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Can babies be inhaled?
Children under one year of age often get sick becausethey only formed immunity. Quickly cope with the unpleasant symptoms of respiratory ailments help inhalation. These procedures relieve a cold, cough, cope with manifestations of sore throat, bronchitis and even pneumonia. The main feature of this method of treatment is that the nutrients have a positive effect on the respiratory tract of the crumbs, but do not penetrate into the blood and do not affect the work of other organs. Due to the emergence of convenient inhalers, which can be purchased at the pharmacy, the procedure can be carried out even in newborns. Procedures are contraindicated in infants in three cases:
- if the baby’s body temperature exceeds 37.5 degrees;
- if the baby is prone to nasal bleeding, it suffers from chronic heart and lung diseases;
- if any bacterial infections, otitis media, acute pneumonia, pulmonary edema, etc. are diagnosed in a child under one year old
In order not to harm the baby, specify, you can doinhalation of infants, with your doctor. During the first two years of the life of the baby, abandon the procedures using pharmacy solutions. These compounds contain aggressive ingredients that can cause serious side effects.
How to inhale babies?
The optimal time for inhalation is 1-1.5hours after eating. During the procedure, do not need to read, play with the baby or distract him in another way. The duration of the session - no more than 5-7 minutes. For the procedures suitable special inhalers. These devices are silent, and therefore can not scare the crumbs. They are designed for use in the supine position and can be used during sleep crumbs. Before using the inhaler, you need to consult your doctor about the composition of the drug. Another method of inhalation for babies with cough is steam. It eliminates the use of special devices and involves finding a baby bath filled with steam. This makes it easier to breathe crumbs, improve the discharge of sputum. This is a gentle way in which there is no risk of a side effect of the procedure - laryngeal edema. Read also:
