Atomization therapy, currently in pediatric clinical ultrasonic atomization inhalation has become to eliminate inflammation, dilute sputum, relieve bronchospasm, autumn and winter season, is the frequent season of many children's cold and fever, so many parents will atomize their children, so can they atomize their children at home?
Advantages and disadvantages of baby atomization
Inhaled drugs can reach the respiratory tract and lungs directly, so they have faster and more effective effects than oral drugs.
● as the drug directly enters the respiratory tract, the dosage of the drug can only be used by one tenth of other ways of administration, which significantly reduces the side effects of the drug, which is particularly important for children and the elderly.
It can be widely used in various respiratory diseases.
● for some self-healing diseases (such as cold) which are mainly caused by virus infection, aerosol inhalation therapy can significantly reduce symptoms and shorten the course of disease.
However, for children, because the development of the body tissues and organs is not perfect, they often have adverse reactions or aggravate the disease due to insufficient attention in some aspects.
Precautions for baby to do atomization
According to the introduction of relevant experts, the following five points are the specific matters to be paid special attention to when children inhale atomization.
Body position: Children's diaphragm position is relatively high, chest is relatively small, and mobility is limited. Therefore, when children are in supine position, their vital capacity and tidal volume are smaller than those in sitting position, half sitting position and side lying position. If inhaled in supine position, the child is prone to dysphoria, shortness of breath, cyanosis around the mouth and other hypoxia symptoms. Therefore, children should be placed in sitting position, semi sitting position or side lying position before atomization inhalation to avoid supine position as much as possible. If necessary, the head of the bed should be raised 30-deg; before the treatment of aerosol inhalation in the supine position.
Dosage: the laryngeal tissue development of children is not perfect, and the buffering effect of laryngeal cavity and nasal hair is small. If large dosage is used at the beginning, a large number of cold fog will enter the airway rapidly, which may cause the smooth muscle spasm of the airway, resulting in suffocation and breathing difficulties. Therefore, when children are inhaled by atomization, they must start from a small dose, and then gradually increase the dose after the children adapt, until all the liquid medicines are inhaled.
Temperature: the temperature of atomized inhalation liquid should be close to the temperature of human body, so as to avoid cold stimulation, and prevent the cough aggravation or shortness of breath aggravation caused by spasm of airway smooth muscle. In winter and spring, children should be heated to 36 ℃ before inhalation.
Condition: atomization inhalation can reduce oxygen partial pressure of the gas inhaled at the same time, which is mainly related to water vapor. Water vapor can humidify the airway well, but its oxygen content is low. In addition, the spray has a certain pressure, which prevents the air around the mouth from entering the respiratory tract and reduces the oxygen intake. Therefore, for children with asthma, poor respiratory tract and severe hypoxia, as well as pneumonia with heart failure, attention should be paid to improve the above symptoms, increase the amount of oxygen inhalation, and then atomization inhalation, and the inhalation time should be short rather than long, about 5 minutes each time. If the patient's condition does not allow one inhalation, one inhalation must not be forced to prevent aggravation of the child's anoxia.
Nursing: observe the changes of children's condition during atomization inhalation. In case of cough, shortness of breath and other symptoms, stop atomizing inhalation immediately, increase oxygen intake, pat back and feed water, and consider the next atomizing inhalation treatment after symptoms are relieved. At the same time, check whether the temperature, dosage and body position of the atomizing liquid are appropriate, and make necessary adjustments.
Can you atomize your baby at home?
Many parents have bought atomizer online. Doctors remind that atomizer purchased online may not be suitable for treatment. Parents need to be cautious when purchasing.
The case of self purchase of machine for atomization asthma is not more serious
Hao Hao, 6, is an old asthma patient. Because of the high frequency of the disease, his mother took him to the hospital for injection or atomization treatment in three days, which took a lot of time and energy.
A few days ago, his mother heard that the atomizer sold online could do atomization at home, so she bought one quickly. She thought it could save time and labor in the future. After doing it several times, she found that the effect was not ideal, and her child's asthma was more serious.
Yesterday morning, Hao Hao's mother took her child to Yinzhou second hospital for help. After the doctor inquired in detail, she learned that the ultrasonic atomizer, which was worth several hundred yuan, was mainly used for the treatment of upper airway diseases such as pharyngitis, and was not suitable for asthmatic patients.
Howe's experience is not unique. Chen Beihua, director of pediatrics at Yinzhou second hospital, told reporters that she recently met several children who were delayed by using online atomizers.
Home doctor remind: baby do atomization treatment, it is best to go to the hospital by the doctor.