Ms. Li, 31 years old, has a son who has just turned 5 years old under her knees. The child's immunity is poor, so there will often be a fever, cold situation, every time the child is sick, Ms. Li and her husband will stay by the side, feed the child medicine, if necessary, even sent to the hospital for infusion, bothered and tired.
On this day, Ms. Li learned from the news about a pediatric diagnosis and treatment method called "atomization treatment", and heard that it is possible to cure a cold without injections, without taking medicine, so that the child can cure a cold while breathing, which is very effective and fast, so she wants to take her son to the hospital to see, but Ms. Li's husband is opposed, thinking that this new type of treatment method cannot be used hastily for children, so as not to bring health risks.
So, the so-called "nebulization treatment", is it reliable?
Before doing so, we may wish to understand the main process of nebulization treatment:
The key to nebulization treatment lies in the word "atomization", which means that drugs or normal saline, etc., through special distillation methods, become tiny droplets or particles, and then wear them to children through special breathing devices.
Later, during the child's breathing, these atomized drug suspensions will enter the respiratory tract and lungs from the mouth, and then achieve the purpose of cleaning up the respiratory system and eliminating germs to treat colds or respiratory diseases.
So, is "nebulization treatment" really reliable? The answer is yes, many people believe that the way of nebulization treatment, directly into the child's most sensitive lungs and respiratory tract, is more likely to cause infection, so there is no trust in nebulization treatment.
In fact, there is no need for this, on the one hand, atomization treatment is actually the same as taking medicine and injections, but it is only a way of administration, and there is nothing special.
On the other hand, most of the drugs used for nebulization treatment are normal saline or specific non-irritating solutions, which will not cause the possibility of secondary infection, and please rest assured that parents. Therefore, for atomization treatment, you can treat it as an ordinary treatment method, and you can use it for your child with confidence.
However, there are still many inexplicable statements that nebulization treatment is still not guaranteed compared to traditional infusion therapy, and some people even feel that nebulization treatment is more harmful than infusion therapy.
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As can be seen from the introduction above, whether it is the use of drugs or the drug itself, it will not harm the patient's respiratory tract or lungs, so the so-called nebulization treatment is more harmful than infusion treatment.
Not only that, but nebulization therapy even has certain advantages over infusion therapy:
Advantage one: Less need for medication
Traditional injection therapy is to inject drugs into a vein, and then rely on blood circulation to allow the drugs to reach the lungs, and then play a therapeutic effect.
In this process, the loss caused by blood circulation determines that the amount of drug used for infusion therapy will be higher.
The nebulization treatment is different, it is through the use of breathing, the atomization of the drug directly to the lungs, the loss in the process will be much smaller. Therefore, the amount of drugs used in nebulization treatment will be less, even a few tenths of the total body medication. With less medication, the burden on the body will be smaller, especially for children, and their health can be taken care of more.
Advantage 2: Low risk of subsequent inflammation
For children, most of the cold symptoms are caused by the body's poor immune system and infection with the virus.
The infusion method of medication, through the blood circulation to the lungs, and then play a role in eliminating the virus, treating the effect of cold. But in this process, such as in the throat, respiratory tract, there may still be residual viruses, which in turn increases the risk of cold recurrence and even subsequent respiratory inflammation.
The atomization treatment is different, it is itself through the respiration into the lungs, in this process, the throat, airway will receive drug treatment, greatly improving the degree of virus elimination, and further reduce the risk of recurrence and subsequent inflammation.
Therefore, here again for everyone to reiterate, although the nebulization treatment is not so traditional and widely known compared to infusion therapy, but this is not a reason for us to resist, the advantages of rational acceptance of nebulization therapy, perhaps in the treatment of children, can also play a better effect.
However, another point to note is that just as infusion treatment is not suitable for varicose vein patients or halo needle friends, nebulization treatment also has specific contraindications, and please do not blindly choose such treatment methods, so as not to have a negative impact on health.
Although the nebulization treatment is good, the following 2 types of people are not suitable for choice
People with mouth ulcers or fungal infections. If there is an ulcer or infection in the mouth, blind nebulization, such as a specific glucocorticoid drug, may cause ulcers or inflammation to worsen, producing unsuitable symptoms and is therefore not recommended.
People with cold air allergies. The essence of nebulization treatment is actually the "water vapor" that contains the drug, and the water vapor will absorb heat, resulting in a relatively low overall temperature of atomization.
Therefore, friends who are allergic to cold air, or allergic rhinitis, are not recommended for nebulization treatment, so as not to produce serious allergic reactions and aggravate cold symptoms.
All in all, the atomization treatment itself is definitely a recommended and safe and effective treatment, especially for children, most of them maintain a recommended attitude, but as mentioned above, some contraindicated groups, it is best not to blindly choose, still under the guidance and advice of the doctor, take the most appropriate treatment method.
Resources:
[1]: Expert Consensus on Aerosol Inhalation Therapy, 2019 Edition, 2019-09-24
[2]: "The therapeutic effect of budesonide combined with salbutamol nebulized inhalation on acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease", Chinese Journal of Modern Internal Medicine 2008-05-03