Question
A colleague’s son is already five months old this year, and she says the baby has been particularly uncomfortable lately. How can we determine if a three-month-old baby’s nasal congestion is due to a cold?
Answer
Listen to the baby’s breathing sound with your ears; you can only hear and feel a buzzing sound in their nose, which is somewhat stuffy. If a baby has nasal congestion, it is usually caused by a cold, leading to difficulty breathing and some mucous secretion in the nasal mucosa, resulting in runny nose. Some children may keep crying continuously. Other cold symptoms may also be present, such as fever and vomiting. However, due to the small size of the newborn’s nasal cavity, runny nose often cannot be expelled, causing breathing difficulties for the child.