Tracheitis in a child

Tracheitis can lead to more complex and severe diseases, such as bronchitis or pneumonia. The trachea is directly connected to all the airways and any inflammation of the mucosa can potentially provoke the development of a more complex and severe disease.

Tracheitis in children

Tracheitis in children happens much more often than in adults. This is due to the fact that the children's respiratory tract have increased sensitivity, because of what they are easily vulnerable to any form of the virus. Their immunity does not have the same properties as in adults. It is enough to have ORZ or ARVI in a mild form to provoke the development of tracheitis in a child. Most often, the disease itself does not arise, this is facilitated, for example, by a contaminated atmosphere or sharp odors containing active chemicals, can become catalysts for the disease. Often, a child's tracheitis occurs along with laryngitis, which worsens the situation: it can lead to the development of such a dangerous disease as stenosis of the larynx.

Complexity of occurrence of

A serious danger of tracheitis is that it can manifest itself at a time when the child has already recovered by all indications: the temperature has gone, a runny nose, sneezing has passed. Instead, usually at night, a cough appears, which is more like a dog's barking, is dry. At first, he tears his throat, then causes pain in the chest. The kid begins to complain and cry. At this point, it is very important to ensure the ability to breathe normally, as the child's nose will quickly clog, breathing becomes more complicated, which will exacerbate coughing attacks. The voice changes, chests are heard wheezing, there is hoarseness. The appearance of high temperature is possible. After a few hours, the child usually complains of a feeling of painful burning in the chest.

These signs are similar to the symptoms of laryngitis, which is not just an accident. As stated above, tracheitis in children often occurs against the background of development of laryngitis, which, in turn, can lead to the manifestation of stenosis. Edema involves a strong narrowing of the respiratory lumen, it becomes difficult to breathe, which causes fright in the child. Stenosis appears at night, which is often the reason for the belated reaction of the parents. By and large, it should be borne in mind that with frequent diseases of the child laryngitis, bouts of stenosis and the likelihood of developing tracheitis are several times greater. Considering how often laryngotracheitis occurs, it can be stated with certainty that these diseases are so interrelated that it can be considered luck if laryngitis ends without tracheitis.

On the other hand, tracheitis may be a complication of the flu or be a separate disease. However, it should be noted that manifestation of it in the form of an independent disease is rare. It should be borne in mind that cough attacks do not happen all the time. Usually after a couple of hours, the acuity subsides and the child seems to get better. However, this is a deceptive sensation, so treatment of tracheitis should be started almost immediately. Especially against the background of laryngitis. The disease is characterized by a wavy development, when, after an exacerbation, the stage of apparent well-being and well-being begins.

Symptoms of

However, the described symptoms are not always the case. If the cause of the tracheitis was a viral disease or it became a complication, together with these symptoms, cold and flu symptoms appear. The fever, cough and runny nose can be mistaken for the symptoms of a typical virus. Some parents, unfortunately, prefer to treat the child themselves, guided by advice from the Internet or from the grandmother. It would be superfluous to recall that the ineffectiveness of a child's self-treatment is that today's strains of viruses are different now. Many of them, more recently, who were well recognized and treated at home, after multiple mutations became more dangerous.

One can not lose sight of the fact that acute tracheitis passes unnoticed into chronic, if at the beginning of the disease everything is left to chance. Therapy of chronic tracheitis is much more difficult, the body is much harder to resist, especially to the child. With the chronic form of tracheitis, there may already appear not only a dry, convulsive cough. The child can cough up phlegm of any color, the department will be in large quantities. Treatment is prescribed depending on the reasons that triggered the tracheitis.

Treatment of pediatric tracheitis

In the case of viral origin of the disease, antibiotics are usually useless, therefore they are rarely prescribed. The process of treatment of tracheitis in children takes place in two important stages: getting rid of cough and strengthening immunity.

In case of tracheitis symptoms, it is necessary to provide the child with qualified help first, and then plenty of drinking. In usual cases, the doctor prescribes drugs that help get rid of cough: with a dry cough you need drugs that bring out phlegm. It is extremely important to establish the root cause of tracheitis, otherwise treatment will not give the proper effect. However, even if the cause is still unknown, parents can completely eliminate possible sources themselves: solutions with a sharp odor, smells of citrus, various paints, varnishes, tobacco smoke. If the house, too dry air, you need wet cleaning, airing rooms.

The treatment system usually consists of inhalations, wraps and rubbing. Nevertheless, it is essential to know that until the temperature of the child is stabilized, warming procedures are prohibited, in order to avoid stresses on the heart and aggravation of the development of the disease.

Together with the medicamental regimen of healing, traditional medicine also helps. If the child is not very small, it is possible to do inhalations from the broths of herbs such as mint and sage. You can also use essential oils, for example, in boiling water to dissolve much drops of tea tree oil and allow the child to breathe a healing steam.

Once the temperature is normal, warming therapy is helpful. For example, mustard between the shoulder blades or pairing the legs. You can grind between the shoulder blades and on the baby's breast balm "Asterisk", only after that it is necessary to wrap it warmly. It is recommended an increased intake of vitamin C, which contributes to the activation of the immune system. Teas with berries will be useful: currant, raspberry. A physician can prescribe physiotherapy, classical inhalations.

The period of treatment of tracheitis in children is mostly rapid enough. The severity of the disease subsides after a few days. But this is possible only if the necessary assistance was provided on time. Therefore, it is extremely important at the first manifestations of suspicious symptoms of the disease, contact the pediatrician.