breath laying down I am starting to think its not a cold any more.. do anybody else been though this
When I have a cold I can often breath fine when sitting up, but when I lay down I get stuffed up. If it has lasted for more than two weeks it may be a sinus infection.
You don't say how old your daughter is. But if she is too small to blow her nose and you are trying to clean it out, can you say how you are doing that? If she is a baby or toddler and you are using a bulb syringe, that's only going to remove some of the mucus (fluid) in the nose but it's not going to do anything to reduce the swelling of the nasal tissues. These are constricting her air passages in her nose. In fact, constantly putting something up there can inflame them even more. A cold can make a child pretty miserable but it doesn't mean she will stop breathing - she'll open her mouth and breath that way.
Next, lying down is often worse because nothing drains. Try putting her on an incline - you can fold a blanket under the mattress and elevate her head. She won't roll off it as easily as she would if you put her on a pillow, and a lot of people don't use pillows for very young children anyway.
Is the breathing noise from her nose, or is it from lower down in her chest? Allergies, asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory issues can cause noises as well.
As always, remember that you can contact your pediatrician on weekends - there is always someone on call to speak with you if you are nervous. But with colds, you just have to wait them out. Without knowing her age, it's hard to know if the pediatrician would recommend that you use any kind of medicine - that's usually not a good idea in very young kids. But don't do it without talking to the doctor anyway because medicines vary by what they work on (nasal congestion, coughs, etc.). So don't experiment if you aren't properly instructed.
If she's not sleeping well, be sure to give her extra opportunities to nap during the day. She needs rest and more fluids than normal.
Sinuses can be clogged up with snot but they can also be clogged up due to swollen tissues - and you can't rinse that kind of stuffiness away.
Keep her head elevated (prop up one end of her crib), and a humidifier in her room at night might help.
Sounds exactly like the cold I've had for the last couple of weeks. I felt horribly stuffy, but no matter how much I tried to blow my nose nothing came out. But I could feel stuff draining down the back of my throat. One night when I was the only one home and it was quiet I kept hearing this odd sound. I realized it was my breathing!
If there is no fever a doc probably won't offer an antibiotic. If you hear a rattling in her chest that is something that needs to be checked.
I slept better when I propped up on two pillows. When my kids get stuffy we will prop up their mattresses with rolled blankets.
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How old is your daughter? If she's an infant? Put her in her car seat to keep her upright.
If she is NOT an infant, you can use eucalyptus or a Vick's Vapor Rub to help her breathe easier.
You can give her OTC medication - follow the directions - DO NOT over medicate your child!!
Is she running a fever?
Does she have green or yellow gunk coming out of her nose??
A cold CANNOT be treated with an antibiotic - just like a flu cannot be treated by antibiotic. It takes time - usually 7 to 10 days for a cold to work its way through the system. Keep her hydrated. Keep her comfortable.
Help us out and tell us how old she is.
My kid's pediatrician will treat a "cold" with antibiotics if they have had symptoms for more than 7 days. After 7 days they will treat them for a sinus infection.
Perhaps it is time to take your daughter back to the doctors. How old is your daughter? How long has she had symptoms? When did you take her to the doctors?
Have you called the after hours number? There are also urgent care offices in lots of towns. If it's in her lungs they can do a breathing treatment where it opens her lungs up. Then she can cough up the goo. One thing to remember is that you want to goo up and out. So it can be gone. If she's gagging on mucus when she's trying to sleep there are other meds needed then but during the day you want her coughing it up and out.
Please cal the doc to see if they want to call a prescription or two in. If they don't have don't then find an urgent care that's open.
