What should I do if my 5-month-old baby has bronchitis?

Children's organs are not yet fully developed, so they lack sufficient resistance and may suffer from some diseases when the weather turns cold. Clinically, bronchitis is one of the more common diseases in infants and young children. Although bronchitis is not a serious disease for adults, it is still quite serious for children. So, what should I do if my 5-month-old baby has bronchitis?

How to treat bronchitis in a five-month-old baby? If it is an acute inflammation, then check the blood routine to see if it is caused by bacteria, viruses, or mycoplasma infection, and pay attention to symptomatic treatment. In normal times, you need to keep warm, drink plenty of water, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and pay attention to giving your child complementary foods to enhance their physical condition.

Home Care

Bronchitis is a common respiratory disease in children with a high prevalence. It can occur throughout the year and reaches its peak in winter and spring. When suffering from bronchitis, children often have varying degrees of fever, cough, loss of appetite, or vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Younger children may also have symptoms of bronchiolitis such as wheezing and gasping. Although a small number of children may develop bronchopneumonia, most children have mild symptoms and are mainly treated with medication and care at home. Parents should follow the doctor's instructions to give their children medication on time and provide good home care:

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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℃.

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Feed more water: Children with bronchitis have varying degrees of fever, and water evaporation is greater, 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.

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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.

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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.

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Antipyretic: Children with bronchitis usually have a low to moderate fever. If the body temperature is below 38.5℃, there is generally no need to give antipyretics. The treatment should focus on the cause of the disease to 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.

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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.