[sak9645]

The fact that your child has green nasal mucus CAN suggest that he has a chronic sinus infection. This is an often-undiagnosed problem. Some people go for years thinking that they are "sickly", always getting colds or bronchitis, or that they are allergic, when, in fact, they have raging chronic sinus infections.

Interestingly, this happened to me, but mine went on so long that it damaged lots of structures in my nose and was virtually untreatable, even with long courses of heavy-duty antibiotics, once the diagnosis was finally confirmed by CT scan. It also resulted in things like two severe episode of hives that were an allergic reaction to the ongoing infection.

I finally wound up having to have delicate, computer-assisted surgery to clean out all the sinuses, cut down enlarged turbinates, and so on. It was not fun. But the good news is that I am almost never sick now.

At your son's young age, it may still be possible to treat a chronic sinus infection medically. It may take more than one antibiotic, but you should be able to see the results quickly, if the infection is, indeed, chronic sinusitis. Consult a good pediatric ENT or pediatric allergist, and suggest the possibility of a chronic sinus infection.

Sharon