How correctly and from what age can you do inhalations with a nebulizer to young children? Let's dwell on these issues in more detail.
Features of inhalation for children
In order for the procedure to bring relief to the baby and speed up the healing process, you need to know how to properly do inhalations with a nebulizer, both small and grown up children.
So, the rules of inhalation are as follows:
- Do not inhale if your baby has a fever. In this case, the question whether it is possible to do inhalation for children at low temperature, requires an individual approach. For example, with the first signs of a cold, when the temperature values are slightly higher than the norm, even inhalations should be performed in order not to start the process and aggravate the condition of the crumbs.
- It is also not recommended to use a nebulizer if the baby has nosebleeds or has heart defects.
- The procedure is best 1-1.5 hours before or after eating, and at least two hours before bedtime.
- How much time to do inhalation nebulizer the child - the doctor,
mostly infants are recommended to inhale medical couples - 2-3 minutes, older children - at least 5 minutes. - Before each use of the device, it is necessary to disinfect the removable elements (mask, container for the medicine).
How much saline is needed to inhale the baby?
Medication for inhalation should be prescribed by a doctor. When wet or dry cough, as well as with concomitant symptoms - in each case, they are different. As a rule, all medicines are used in combination with saline solution. How much saline is needed for inhalation to a child is also discussed with the pediatrician. In addition, sometimes inhalations for children are carried out with saline in their pure form, the dosage in such cases depends on the duration of the procedure and the age of the child.