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A member asked:
My grandaughter is real congested, can't breath good enough to sleep good, what can i do until morning?
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Have her seen now: Shortness of breath severe enough to interfere with sleep requires immediate attention. The first entity that must be ruled out is epiglottitis; the second is pneumonia.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Short/long term rx: Infant sleep requires open nasal passagens, different from toddlers with a longer neck that can easily mouth breathe.Nasal infection can swell the passages and make babies breathing hard. Exposure to smoke/perfume/cleaning odors, etc. Can all result in bad nasal congestion in babies. Vigerously washing out the nose with saline can remove irritants. If babies feedings are off she needs to be seen.
Answered 2/1/2012
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