When pediatricians prescribe an Albucid medicine to be instilled into a child’s nose, many parents are perplexed. After all, almost everyone knows that this drug is intended for the treatment of eye infections.
Immediately there are many questions to which we will try to find answers in this article.
When and why is it recommended to drip the drug “Albucid” in the nose of children? The instruction does not give an answer
No matter how much we read the instructions for this drug (the active substance is sodium sulfacyl), it does not say a word about the treatment of diseases of ENT organs. However, the formula of the drug determines its excellent antimicrobial effect. The substance sulfacyl sodium effectively resists the reproduction of pathogenic microflora. After using the drug, the formation of new cells of Escherichia coli, staphylococcus, gonococcus and streptococcus is blocked. The "old" bacteria die, the patient is recovering.
Due to the fact that the drug is a good antiseptic, it is used not only for the
treatment of conjunctivitis. Assign to instill the drug "Albucid" in the child’s nose, and thanks to a small list of contraindications. It can be used to treat children from the first days of life. For newborns to prevent eye infections, the drug “Albucid” is instilled immediately after they are born.
As we see from the above, pediatricians are not in vain stopping their choice on these drops in the treatment of a cold. They are prescribed for protracted forms of the disease, when the mucus from the nose has impurities of pus. In such cases, the discharge has a characteristic green color.
Method of treatment
As a rule, pediatricians give detailed recommendations if the drug “Albucid” was prescribed to a child in the nose. It is necessary to start the procedure with rinsing with saline. In pharmacies, you can buy a ready-made tool. After cleansing the nasal sinuses from mucus, it is necessary to instill a vasoconstrictor drug. After waiting a few minutes, you can enter the tool "Albucid" two drops in each nasal cavity. The procedure is recommended to be repeated 3-4 times during the day. The course of treatment is approximately 10 days. On the third day, the introduction of a vasoconstrictor can be excluded.
This method of treatment is approved not only by pediatricians. Positive reviews are left by parents who managed to test the effect of the drug.
Precautionary measures
You can not use the medicine "Albucid" in a child’s nose, if the inflammatory process is at an initial stage.
Its use is impractical until a runny nose acquires a bactericidal character. Therefore, you should not experiment, having heard that the neighbor’s child was cured by this particular remedy. An allergic reaction is not excluded, since some people have individual intolerance to any components. If the drug does not have a positive effect within ten days, then it must be replaced with another agent.
So do not be scared when the pediatrician recommends instilling the drug “Albucid” in the nose of children. Its price, by the way, is quite low. In various drugstores, it ranges from 50-60 rubles.