5 mistakes when treating asthma and bronchitis in children

During the changing seasons, many children suffer from respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, asthma... The disease is easy to relapse and cause dangerous complications (pneumonia, death) if not treated properly. Changing the 5 mistakes below will help mothers protect their children's respiratory tract better.

Seeing the child sick is giving antibiotics

Many parents and grandparents consider antibiotics as a "miracle drug" and buy them whenever their children show signs of illness, regardless of the illness. In fact, the main cause of bronchitis and bronchial spasms is mostly viruses. Meanwhile, antibiotics only work on bacteria.

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Associate Professor, Doctor, Doctor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dinh - former Director of the Central Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital advises that parents need to stay calm in this case. If you keep your baby's nose and throat clean, feed your baby warm liquids, provide adequate nutrition, and use medication as prescribed by your doctor, the disease will quickly go away. Do not abuse antibiotics on your own to avoid unwanted consequences. For children with bronchial asthma, only use antibiotics when there are signs of secondary infection such as cough, fever, sore throat, refusal to breastfeed, refusal to eat, cough with green or yellow phlegm. In treatment, it is advisable to use herbal medicines that are safer for your baby.

Reuse old prescriptions, prescriptions for other children

Many parents, when their children are sick, take out old prescriptions and use them, or listen to advice from friends and copy prescriptions from other children online. Each child has a different medical condition and constitution, so parents should not use one child's prescription for another child.

Each type of bacteria is sensitive to certain antibiotics. Especially for children with bronchial asthma, depending on the condition of the disease, there are different treatment regimens. When the child has a relapse of respiratory disease, the mother using the old prescription or the prescription of another child can make the child's illness worse, causing antibiotic resistance and endangering life.

Stop taking medication when the disease is relieved.

Some mothers wonder why their child stopped taking the medicine after his illness had improved, but a few days later he coughed more, vomited and had difficulty breathing... According to doctors, children who do not take the full course of antibiotics can make their illness worse, increasing the risk of having to take a stronger combination of antibiotics.

In particular, this mistake seriously affects the control of bronchial asthma, because asthma is a chronic disease, the symptoms disappear but the airway inflammation remains. When exposed to irritants, the inflammation will worsen, leading to acute asthma attacks, if not treated promptly, it can be life-threatening.

Normally, children with bronchitis need to use medication for 5-7 days. For chronic bronchitis, bronchial spasms, bronchial asthma, it is necessary to use medication according to the doctor's treatment regimen, which can last up to several months.

The child's bronchi are inflamed and have exudation.

Keeping babies warm the wrong way

Wearing too many clothes makes children sweat, turning on the air conditioner too cold when children complain of being hot... are all wrong ways to keep warm. Children with asthma and bronchitis should wear warm but airy clothes, play and sleep in clean places. Parents and grandparents should not smoke, limit children from playing in crowded places when they have just recovered from illness..., to avoid contracting respiratory diseases.

Feed the childrenn unreasonable abstinence

Children with asthma and bronchitis often cough a lot, so parents force their children to abstain from eating chicken, eggs, shrimp, crab, fish, etc. However, doctors say that this abstinence has no scientific basis, and can even cause children to lack nutrients and reduce their resistance, making the disease take longer to heal and easy to relapse. If you have asthma and have an allergic constitution, you should avoid foods that your child is allergic to.

According to VNE