Asthmatic bronchitis in children

Asthmatic bronchitis can not differ in its course from other types of bronchitis. True, if a child at low temperature there is a painful dry paroxysmal cough, which is only intensified by the evening, and during the breath even at a distance you can hear dry and wet wheezing.

Asthmatic bronchitis

If in the morning a child can hardly cough up viscous and light sputum, it is necessary to suspect asthmatic bronchitis and urgently call a doctor: asthmatic bronchitis in children can often go into a fit of suffocation and requires certain treatment with a number of anti-asthmatic and anti-allergic drugs. Treatment of this disease is similar to the treatment of bronchial asthma. It occurs mainly in children in early and preschool years.
This disease is caused by non-infectious factors - allergens, infectious - viruses that play the role of allergens. In children at an early age, asthmatic bronchitis can result from food, drug, vaccine allergies. With asthmatic bronchitis there is a spasm of large and medium-sized bronchial tubes.

Periods of exacerbation and remission of the disease

During an exacerbation there are characteristic clinical signs - cough at normal or slightly elevated temperature and exhale with whistling. Cough resistant, appears at any time of day, mostly at night. First - dry and easily arises due to physical exertion, emotional factors. Further changes - during the day can be dry, wet. In some sick children wheezing in the chest is audible at a distance, and choking does not appear.
A characteristic feature of the course of asthmatic bronchitis is persistent recurrence of clinical symptoms. Duration of exacerbation is also different - from several hours to a month. Exacerbations occur more often in the autumn-winter period. At a very early age, the majority of sick children have skin manifestations of allergic diathesis.

Diagnosis

Recognize the disease on the basis of a certain "allergic" course, the recurring nature of the disease, physical and radiological changes, a blood test.
During the reduction of acute inflammatory processes, therapeutic exercises and therapeutic massage are recommended. Conduct a sanation of foci of chronic infection. It is quite effective to use sanatorium treatment. If the allergen is established using the skin test method, then during the remission period, elimination therapy is performed.

Forecast of

The majority of ill children have a favorable prognosis. It is true that in 30% of patients there is a flow of asthmatic bronchitis into bronchial asthma.

Treatment of

Patients are monitored by two specialists - a pulmonologist and an allergist. For the purposes of rehabilitation, non-specific and specific hyposensitization is carried out, therapeutic physical training, therapeutic massage, water hardening procedures and aeroprocedures are prescribed. Sanatorium treatment is prescribed during the period of weakening of the disease.

Treatment is selected individually, taking into account the phase of the disease. During an exacerbation together with observance of a medical mode and a food bronchospasmolytic agents, such as - an euphyllinum, an ephedrine are appointed. At atonic form of this disease and accompanying dermatoallergosis, antihistamines are used. If there are symptoms of bronchial infection, for example, signs of inflammation according to the hemogram, sputum discharge from pus, antibiotics are prescribed. Appointed also vitamins - ascorbic acid, pyridoxine, folic acid.

For allergic forms of this disease to children from 3 years old, you can use this herbal package: a teaspoon of Ledum, an incomplete teaspoon of wren and grass of a three-colored violet, ¼ teaspoon of valerian root. Brewed 1/2 liter of boiling water, filtered in the morning. The thermos is rinsed and the infusion is poured in again for storage - it is cooked for 2 days. Give the child 3-4 times each day in accordance with art. L.At his age( 1-3).The first course is 16-18 days.