How to nurse bronchopneumonia?

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Bronchitis is a terrible disease. Many children because of the organs are not very perfect, a cough will be prone to bronchitis symptoms. If not treated in time, it may develop into bronchopneumonia. This time the consequences are more serious, we must timely diagnosis and treatment, how to care for bronchopneumonia? Let's talk about my views.

How to nurse bronchopneumonia?

First of all: master the skills of sputum shooting: when children cough and cough, it shows that the secretion in the bronchus increases. In order to promote the smooth discharge of secretion, aerosol inhalation can be used to help expectorant, 3-4 times a day, 15-20 minutes each time. If it is an infant, in addition to pat the back, you should also help turn over, once every 1-2 hours, so that the child maintains a half lying position, conducive to sputum discharge.

Secondly: avoid to public places: try to reduce access to public places, public places access complex, contains more pathogenic bacteria, when necessary, can take masks to go out. Avoid contact with people with upper respiratory tract infection. When children are sick, their resistance will be reduced and they will be easily infected again.

Finally: observe the change of body temperature: children with bronchitis are mostly low fever, if the temperature is below 38.5 degrees Celsius, generally do not need to give antipyretic drugs, mainly for the cause of treatment, fundamentally solve the problem. If the body temperature is high, older children can be given physical cooling, that is, wet compress with cold towel on the head or take a bath with warm water. However, this method is not suitable for young children, and drugs should be used when necessary.

matters needing attention

Water supplement is very important. For children with high fever, the daily water supplement should reach 800-1500 ml. you can add more water to the children's food to make the meal thinner and softer. You can also let the children eat more milk (breast milk, rice soup and fruit juice for those who are not weaned). You should give the children more water between meals. When children cough, do not feed or take medicine. Inhale food and medicine into the trachea. After children eat, let them lie on their side to prevent food in the stomach choking into the trachea and causing accidents.