Acute bronchitis is called inflammation of the mucous membrane or the entire wall of the bronchi. Most often, acute bronchitis has an infectious nature - bacteria, viruses and their various combinations. This disease can cause hypothermia, chemicals and even physical exposure. Smoking also contributes to bronchial disease. Other factors conducive to the development of bronchitis include various heart diseases and are already present in the oral cavity, nasopharynx, tonsils of inflammation, which are of an infectious nature.
If the doctor has diagnosed acute bronchitis, treatment should be continued with a special doctor - a pulmonologist. Symptoms of acute bronchitis include discomfort behind the sternum, dry cough, malaise, pain in the lower chest. As a rule, there is a temperature above normal. Pain in the chest area is associated primarily with forced muscle strain that occurs with frequent coughing.
Acute bronchitis, the treatment of which should be carried out only under the supervision of doctors, is of particular danger to children because of the risk of rapidly developing into the inflammation of the other respiratory organs. First of all, the danger is a possible pneumonia.
There are two forms of bronchitis, including acute bronchitis, the treatment of which can be carried out both at home and in the hospital, and obstructive bronchitis is the most severe form of the disease. The obstructive form of bronchitis is characterized by the fact that it is most difficult to treat.
Acute, obstructive bronchitis - both of these forms of the disease have varying degrees of severity. Self-medication of bronchitis is impossible due to the need, first of all, for diagnostics, including listening to the entire chest and radiography.
As soon as the doctor diagnoses acute bronchitis, treatment is prescribed taking into account the transition to a sparing regimen. Among the measures required for treatment, the doctor will prescribe a warm and plentiful drink, the amount of which doubles the average daily norm. Warm drinking of broths of sweatshops is recommended - linden blossoms, mint, sage, and tea with raspberries. To facilitate the discharge of thick mucus accumulated in the bronchi, you can give the patient warm milk.
During the illness, the patient is recommended to switch to a milk-vegetable hypoallergenic diet. A disease such as acute bronchitis, the treatment of which may include the appointment of antiviral drugs, should be carried out strictly as prescribed by the pulmonologist. At the same time, antibiotics are most often not used in the treatment of symptoms of acute bronchitis. Various inhalations are more useful in the acute form - soda-salt, aerosol. As an expectorant, the doctor will prescribe medications or various decoctions of medicinal herbs.
The treatment of bronchitis with traditional medicine has long been known. At the same time, medicinal herbs and methods of physiotherapy are widely used. There are many recipes that help to cure bronchitis, as well as facilitate the process of painful coughing. Decoctions of expectorant herbs, various breast collections have proven themselves well .
The excellent healing effect of onions is also used. To prepare an onion healing product, it should be chopped, mixed with sugar and honey and cook for 3 hours, after adding water to the resulting mixture. Ready chilled composition should be given to the patient 1 table. spoon 6 times a day. To prepare the miraculous mixture, you need half a kilogram of onion, 400 grams of granulated sugar, 50 grams of honey and 1 liter of water.
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