Treatment of bronchitis in children at home folk remedies

Children's bronchitis is not uncommon. Many parents recognize him almost by the first symptoms - wheezing in the bronchi. And all because there is, perhaps, not a single child who has never suffered from bronchitis in his life. In this disease, as is well known, the treatment must be quick and accurate so that unwanted complications do not appear. Many moms and dads ask whether you can do with folk remedies for bronchitis. In this we will try to understand this article.

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of the bronchi, both the mucous membrane and the entire bronchial wall. In children, it can appear in two ways - as a separate ailment (primary), and as an echo or complication of another previous disease (secondary).

As a result of inflammation, the ability of the bronchi to produce and promptly deduce a special secret, which initially serves to protect the respiratory organs from the penetration of viruses and other alien "guests", is impaired. During the course of the disease, more secretion is formed, and if its discharge to the outside (in the form of sputum as a result of expectoration) is impaired, this will have serious consequences, such as pneumonia.

Bronchitis in babies is sharp, recurrent (recurring) and chronic. To one or another category it can be attributed, knowing how much time the baby lasts ailment.

Acute bronchitis most often appears as a complication of acute respiratory infections, SARS and influenza, as well as some other infectious diseases, that is, caused by viruses. Bacterial bronchitis is a rarity. If you treat it competently and in a timely manner, the prognosis is always positive. For 3-4 weeks from the disease will not remain a trace.

Depending on how exactly the inflammation proceeds, the illness can be catarrhal or purulent. By changes in breathing, an ailment can also be classified as obstructive.

With acute bronchitis the child will have a "low cough," chest Against the background of acute respiratory viral infections, the temperature rises, a runny nose appears. The first two or three days the child will suffer from a dry unproductive cough reflex. And then the plentiful sputum begins to depart, sometimes with pus. If the illness is accompanied by shortness of breath, the child will be diagnosed - "Obstructive bronchitis».

In chronic bronchitis, cough has plagued a child for several months in a row. As a rule, it increases in the morning and subsides somewhat in the evening. However, the reflex does not bring much relief, as a small amount of sputum is released, although the cough is wet. Stronger than others from allergic children suffer from the chronic form of the disease.

In many ways, the features of the state of the baby’s immune system play a role, as well as the presence or absence of factors that are considered to be predisposing to bronchitis:

• Air pollution (dust, smoke, fumes, gases).
• Air too dry or too humid.
• Unfavorable environmental conditions.

• Disruption of blood flow associated with existing in the child pathologies of the heart and blood vessels.
• Some chronic diseases of the ear, nose and throat (tonsillitis, adenoids).
• Congenital respiratory problems.
• Chemical irritants (for example, tobacco smoke, if someone in the house smokes and the child is forced to inhale the smoke).

Bronchitis can be complicated and become bronchopneumonia. This is a rather dangerous disease in which, against the background of reduced immunity, a bacterial secondary is attached to a viral infection. Another unpleasant possible complication is pneumonia (pneumonia). Long chronic bronchitis can develop into obstructive pulmonary disease. In the most severe cases, bronchial asthma, emphysema and cardiopulmonary insufficiency develop.

Since most cases of children's bronchitis are viral, antibiotics are not effective for this ailment. But a good result is given by the use of anti-inflammatory drugs ("Ibuprofen", etc.). Doctors willingly allow patients to treat this disease with alternative medicine. And both in addition to medical treatment, and as an independent therapy. First of all, this is a large number of special decoctions, teas and infusions for liquefying sputum.

If the sputum has no pus impurities, you can do rubbing and warming compresses. For children of any age, a vibratory (drainage) massage will be useful, we'll talk about it below.

Despite the positive attitude of doctors to the recipes of traditional medicine in the treatment of bronchitis, there are conditions that require only drug therapy. These are bacterial bronchitis, severe, sometimes requiring hospitalization. If a child develops a secondary infection of a bacterial nature, the doctor will also not allow the use of folk remedies, with the exception of vibrating massage.

It is best to brew baby teas with raspberries, currants, make fruit drinks from frozen or fresh berries; pediatricians recommend drinking more compotes and decoctions for this disease. However, the use of herbal decoctions and infusions, it is desirable to pre-coordinate with your doctor to reduce the risks of an allergic reaction to plant substances and essential oils. At home, you can brew simple but effective therapeutic drinks.

• The plantain decoction, for the preparation of which you need to take a tablespoon of crushed dried leaves (not sold in a pharmacy), and brew 200 ml of boiling water helps. Breast kiddies are dispensed decoction with teaspoons, the older children can be given a quarter glass per reception.

• The output of sputum and reduce the inflammatory process contributes to radish juice. To do this, the root crop is cleaned, cut in small pieces and poured with sugar. To insist in a closed container means you need about 12 hours, after which the resulting juice to give a teaspoon several times a day. Radish and sugar are contraindicated in infants. A child after 3 years instead of sugar, you can put honey, if he does not have an allergic reaction.

• Good drinking can be prepared from pharmacy chamomile and raspberry leaves. It is necessary to take a tablespoon of herbal raw materials and pour half a liter of boiled water. Insist on a water bath for about 10 minutes, and then cool, strain and give the child a quarter cup 3 times a day.

Rubbing and wrapping. Children from 3 years old can rub their chests and backs with warm camphor oil or fir oil. With ordinary sunflower oil or sea buckthorn oil, you can make special wraps.To do this, heat the oil in a water bath, wet a towel in it, wrap the child’s torso for several hours.

The most famous bronchitis rubbing is the badger rubbing. The child’s chest and back are plentifully lubricated with this agent, and then the patient is covered with a warm blanket. It is strictly forbidden to do warming rubbing and wraps at elevated body temperature, as well as in the presence of pus and blood in the sputum.

Sputum withdrawal will become easier and faster if you put a curd compress on the baby’s chest all night long. For its preparation, you will need 300 grams of granular curd, put it in gauze, give a rectangular shape. The resulting layer to impose on the chest, after making sure that the skin has no wounds and abrasions. You can use cling film as an intermediate layer. According to parents, it takes 3-4 days to notice the effect of cottage cheese compresses.

In the same way make warm potato compress, which impose on 1-2 hours in the daytime.

Older children are placed across the knees of an adult, so that the head was a level higher than the priests. Tap your fingertips and make circular movements on the back in the bronchus region. Then they ask the child to stand up sharply and cough.

Tapping (vibration) movements and massage the region of the ribs on the sides of the sternum in a standing position. It is important to repeat each dose at least 10-15 times in one session.

These simple actions that any mom and even dad can do on their own help to avoid stagnation and drying up of mucus in the bronchi.

In the treatment of bronchitis, especially the acute form, it is very important to water the child often and plentifully (from 2 to 4 liters per day). Drink should be warm. This will help remove bronchial secretions from the inflamed respiratory organs.

To humidify the air in the room where the child with bronchitis is located, it is imperative. To do this, you can use special devices - humidifiers, or simply hang wet towels and sheets more often and make sure that they do not dry out. It is especially important to create a sufficiently humid air in the winter, at the height of the heating season. The level of humidity should be at the level of 50-70%.

As soon as the acute phase of the disease is left behind, the temperature has returned to normal values; allow the child to sleep in bed during the daytime. To cough faster, at this stage you need to move a lot, walk in the fresh air, play actively.