We advise you to pay serious attention to the treatment of bronchitis. The acute form of bronchitis is very easy to become chronic, which, in turn, can have different dangerous complications. This article will describe in detail the means of medicine, which are used to treat bronchitis.
You should clearly understand that you need to stay in bed. If bronchitis is mild, it is enough to just stay at home. Try to drink plenty of warm and healthy drinks such as milk with honey, tea with lemon or raspberry jam, chamomile, sage or lime tie. At least during the disease refuse smoking . Nicotine irritates the respiratory system. If you want to try mustard or any hot compress, it’s worth consulting your doctor at first. Drugs for the treatment of acute bronchitis include aspirin or paracetamol to relieve inflammation, expectorants such as thermopsis, potassium iodide and others, as well as antitussive agents. Be careful with antitussives if you the doctor didn’t say to use them. To cleanse the bronchial tubes of phlegm you can use expectorants that provoke coughing . If you use antitussive drugs, there may be stagnation of phlegm. This is a dangerous condition. Therefore the choice of cough medicines is difficult.
Among folk medicines are inhalations with soda water, extracts of herbs (eucalyptus, anise). Perform the procedure four times a day for five days for five minutes. It is easier to use special inhalers, but if you do not have such a device, you can reheat the solution on a steam bath and breath above the steam. Or you can pour the solution into the kettle and breathe through it’s nose. Or you can make cone out of cardboard, cover the pan and breathe through the narrow end. If you do not like all these ways, just tilt your head above the pan with a heated solution and cover your head with a towel. Do not lean to the fluid closer than twenty centimeters, because you can burn respiratory organs with hot steam.
In case of bronchitis doctors do not usually prescribe antibiotics. If the phlegm turns green, then there are impurities of pus or there is an inflammatory process in the blood, then you can use such drugs. If three days of conventional treatment do not lead to improvement, then it makes sense to take antibiotics. But remember, that uncontrolled use of antibiotics can lead to allergies and even asthma.
Most often, acute bronchitis can be cured without any problems. But you should give up smoking, breathe more fresh air. If you work in dusty environments, then use respirators. Strengthen the immune system and lead a healthy lifestyle.
Now a few words about the treatment of chronic bronchitis. Due to the fact that completely cure is almost impossible, you should take measures to reduce the number of exacerbations, prevent complications and to avoid deterioration of the patient. To find the right treatment, it is necessary to examine the respiratory system and assess the extent of the disease. The success of the treatment depends on the fact, if the treatment was on time, as well as how seriously did you treat your illness.
During periods of exacerbation you need to abandon an active lifestyle and to sit at home for a week. Try to ventilate your room often, but the cold air for you is very bad, so do not freeze the room. The heat is also not useful. And do not sit in the draft. Maintain a humidity level. If the air in the room is too dry, put in the corner the bowl of water or cover the heater with damp cloth.
During an exacerbation of chronic bronchitis patient must eat normally. It is particularly important to have enough of protein and vitamins. Do not eat spiced with pepper and mustard dishes. It is useful to use the dietary supplements.
Medicines, which are used in case of chronic bronchitis, are divided into those that are used long and those that are used only during the exacerbation. Both are prescribed by a doctor.