Is nebulization good for children with bronchitis?

Bronchitis may be the most troublesome problem for parents. So is nebulization good for children with bronchitis? In fact, pediatric bronchitis can be treated with nebulization techniques, and the nebulization method is more effective in treating phlegm. Some babies are unwilling to cooperate with the medication, so the only option is nebulization. Nebulization is not painful at all for the baby. The disease can be cured easily by just putting on the mask. However, there are also many precautions that parents need to keep in mind.

Bronchitis and excessive sputum in children can be treated with nebulization, and the expectorant effect is relatively good. Nebulization is not taking medicine, but using a mask to allow the medicine to be inhaled into the baby's body and act directly on the bronchi; so there is no need to worry about the problem of vomiting the medicine, but I don't know if the baby can cooperate with the mask; in addition, you should give the baby more boiled water to help reduce phlegm. Bronchitis is usually a complication caused by viral infections such as the common cold and influenza, but may also be caused by bacterial infections. It is a common acute upper respiratory tract infection in children. The nebulized medications are generally Qingda and dexamethasone. The medication is effective at the time, but it cannot solve the fundamental problem. You still have to take medication and take other measures. But be careful not to give aspirin to infants and young children, as it may cause Reye's syndrome (a rare but potentially fatal disease); do not give your baby cough suppressants when he has a lot of phlegm. Although it may make you uncomfortable to hear him coughing, coughing up the phlegm will help him recover.

Precautions for children with bronchitis

1. Keep warm : Temperature changes, especially cold stimulation can reduce the local resistance of the bronchial mucosa and aggravate bronchitis. Therefore, parents should add or remove clothes for their children in time as the temperature changes, especially cover the children with quilts when sleeping to keep the body temperature above 36.5 degrees Celsius.

2. Feed more water : Children with bronchitis will have varying degrees of fever, and water evaporation is large, so you should pay attention to feeding the children more water. It can be supplemented with sugar water or sugar and salt water, or with rice soup or egg soup. The diet is mainly semi-liquid to increase the water content in the body and meet the body's needs.

3. Adequate nutrition : When children suffer from bronchitis, they consume a lot of nutrients. In addition, fever and bacterial toxins affect gastrointestinal function and cause poor digestion and absorption. Therefore, nutritional deficiencies in the children's bodies cannot be ignored. In this regard, parents should adopt the method of small meals and frequent meals for their children, and provide them with light, nutritious, balanced and easily digestible semi-liquid or liquid diets, such as porridge, cooked noodles, egg custard, fresh vegetables, fruit juice, etc.

4. Turn over and pat the back : When the child coughs and expectorates, it indicates that the secretions in the bronchial tubes have increased. In order to promote the smooth discharge of secretions, nebulizer inhalation can be used to help expectorate, 2-3 times a day, each time for 5-20 minutes. If it is an infant, in addition to patting the back, you should also help the child turn over once every 1-2 hours, so that the child remains in a semi-recumbent position to facilitate the discharge of phlegm.