DS has had a runny nose for the vast majority of his life, he's nearly three. Truly, I look back at photos and there's snot in pretty much all of them.
I have allergic rhinitis myself as has most of my family.
Obviously the weather is turning and already he has a sore, raw nose. I'm wiping with balm tissues (wet wipes make it even more raw) and trying to keep it as dry as possible. When I get like this I just slap on a tiny bit of hydrocortisone which usually fixes it. I'm extremely reluctant to do the same with him. The snot itself doesn't bother him but the skin round his nose definitely does.
Also, he did have a dairy allergy when he was smaller which caused eczema etc, but other than his nose we don't have any symptoms any more. He does drink a fair bit of milk now.
So assuming I go to the GP and they agree it's rhinitis, can they actually give him anything to help? I don't want to go if they're just going to give me a leaflet about avoiding pollen etc (seriously, if I avoided everything I was allergic too I'd live in a zip lock bag.)
Anyone have any experience?
TIA - much longer post than planned!