With a decrease in the immunity of the lungs, there is a disease with respiratory failure, sputum discharge - tracheitis treatment is required. This is an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea, which is accompanied by laryngitis, persistent cough and chest pain. The disease is not dangerous, but if it is started, you can get a number of complications - acute rhinitis, acute pharyngitis. It is worth knowing how to deal with tracheitis, what medicines to use according to the scheme and what methods of treatment exist.
How to treat a tracheitis
At home, you can treat tracheitis with medicines, compresses and mustard plasters. In the hospital patient is rarely directed, only when there are long attacks of asthma, asthma, high fever, the risk of inflammation of the bronchi and lungs increases. Inflammation of the trachea is not a serious disease, but it is fraught with complications - develops tracheobronchitis, pneumonia, acute bronchitis. The protracted form acquires an atrophic chronic form with relapses, so it is worth knowing how to treat a tracheitis, and what are the signs of acute development of the disease.
The viral form is treated without taking antibiotics, bacterial and chronic tracheitis - with them. The dosage of any medicine is prescribed by the doctor depending on the pathogen of infection, the severity of the process. There are a number of rules for caring for a patient with tracheitis and therapies for his recovery:
- take a plentiful drink - warm concoctions of herbs, fruit drinks, teas, mineral still warm water will do;
- ventilate the room, conduct wet cleaning, especially with a dry cough;
- cure can be cured by Sinecod, Lazolvan, Libexin;
- if it is an allergic tracheitis - antihistamines will help with allergies;
- for severe sputum discharge use diluting drugs - Ambroxol, ATSTS;
- at high temperature, take Paracetamol, Ibuprofen;
- conduct alkaline inhalation.
Medication Therapy
Drugs for tracheitis are indicated for bacterial infection. Eliminate the cause of the disease will help antibiotics of aerosol or tablet form from the group of penicillins. When complicating tracheitis, semi-synthetic antibiotics are prescribed by bronchitis. Acute viral infection is treated with antitussive drugs, immunomodulating and antihistamine medications.
Antibiotics-aerosols are prescribed for drug treatment of the disease, because such a form penetrates all areas of the trachea and bronchi. Popular medicines are Sinekod, Bioparoks, Lazolvan, Erespal, Berodual and Sumamed. Of antibiotics with purulent hypertrophic tracheitis are allowed to take pills and aerosols: penicillins( Amoxicillin, Ampicillin), fluoroquinolones( Levofloxacin, Avelox), cephalosporins( Zinnat, Cefixim), macrolides( Azithromycin).
Massage
An additional method of suppressing acute cough and activating the immune system is massage. When tracheitis apply a point type, which is based on the technique of acupuncture. Massage is done by pressing, vibrating movements without stopping. This type of treatment is prohibited at high temperature, blood diseases, viral complications during pregnancy. In addition to acupuncture, you can simply stroke the chest with ascending movements, rub with warming ointments.
Inhalations
An important tool in the treatment of debilitating acute cough with tracheitis are inhalations. You can use herbal and pharmaceutical products with phytoncides or volatile essential oils with anti-inflammatory effect. These include eucalyptus, fir, juniper, pine, ginger, spruce. Inhalation is used without contraindications, but children should be supervised to ensure that they are not burned.
They can be done with special instruments or by domestic methods - inhale steam over the pan. Mini-inhalations are performed using aromatic lamps. You can also drop oil on a damp cloth, hang it on the battery. For babies it is better to use inhalations with nebulizers - it is safer, more effective for reducing the duration of treatment for a disease, paroxysmal cough. The forecast is very favorable.
Gorchichniki with tracheitis
Distractive therapy is treatment with tracheitis using mustard plasters. They have a curative effect due to stimulation of reflex stimulation zones. The use of mustard plasters has not been documented, there are side effects - inhaling of mustard vapors lead to laryngospasm and worsening of the patient's condition. Instead, adults can be treated with hot foot baths, which have a similar reflex-irritating effect.
Compresses
Compresses are used for warming up and expanding the vessels, speeding up sputum discharge and reducing the intensity of coughing attacks. They can not be done with the diagnosis of a too dry cough due to the possible swelling of the inflamed mucous trachea. 3-4 days after the treatment of the disease it is possible to apply compresses from a mixture of camphor alcohol and honey, hot potatoes, horseradish, with essential oils. The mixture is superimposed on the adult's breast with a gauze pad, from above is covered with a warm cloth. You need to put compresses an hour before bedtime, the course of treatment lasts until you get rid of the symptoms.
Folk remedies
How to cure tracheitis with folk remedies, healers know, and now physicians. They offer adults to get rid of the mild form of the disease without complications( after diagnosis) with the following recipes:
- mustard foot baths - pour a handful of dry mustard into hot water, soar for 10-15 minutes( instead of water you can simply pour dry mustard into your socks overnight);
- reception of green tea with raspberries, honey;
- drinking hot calyx infusion;
- make compresses from hot boiled potatoes;
- rub the breast with a mixture of honey and propolis.
Treatment of tracheitis in children
The treatment of illness in children should be sparing and comprehensive, because the immunity suffers. A child often develops a viral form of tracheitis, so he is prescribed antiviral drugs for influenza. The task is to stop the attacks of a nightly excruciating cough. For treatment, the following can be used:
- antitussives in the form of syrups;
- antiviral medications( Interferon tablets) - with prolonged form;
- antibiotics( Sumamed tablets) - suspensions in extreme cases of bacterial infection;
- inhalation 2-3 times a day;
- irrigation of the larynx by Bioparox aerosol;
- plentiful warm drink - decoctions of expectorants, pectoral fees, warm tea, vitamin Morse;
- rubbing the breast with ointment Dr. Mom( can also be used to prevent the disease).
Treatment for pregnancy
The treatment of the disease during pregnancy becomes an uneasy task, because the plants are contraindicated in the position, antibiotics, warming procedures. Tracheitis in pregnant women can be caused by a virus or bacteria, when a patient contacts a doctor, the cause is first identified. If it is a virus, sparing immune-modulating therapy is prescribed, abundant alkaline drink, bed rest, inhalation treatment. Warm legs, mustard plasters under inhibition, grinding of the breast should be done as carefully as possible, touching the upper part of the sternum.
For bacterial infection, pregnant women are prescribed safe macrolides( Sumamed, cephalosporin group preparations).Antibacterial drugs for treatment in the first and third trimesters are not prescribed because of the risk of embryotoxic effects on the formation of organs and fetal systems. Tracheitis is treated only under the supervision of a doctor, even with a mild form you can not use self-medication.