Bronchiolitis in infants

Bronchiolitis is a common condition in infants. This disease will have many impacts on the child's physical health. If the condition is serious, it may even cause the baby to suffer from diseases such as bronchopneumonia or chronic bronchitis. In order to avoid further harm to the baby caused by bronchiolitis, parents must take their children to the hospital for treatment in time. The specific treatment methods are as follows.

If acute bronchitis is caused by bacterial infection, the following antibacterial drugs can be used: co-trimoxazole 0.05/kg/day taken orally twice, penicillin 30,000-50,000 U/mg/day taken intramuscularly twice, medetomidine and erythromycin 30-50 mg/kg/day taken orally 3-4 times. If there is no clear bacterial infection or mixed infection, ribavirin 10-15 mg/kg/day divided into 2 times for intramuscular injection, or 5 mg/kg/day divided into 2 times for nebulized inhalation can be used or added. Interferon a-200,000 U/day for intramuscular injection can also be tried.

2. Symptomatic treatment

1. Relieve cough and eliminate phlegm: If the phlegm is thick and difficult to suck out, you can use nebulization inhalation and choose 10% ammonium chloride mixture, Bisouping, and Xiaoer Qiangli Tanling (1-2 tablets for 2-4 years old, 2-3 tablets for 5-8 years old). . Frequent dry coughs affect sleep and rest. You can take a small amount of antitussive drugs, such as compound pholcodine syrup, 2-3 times a day. Care should be taken to avoid overdose and prolonged use, which will affect the physiological activity of cilia and make secretions difficult to discharge.

mg/kg/time, 3-4 times/day orally. Salbutamol: For children under 6 years old, 1-2 mg/day, divided into 3-4 oral doses or 0.1 mg/kg/time. If the wheezing is severe, prednisone 1 mg/kg/day, divided into 3 oral doses may be added. One course of treatment is 4-7 days.

1. Antitussive and antiasthmatic: During the remission period, some antitussive and antiasthmatic Chinese medicine preparations can be used, which can also alleviate the symptoms to a certain extent.

2. External application of medicine: When many infants and young children become ill, long-term medication may cause some drug toxic effects. The safety and convenience of external application of Chinese medicine is also a good solution. Currently, the more commonly used ones include Baicao Qiongjiang Yiqi Patch for removing and removing phlegm and Sanjiu Patch for use in winter.

4. Massage therapy

Through traditional Chinese medicine massage techniques, children with bronchitis symptoms are given acupoint massage and acupressure to unblock the breath and achieve the therapeutic effect.