Bronchiolitis pneumonia

Bronchiolitis, commonly known as bronchitis, is a common lower respiratory tract disease in children. It is often caused by untimely treatment of colds and is more prevalent in winter. Once you suffer from capillary pneumonia, you must seek timely treatment, otherwise it will develop into more serious diseases such as pneumonia, cor pulmonale, etc. It is undoubtedly a harm to children. Therefore, when children have a cold or cough, they must be treated promptly and thoroughly.

Many parents are not very good at taking care of their children. When a child suffers from bronchiolitis, timely treatment is the key, but daily auxiliary care is more important. Bronchitis is prone to recurrence, that is, if you catch a cold this time, you will be more likely to catch a cold next time. Learning how to take care of your child is the key. Here are some introductions:

1. 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℃.

2. Feed more water: Bronchiolitis can cause varying degrees of fever, and water evaporation is greater, so you should pay attention to feeding the child 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.

3. Adequate nutrition: When children suffer from bronchiolitis, they consume a lot of nutrients. In addition, fever and bacterial toxins affect gastrointestinal function and digestion and absorption are poor. 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.

4. Turn over and pat the back: When the child coughs and expectorates, it indicates that the secretions in the bronchial tubes 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.

5. Antipyretic: Bronchiolitis usually presents with 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.

6. 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.

The above introduces the care for children suffering from bronchiolitis pneumonia. I hope it can be inspiring to parents and friends. Good care can reduce the chance of children getting sick. When accidentally infected with the virus, correct care can shorten the time of onset and reduce the pain caused to children. Children are still relatively young and do not know how to take care of their bodies. Even if they are sick, they will not understand very well. At this time, parents must enlighten their children in time.