Is It Reliable To Nebulize Your Child At Home?

Which coughs can be treated with nebulization?

Nebulization treatment is mainly suitable for children with asthma, bronchiolitis, asthmatic bronchitis, etc. After a child suffers from a respiratory tract infection, if the airway secretions increase and are not easy to discharge on their own, nebulization treatment can also be used to dilute the sputum.

It should be noted that if a child needs short-term nebulization treatment due to respiratory tract infection, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment. Because any medicine has certain side effects, some nebulized medicines are irritating. If the inhalation speed is too fast or the inhalation volume is too large, it may cause bronchial spasm.

Pay attention to these three points when doing nebulization at home

◆ Find a pediatric respiratory physician to prescribe medicine

Nebulization treatment has special medicines, which does not mean that all medicines can be used. In addition to the antibiotics mentioned above, which are generally not used for nebulization treatment, intravenous preparations, Chinese medicine preparations, etc. cannot be used for nebulization treatment. The preservatives and other ingredients they contain will cause adverse stimulation to the airway.

◆Do a good job of aseptic operation

How to add medicine to the nebulizer, how to disinfect the nebulizer after it has been placed for a period of time, etc., all have particularities. Otherwise, it is easy for the nebulizer to be contaminated and cause secondary infection in the child.

If parents want to nebulize their children at home, it is best to go to the pediatric respiratory department of the hospital in advance to let the medical staff give them a training, which only takes a few minutes.

◆Buy a qualified home nebulizer

The so-called nebulization treatment is to disperse the medicine into tiny atomized particles through the nebulizer, and make the medicine reach the respiratory tract and lungs through inhalation, so as to play a therapeutic role.

How to choose a nebulizer?

Of course, there are also good and bad air compression atomizers on the market. How should parents choose?

If the manual shows that the proportion of atomized particles smaller than 3.5 microns reaches 50%~60%, it means that the atomizer has a good atomization effect.

In addition, there is a simple identification method: point the nozzle of the atomizer at the mirror. If mist instead of water droplets is formed on the mirror, it means that the atomization effect is good.