Is it normal for a baby to breathe like a pig? What should I do if my baby breathes like a pig?

Newborns have an imperfect respiratory system soon after birth, and it is easy for them to have a stuffy nose, which leads to difficulty breathing. We often find that babies make pig-like sounds when breathing. So is it normal for babies to make pig-like sounds when breathing? What should I do if my baby breathes like a pig?

Is it normal for a baby to breathe like a pig?

It is very common for babies to have nasal sounds/pig sounds/stuffy sounds/snoring sounds. Most of them will disappear before 4-6 months of age. To understand the problem of the nose, you must first understand its structure. The structure of the nose is large and complex, not just the raised area on the face. There is a large cavity inside the nose, called the nasal cavity. After the nose inhales air, the nasal cavity has a lot of things to do.

Function of the nasal cavity

1. Smell: Detecting various smells in the environment

2. Filtration: The nose is the first line of defense of the entire respiratory tract, and it is responsible for filtering dirt in the air. The intercepted dirt will become snot or mucus after being wrapped by nasal secretions.

3. Heating and humidification: Regardless of the outside temperature and humidity, the nose will heat the inhaled air to 33 degrees C and humidify it to 95% relative humidity. How is it done? The nasal cavity is full of blood vessels and mucous membranes, and their job is to heat and humidify the air. It is conceivable that if the outside air temperature is too low or too dry, the blood flow in the nasal cavity will increase, and you may feel a stuffy nose.

What to do if your baby's breathing sounds like a pig

The main function of the nasal cavity is to filter out dirt in the air and prevent it from entering the lungs. The nasal cavity of infants and young children is naturally very narrow. As long as there is a little dirt (dust, nasal mucus, secretions, etc.), it is easy to cause blockage and produce nasal sounds.

Therefore, the more serious the air pollution, the more secretions there will be in the nose, and of course, the more common the nasal congestion will be. Another important function of the nose is to heat and humidify the air we inhale.

So when the outside temperature or humidity is too low, the blood flow to the nose will increase, causing a stuffy nose. And babies usually cannot pick their noses or blow their snot out by themselves. So you often feel that your baby's nose is stuffy again.

As mentioned above, the main cause of nasal congestion is dirt, which causes the nose to be blocked. So we can find ways to reduce external dirt and help children clear nasal secretions and nasal mucus.

Purify the air: I hope everyone will support reducing air pollution and give us a blue sky. In addition, you can buy an air purifier at home to reduce indoor dirt.

Clearing nasal secretions: In addition to directly sucking out the snot and mucus, I prefer to use the sneezing method. You can use something like a feather to scratch his nose and make the child sneeze, so that the dirt stuck in the nose can be driven out. You can also drop a drop of physiological saline into the baby's nasal cavity to induce the baby to sneeze.

How to prevent baby's nasal congestion

1. You should exercise more, strengthen your physical fitness, improve your resistance, and prevent virus invasion to better prevent the occurrence of colds.

2. If your baby suffers from upper respiratory tract infection, it is best to actively treat acute rhinitis. When the nasal secretions increase, do not pinch the nose hard, otherwise it will easily cause damage to the nasal mucosa.

3. Removing lesions, such as hypertrophic proliferations, diseased teeth, etc., and timely correcting nasal septum deformities can effectively prevent the occurrence of sinusitis to a large extent.