The Little Doctor inhaler is a device for dispersed spraying of a medicinal substance. Such devices are called nebulizers. With their help, you can get rid of cough with a cold, diseases of the bronchi and lungs. You can use the device for both children and adults.
What is a nebulizer?
There are two types of inhalations - steam and wet. In everyday life, the steam method is most often used. For example, a patient breathes hot steam from boiled potatoes or over a decoction of medicinal plants.
With wet inhalations, medicinal fluid in the form of tiny droplets enters the respiratory tract. For such a procedure, a special device is required - a nebulizer. Its name comes from the Latin word nebula, which means "fog". In such a device, the medicine turns into a fog of small particles. In this form, the drug enters the respiratory tract and acts directly on the focus of inflammation.
The Little Doctor inhaler is a nebulizer. Inhalations with this device help to quickly recover from colds. With this method of application, the medicine begins to act much faster. Sometimes it is not even necessary to use inside antibiotics or sulfonamides, which create a load on the internal organs.
Compressor Nebulizers
Nebulizers are divided into three types:
- Compressor Air passes through a liquid under high pressure, and it turns into fog.
- Ultrasonic The liquid turns into small particles after sonication.
- Membrane The liquid passes through a grid with small holes, then is sonicated with air and converted into steam.
Under the Little Doctor brand, both ultrasonic (with the letter U) and compressor inhalers (with the letter C) are available. The compressor inhaler "Little Doctor LD-211C" works exclusively from a power source, it can be used only in a room where there is an electrical outlet. At work, he makes a rather loud sound.
But compressor nebulizers have many advantages. They can use antibiotics and hormones. Devices are relatively inexpensive. The price of the Little Doctor inhaler is from 2000 to 3500 rubles. In addition, such devices allow you to adjust the size of the microparticles of the liquid and the depth of their penetration.
What is included in the device?
In the Little Doctor inhaler, nozzles of different colors are used to form particles of a certain size:
- yellow (particles of 3.5 microns);
- red (4 microns);
- blue (5 microns).
The depth of microparticles in the respiratory tract depends on the choice of nozzle:
- 2-5 microns - for the lower respiratory tract (yellow or red nozzle);
- 5-10 microns - for the lower respiratory tract, larynx and trachea (blue or red nozzle).
We can conclude that in the Little Doctor nebulizer the most universal is the red nozzle. It is suitable for treating a common cold, and for diseases of the deeper airways. In addition, the kit includes 1 adult and 2 children's masks, mouthpieces (2 pieces), nose nozzles - large and small.
What diseases is the nebulizer used for?
The Little Doctor inhaler is used for procedures in the following diseases:
- ARVI;
- bronchitis;
- pneumonia;
- tracheitis;
- laryngitis;
- rhinitis;
- bronchial asthma;
- pharyngitis.
You can also carry out inhalation in order to prevent bronchitis, asthma, allergies, tuberculosis.
What liquids can be poured into an inhaler?
Compressor nebulizer Little Doctor LD-211C allows you to use various solutions for inhalation, namely:
- Antibiotics: Tobramycin, Fluimitsil.
- Antiseptics: "Dioxidine", "Furacilin".
- Bronchodilators: Berotek, Salbutamol, Berodual, Atrovent.
- Mucolytics: Pulmozyme, Lasolvan, Fluimucil.
- Immunomodulators: Interferon.
- Hormones: Pulmicort.
- Mast cell membrane stabilizers: Cromohexal;
- Mineral water (carbon dioxide must first be released);
- Other medicines: Lidocaine, Saline.
You can only use saline and mineral waters yourself. All other drugs for inhalation require a doctor's prescription.
What fluids cannot be used in a nebulizer?
The following drugs are not allowed in cough and runny nose inhalers "Little Doctor":
- Any solutions with essential oils . This can lead to malfunction of the nebulizer, it will be difficult to wash off such a composition from parts of the device. In addition, essential oils can be harmful to the body by inhalation.
- Decoctions of healing herbs . These fluids can also break the inhaler. There is also a health risk, since in home decoctions it is very difficult to calculate the right amount of active substance.
- Therapeutic syrups . Inhaling sugar and dyes contained in such products is very harmful. In addition, a sweet, sticky liquid can permanently ruin the inhaler.
- Crushed pills . Not every medicine can be taken by inhalation, but particles of medication can clog the device.
How to use a nebulizer?
Before proceeding with the procedures, it is necessary to study the instructions for the Little Doctor cough and runny nose inhaler. Before using the appliance, it must be cleaned. Then you need to perform the following actions:
- Put the device in front of you on the table. In this case, the device must be disconnected from the power supply, and the power switch must be in the "O" position.
- Turn the cover counterclockwise and remove it. Put the right sprayer.
- Pour the drug solution into the inhaler at the recommended dosage.
- Close the appliance with the cover all the way by turning it clockwise.
- Attach the mouthpiece. If another type of inhalation is required, then you need to use a nose nozzle or mask.
- Plug in the appliance.
- Connect one end of the inhalation tube to the compressor fitting and the other to the nebulizer fitting.
- Connect the device to the network and set the power switch to the "I" position.
Vapors of the drug must be inhaled until the entire solution is complete. Do not use a mask, mouthpiece and nasal nozzle after an ill family member. This can lead to infection. After use, the inhaler should be rinsed with water and then dried. This must be done immediately after the procedure, otherwise the drug solution will begin to crystallize. Mouthpieces, masks and nozzles must be soaked in disinfectant.
Nebulizer reviews
You can find many positive reviews about the Little Doctor inhaler. Parents of those children who are often sick write that this device has rescued them more than once. The device is very convenient and easy to use. Sometimes children took inhalations even during playing activities or sleeping. Parents note the high strength and wear resistance of the device. There were cases when children accidentally dropped the inhaler, but this did not lead to damage. The device has been serving many users for several years.
Adults also use the nebulizer with success. They note that the acquisition of such a device saved them from having to go to the clinic for procedures. There was an opportunity to undergo inhalation therapy at home. For some patients, the use of a nebulizer has even replaced the intake of many medications. After all, medicinal substances act faster when they enter the respiratory system.
Of the minuses of the device, people note only its loud sound. At first, it scares the children a little, they have to get used to the noise of the compressor. However, the benefits of an inhaler far outweigh this small drawback.