Nursing methods for children with bronchiolitis pneumonia

Bronchiolitis pneumonia in children is a very common pediatric disease. It usually occurs most frequently in winter. Failure to treat colds in a timely manner is often the cause of bronchiolitis pneumonia in children. Parents must pay special attention to bronchiolitis in children, because if the disease is not treated in time, it may develop into severe pneumonia or cor pulmonale and other diseases, seriously affecting the child's physical health. In addition to timely treatment, parents should also pay attention to the care methods of pediatric bronchiolitis pneumonia. Let's take a look at it below!

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℃.

2. Feed more water:

Bronchiolitis can cause varying degrees of fever and a large amount of water evaporation, so you should pay attention to giving the child plenty of 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 bronchiolitis, they 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 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 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.

5. Maintain a good family environment:

The room where the child lives 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.

The above are some care methods for bronchiolitis pneumonia in children. I hope they will be helpful to parents. Parents need to pay attention to one thing. When their children suffer from bronchiolitis pneumonia, they must not be anxious. You should know that thoughtful care methods can effectively reduce the harm of pediatric bronchiolitis pneumonia to children, shorten the onset time of children, and make children recover faster.