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My 7 year old constantly has mucus in his nose year around i have tried antibiotics and saline to keep it cleaned what do i need to do to keep his nose cleared for him?
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Rx nose sprays: Discuss with your pediatrician whether a trial of prescription nose spray with the ingredients of antihistamines (patanase or astelin) vs corticosteroids (flonase or nasonex, (mometasone) etc) are indicated. Perhaps this is chronic rhinitis is due to allergens vs non allergens.
Answered 11/6/2014
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