Treatment of tracheitis in a child

Tracheitis is a disease that at first glance may not seem very dangerous, because you only need to find the cause of its appearance and undergo a course of treatment.

You should know that coughing is a rather complex defensive reaction that allows you to remove a foreign body from the body or to release the respiratory tract from mucus. Cough can appear due to a variety of different causes: heart disease, allergies to some drugs, the presence of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. But the most important reason for the appearance of a cough is the presence of respiratory tract diseases. That is, tracheitis is an ailment associated with the upper respiratory tract.

Tracheitis in a child

Treatment of tracheitis in a child should never be carried out by parents, guided by instinct. The fact is that before you start treatment, you should find out the nature of this disease. Tracheitis, formed due to the virus, there is no need to treat. It is enough to take expectorant medication.

Tracheitis caused by bacteria leads to obstruction of the airways, which is very dangerous for the life of the patient. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common causative agent of this disease. Rhinitis and coughing in the child are the first signs of the development of tracheitis, which should be cured as soon as possible.

Causes

Tracheitis in children is usually caused by:

- streptococcal bacteria;

- infections are semiphilic;

- Anaerobes;

- bactericides.

As a rule, the disease develops when a person regularly inhales some poisonous substances. Also, tracheitis can develop in an allergic person if he is in a dusty room.

Signs of bronchitis in a child and tracheitis

The main sign of tracheitis, which is often accompanied by bronchitis, is a dry cough that increases by night: first the patient rarely coughs, and then the cough becomes obtrusive and paroxysmal. Tracheitis is also characterized by other symptoms:

- weakness;

- a runny nose and coughing in the child;

- elevated body temperature;

Noisy and shortness of breath;

- intercostal retractions;

- soundlessly

- difficulty swallowing food, a sore throat, a voice;

- respiratory insufficiency.

Diagnostics

To treat tracheitis in a child was effective, first you need to find out the exact diagnosis. For this purpose, endoscopic and radiographic studies are prescribed. Treatment of tracheitis in a child begins only after the results of the study are ready.

Treatment

Treatment of tracheitis in a child will depend on what tracheitis was detected: chronic, viral or bacterial.

Bacterial or acute tracheitis is treated strictly under the supervision of a doctor with the help of antibiotics, which belong to the group of penicillins. If the bacterial tracheitis occurs in mild form, the patient is prescribed antitussive drugs.

Chronic tracheitis is treated in the same way as bacterial. Additionally, climatic treatment and oily-alkaline inhalations can be prescribed . If in time and correctly treated this disease, then the predictions are favorable.

A patient who has been diagnosed with a "viral tracheitis" is prescribed inhalations, warming procedures and expectorants. The child should be treated under strict medical supervision. It is recommended that it be fed and tempered rationally, so that most of the viral infections will not be terrible for him.