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Bronchitis in a child? Signs of the disease must be known to every parent!

The baby coughs. Parents see bronchitis in a child, the signs of which they already know, since the baby is sick for the first time. Do I need to see a doctor or can I fight the disease myself with the help of medical and folk remedies?

Cough in the baby

If the child has a cough, parents should not show any initiative. Confirm that it is the bronchitis in a child whose signs and symptoms are sometimes not unambiguous, should the doctor. Even if the parents are 100% sure of the disease that they have already encountered, it is not worth neglecting the opinion of a specialist. The pediatrician will listen to the baby's chest with a stethoscope and on the basis of the examination draw conclusions. Let relatives know how the disease goes, but without knowledge of the nature of bronchitis adequate treatment can not be prescribed. Perhaps, in addition it will be necessary to make the child a roentgenography to be sure that this is not pneumonia.

What is bronchitis?

Bronchitis is any bronchial lesion, regardless of the reason for it. Cough may appear after bacterial or viral infection, due to allergies, when exposed to some toxic substances.

Sometimes bronchitis occurs as a major disease. In some cases, cough is an incidental symptom of some childhood infections, such as whooping cough.

Classify the disease can be as follows:

  • acute bronchitis;
  • Obstructive;
  • Acute bronchiolitis - inflammation of small bronchi.

How can bronchitis be distinguished from other diseases ? Symptoms in children Komarovsky, a famous Ukrainian pediatrician, described as follows:

  • Begins bronchitis with a dry cough and exhausts the patient at night;
  • Cough changes shape and gradually becomes wet;
  • Fever and headache are common for the onset of the disease;
  • Cough lasts for several weeks, or even more than a month.

Treatment of bronchitis

The main thing that a doctor should diagnose when diagnosing bronchitis in a child whose signs are clearly manifested is the cause of the disease. Each form of bronchitis is treated exclusively individually.

You may need antibiotics and antibacterial drugs, medicines to lower the temperature. Small children can be given medicine in syrup or use rectal suppositories.

Then, antitussive drugs are required, which at the initial stage should fight with a dry cough, and then help in the dilution of sputum and its escape.

As a remedy for dry cough use syrups "Sinekod", "Gerbion", "Stoptusin". To facilitate expectoration, take the drugs "Mukaltin", "Ambrobene" and others. The choice of any medication is determined by the condition and age of the child.

In the event that bronchitis is allergic, antihistamines are used and try to calculate and remove the allergen. To do this, analyze what appeared at home new within the last 2 months? The toy was bought with an incomprehensible origin, new bedding, put on a toddler with a bright smelling pattern, bought an unfamiliar washing powder?

Prevention of disease

Evgeny Olegovich Komarovsky believes that the prevention of bronchitis in children is a very important aspect in healing.

  • The air in the room should never be over-dried, for this purpose it is necessary to buy a humidifier or put a basin of water under the battery.
  • The room is regularly ventilated.
  • It's necessary to walk with a healthy child outdoors and not through gassed streets, but in the nearest park or square.
  • Ensure that the baby's spout is not clogged, clean it of mucus.
  • The nutrition of the baby requires to include vegetables and fruits.

And the main thing: when there was bronchitis in a child, signs of the disease on the face, you need to treat the disease, even if it runs without temperature. Running bronchitis can go into obstructive, and then cause bronchial asthma. Getting rid of this serious illness is not so easy.

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