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About Dr Kondekar Santosh Venketraman Pediatrician MD from Mumbai India
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ASK MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR RELATED QUESTIONS TO THIS DOCTOR! my details at http://pediatricianonline.in/ I am a proud father and a qualified pediatrician with an expertise and interest in counseling parents regarding different aspects of health and disease making them understand children, their health and disease and the doctors. read my reviews/ratings at REVIEWS I do treat and counsel all classes and specialties, I have a special expertise and interest in queries regarding feeding of infants and; the common cold & related illnesses including asthma. I as a friendly doctor, try to help you understand the children, the disease, the treatment and the doctor! At the end, dont forget to add prestige points and nominations for me, as that is the only incentive for me to continue with free service. Parent friendly handouts* Danger/Emergency symptoms /serious signs in children I am affiliated to Seth G S Medical college and KEM Hospital Mumbai India. Online Pediatrician * Guidelines for living with children

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Pediatrics - Blocked nose


Expert: Dr Kondekar Santosh Venketraman Pediatrician MD from Mumbai India - 11/5/2009

Question
Dear Dr.Venketraman,
My 5 1/2 yrs daughter has been experiencing blocked nose during the night time, which often wakes her up from her sleep. It's probably itchy too because she puts her fingers into her nostrils. She had this problem on an on & off basis and we took her to the doctor, who prescribed Zyrtec the first time, which she took for a couple or 3 times & the next time we met a new doctor (since the first one was on leave) and she gave Aerius. My daughter was completely healed. However, now, after about five months,she's started having this problem again. How can I help my child overcome this problem without having to take any medication. Could it be because we sleep in air-condition (26 degrees)? Could we be doing something wrong? We live in Thailand, and since we are in an apartment, we have quite a small bedroom and we leave the bedroom door open at night which opens to another not so big living room. At the door we have an air purifier which we also put on at night. My child is however fine during the day time.
Pls do let me know how and what I can do to help my child.
Thank you so much,
Really worried mom,
GLT

Answer
lets call it as stuffy nose with night symptoms.. though no sneezing and cough.
primarily lets rule out any condition in nose like say deviated septum, turbinate hypertrophy or polyp and sinusitis.

if they arent there, the next is adenoids.. and allergic rhinitis.

AC blast diectly getting in nose while sleeping may cause such itchiness.. sleep with head end towards ac blast.

also read my small article on runny nose at www.pediatricianonline.in


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