The cough in children can cause a serious illness, so do not expect it to pass himself or go into chronic pneumonia - take urgent measures to treat it.
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With bronchitis is better not to joke
«That day when the hens began the cough, nobody remembered. Parents seemed to ensure that such a banality will be held by itself. The girl still went to school and walked with girlfriends. But in the evenings, she suffered from coughing attacks, and at night – From insomnia. Parents treated her daughter with homely methods and continued to go to school: no one wanted to skip the lessons at the end of quarters.
A small temperature of special excitement did not cause. But when Zhenya complained to mom on pain in the heart of the heart, even the busy parents understood: further limit «semi-dimensions». In treatment it is impossible. As a result, Zhenya not only missed the controls at school, but also flew all holidays. And my mother with dad concluded: henceforth with bronchitis is better not to joke».
Our consultant – Professor Department of Pulmonology of the Kiev Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. NS. L. Shouting, head of the thoracic branch of the pulmonary center, doctor of medical sciences Peter Pavlovich Sokur.
The reasons for the development of bronchitov
Bronchitis call the inflammatory process of mucous bronchi. This disease can occur in acute or chronic form. Most often, acute bronchitis begins after transferred viral infection (for example, flu), which causes damage to the mucosa of the lower respiratory tract. At first the child is inflated, and then the infection extends further, hitting bronchi. As a rule, large bronchi suffer at first, then – Smaller. This is the first reason for the development of bronchitis.
The second reason is less common. This is a bacterial infection. We are talking about microbes that, most often, «Transported» in the airways along with foreign bodies. Little child talking while eating, can inhale a piece of carrots, apples or seed. In addition, young researchers love to pull everything in their mouth, and may accidentally breathe small details of toys. Foreign bodies, of course, come out of the respiratory tract, and the infection can remain. Then the bronchitis develops. The third reason is diagnosed «bronchitis», - Mixed. That is, the respiratory tract comes first viral, and then bacterial infection.
Fourth reason – Bronchon defeat under the influence of annoying chemical or physical factors. For example, when inhalation of gasoline vapor, polluted smoke.
Fifth reason – Allergic. Some children have increased sensitivity to certain allergens, whether the pollen of trees or flowers, home dust, smells of washing powders or soap. All this may cause the reaction of the mucous bronchi. In addition, bronchitis can be one of the symptoms of congenital damage organs, which are accompanied by purulent processes in the lungs, as well as under parasitic infections.
The cause of chronic bronchitis can serve as a late treatment of repeated, sharp manifestations. It happens when parents do not turn to the doctor, but are engaged in self-medication. As a result, the baby temporarily becomes better, and Mom sends it to a kindergarten or school. It takes several weeks or months and the child begins relapses. So acute bronchitis goes into a chronic form.
The danger of chronic bronchitis is also that it can imperceptibly for parents go to pneumonia. And only the x-ray of the lungs allows you to identify it (ultrasound will be ineffective in this case).
The main symptoms of inflammation of the bronchi mucosa are cough (dry or adsatory), elevated body temperature, sternum pain, wheezes. During cough, a sprome can be released, which, with acute bronchitis, has a kind of transparent fluid, with chronic – With Magnoy.
First of all, emphasizes your attention on what cannot be engaged in self-medication. Parents necessarily need to turn to a doctor who will give recommendations based on the cause of the disease. Treatment is prescribed and depending on the age of the patient, and on the features of the course of the disease. For example, not all sharp bronchitis need antibiotic therapy. Such measures are mainly needed only in the threat of a transition of a bacterial infection in pneumonia. However, only a doctor can determine it.
Treat the child the bronchitis doctor can at home. But if symptoms of intoxication appear, high temperature in the evenings (up to 38 degrees), shortness of breath, then hospitalization is needed. This is especially true for children of younger, (up to 3 years). If the child is older, treatment can be held at home.
It is necessary to use antibiotics very carefully, because later, if a more serious inflammatory disease occurs, they may lose efficiency. The fact is that over time it comes to the drug, and then it is impossible to use it. Have to contact other medicines that, respectively, more expensive. Treat bronchitis is needed in the complex, applying, if necessary, antibacterial therapy with physics, including a special power and home care.
Usually bronchitis takes place in 2-3 weeks. But such a term is characteristic only with timely treatment. Unfortunately, in recent years, the flow of bronchitis and pneumonia has changed somewhat. The main difference – Large duration of the disease – up to 3-4 weeks. In addition, all the symptoms now began to manifest more intensively. For example, sometimes children appear pain in the heart. The severity of neurasthenic reactions is expensive: the child becomes irritable.
Often, other diseases can be hidden under the mask of bronchitis. For example, congenital malformations of light and bronchi. Therefore, all children are diagnosed «Chronical bronchitis», need examination and treatment in specialized institutions.
