Home care for infants with asthmatic bronchitis

It is said that children are the future and hope of a family. Every parent is very concerned about the baby's health, fearing that the baby will get sick due to lack of care. Many parents can understand the hardship and difficulty of raising children. In a family, if the baby is sick, it is the top priority of the family. Most parents pay special attention to some medical knowledge. Today, let us focus on home care for infants with asthmatic bronchitis.

Method 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 the children in time according to the temperature changes, especially cover the children with quilts when sleeping to keep the body temperature above 36.5 degrees Celsius.

Method 2: Feed more water: Children will have different degrees of fever, and water evaporation is large, so you should pay attention to feeding the child 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.

Method three: Adequate nutrition: Children consume a large amount of nutrients. In addition, fever and bacterial toxins affect gastrointestinal function and cause poor digestion and absorption. Therefore, nutritional deficiencies in 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.

Method 4: Turn over and pat the back: When the child coughs and expectorates, it indicates that the bronchial secretions 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.

Method five: reduce fever; most children have low to moderate fever. If the body temperature is below 38.5 degrees Celsius, there is generally no need to give antipyretics. The main treatment is to target the cause and solve the problem fundamentally. If the body temperature is high, older children can be cooled physically, such as by applying a cold towel to the head or bathing with warm water. However, this method is not suitable for young children, and medication should be used to reduce the temperature if necessary.

Method six: Maintain a good family environment: The child’s room should be warm, well ventilated and lit, and the air should have a certain humidity to prevent excessive dryness. If there are smokers at home, it is best to quit smoking or go outdoors to smoke to prevent the adverse effects of smoke on the child.

After reading the above home care methods for infant asthmatic bronchitis, you will no longer be at a loss when facing this disease in your child. It is recommended that parents maintain a good daily living environment for their baby, try to avoid their baby's picky eating, and give their baby more warm water. If the baby's asthmatic bronchitis is very serious, it is better to go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible and give the baby timely treatment.