How to treat acute bronchitis in children?

If a child suffers from acute bronchitis, the biggest cause may be infection. Viral and bacterial infections are the main pathogenic factors, especially viral and bacterial co-infections, which make the situation even worse. For these causes, the treatment method must be correct, such as the use of some bactericidal or antiviral drugs. The following introduces the treatment methods for this disease.

1. General treatment

Pay attention to rest, maintain a good surrounding environment, change body position frequently, drink plenty of water and supplement with plenty of vitamin C, etc.

2. Infection Control

Since most pathogens are viruses, antibiotics are generally not used. For those suspected of bacterial infection, appropriate antibacterial drugs should be selected based on the possible bacterial infection. If it is a mycoplasma infection, macrolide antibiotics should be given.

3. Symptomatic treatment

The sputum should be easy to cough up, so no cough suppressants are needed.

(1) Expectorants and cough suppressants such as compound licorice mixture, acute bronchitis syrup or ambroxol. For patients with thick sputum, 10% ammonium chloride or hypertonic saline nebulization can help expectoration. Avoid giving antitussive drugs such as Kebiqing or those containing opium, codeine, etc., as they may inhibit the discharge of secretions.

(2) For patients with severe asthma, beta-receptor agonists such as chloramphenicol can be inhaled through nebulization or aminophylline can be taken orally or intravenously. For patients with severe wheezing, short-term use of glucocorticoids, such as oral prednisone for 3 to 5 days, can be used.

(3) Anti-allergic drugs such as ketotifen fumarate, chlorpheniramine maleate (chlorpheniramine), cetirizine hydrochloride and desloratadine can relieve bronchial inflammatory secretions and bronchospasm.