Any mom wants to protect her child from colds and other diseases. However, this does not always work. Often kids are sick because their immunity is not yet very strong. For sufficient development of immunity should pass not few years. Respiratory diseases are accompanied by a cough, runny nose, pain or a sore throat. In such situations, to improve the child's well-being and help him to recover, one can use a means, such as inhalations. However, you should know how to do inhalation correctly for children.
In general, inhalation is the administration of special medications in the respiratory tract. Thus, you can get rid of a cough and a cold. In addition, this procedure is performed with angina, asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia. The advantage of inhalation is that the drugs fall into the respiratory tract, while not entering the bloodstream and not affecting other organs.
Inhalation of children
To conduct the procedure, you can use a special inhaler, and you can use improvised means, for example, a kettle. But no matter what inhalations are done, the first thing to do is to explain to the child why this procedure should be done. It is important that a small child is not afraid of inhalation, otherwise the effect of it will not be. To explain, you can demonstrate the process by commenting on each action.
To conduct the inhalation with a kettle, you should pour water into it (temperature 30-40 degrees) and add a little herbal decoction, for example, chamomile or marigold. In the tip of the kettle insert a cardboard funnel and put the child in front of the kettle, give breathe through it in pairs. If the child is very small, then the funnel should be made more authentic.
It should be remembered that you can not do hot inhalations if the child's body temperature is higher than normal (this applies to infants and children slightly older). This is due to the fact that inhalation refers to the heating procedures.
Best of all, of course, for such purposes have a special device - a nebulizer. This will save considerable time and energy, because with its help making inhalations for children is much easier and more convenient. Inhalers are different, but the principle of their work is almost identical. The reservoir is filled with a drug, which then turns into an aerosol. The mask of the device is applied to the child's face so that the baby's nose and mouth fall under it. Thus, the child will inhale the medicine, which will have a curative effect on the respiratory tract.
The duration of the procedure is up to five minutes. The number of procedures is determined by the age of the child. For example, a child who is two years old, is treated up to two times a day an hour after eating.
As a medicine, you can use various folk (eucalyptus oil, herbs, honey) and medicinal preparations. But it is worth remembering that not all solutions prepared at home can be used in an inhaler. Therefore, you should carefully read the instructions that are attached to the inhaler. You can also consult a doctor.
The simplest and safest solution for use in a nebulizer is NaCl. Such a solution will clear the respiratory tract: it will bring out sputum, which means it will improve breathing.
It is worth knowing that essential oils can only be used after diluting them. It is also necessary to remember that essential oils can cause an allergic reaction, so before using it is better to consult a doctor and make an Alergotest.
Inhalation for infants
This procedure for infants should be done with caution. It is advisable to consult a doctor beforehand. Teapot do inhalation very small children is unlikely to work, so you need to buy a special inhaler in the store, and one that can be used in the "lying" position. There are models of the device that do not make noise and you can carry out the procedure at the moment when the baby is asleep.
Although inhalations are very useful and effective, they are not always shown. You can not do the procedure for acute pneumonia or high temperature, also in some other situations. If a child has a bad mood, he cries, then inhalation is also undesirable.