With laryngitis, which appears due to exposure to pathogenic microflora or viruses, medication therapy is usually prescribed. All medicines should be prescribed by your doctor after the results of the examination. But an additional method may be inhalation. With laryngitis, this is an effective treatment. Read more about the procedure in the article.
Action of inhalation
With the inhalation of therapeutic fumes, a person feels what is happening:
- decreased laryngeal edema;
- moisturizing the throat, trachea, bronchi;
- reduction in inflammation;
- liquefaction of sputum.
The therapeutic effect is extended not only to the throat, but also to the entire respiratory tract. This allows you to prevent the spread of infection. There are several types of inhalations, but their principle is the same: the medicine is sublimated or sprayed, and then inhaled by the patient. Inhalations at home can be performed using a nebulizer or a container with a heated liquid. The therapeutic effect during the procedure is determined by the selected drug and the sequence of the sessions.
What it is?
A nebulizer is a device that atomizes the particles of a medicine poured into it. Can I do inhalation with laryngitis with its help? This method is one of the best in the treatment of such an ailment.
Since the product “breaks down” to an aerosol state, it is better absorbed into painful tissues and mucous membranes. This indicates the effectiveness of the method. Since the particles of the medicine are small, they are able to penetrate even into the deep parts of the upper respiratory tract and into the bronchi.
Kinds
Modern nebulizers come in 2 types:
- Ultrasonic The devices divide the medicine into finely divided substances due to the vibration of the built-in piezocrystal. This is an expensive version of devices that are silent in operation and serve much more. The minus is that due to technical features it will not be possible to perform inhalations with antibiotics and hormonal agents.
- Compressor This is a simple and affordable view. The operation of such a device is performed under the influence of compressed air on the medicine.
How to choose a device to perform inhalation with laryngitis? The type of device does not matter, it all depends on material capabilities.
Benefits
Inhalation with laryngitis with a nebulizer in comparison with the classical procedure has the following advantages:
- The medicine not only affects sore spots, but also is absorbed more intensively.
- The device is convenient to use, and preparation for work takes several minutes.
- The device performs non-invasive types of therapy, so they are safe for children.
- Since the drug enters the body in the form of an aerosol, it does not absorb into the systemic circulation and does not lead to side effects.
With all the advantages, the device is inexpensive, so you should definitely buy it in the family’s first-aid kit. It will allow you to recover in a timely manner, in order to prevent complications.
When is nebulizer treatment more effective?
The devices are used when inhalation treatment is prescribed, but they cannot be carried out in another way. The nebulizer is effective in cases where it is necessary to ensure the penetration of the drug into the affected and inflamed tissues.
The device is used for a small volume of lungs. As a result, it is not possible to retain air for more than a few seconds, and this is one of the effective conditions for using hot inhalations over a pan with a therapeutic agent.
Inhalation with laryngitis with a nebulizer in adults and children is similar, but different drugs are used. Although they may be the same, everything is prescribed by a doctor. It is important to consider the recommendations of a specialist, so as not to harm the body.
Indications
Inhalations for laryngitis at home are performed for:
- relieving laryngeal edema;
- moisturizing the mucous membranes with a dry cough;
- reduction of edema in chronic illness;
- decrease in viscosity of mucus accumulated in the larynx and pharynx;
- mucolytic action;
- decrease in bronchial and laryngospasm;
- reduce inflammation;
- restoration of microcirculation of the mucous membrane of the larynx;
- antibacterial effects;
- accelerate the restoration of damaged mucous membranes;
- eliminate pain, irritation, hoarseness;
- protection against complications and other ailments.
Steamless inhalations are prescribed for hypertrophic, acute, atrophic, chronic catarrhal laryngitis. If they are performed correctly and with the use of suitable medicines, the effect comes quickly.
For adults
What to do inhalation with laryngitis for patients from 18 years of age? The following remedies are effective for them:
- A solution of adrenaline with saline (in ratios 1: 6 and 1:12). The drug can be used after consultation with a doctor, since it has a negative effect on the heart and blood vessels. But if there are no contraindications, the remedy will be an effective way to treat the ailment.
- "Lazolvan." The drug with ambroxol hydrochloride does not completely cure the disease and cannot be the main treatment tool. But it perfectly eliminates the symptoms of the disease, providing an expectorant and sputum-thinning effect.
- Saline. This therapeutic agent in the initial stages of the disease has a positive effect due to the moisturizing effect and the removal of inflammation, as well as the removal of pain.
- Hydrocortisone. The tool is used for severe pain and inflammation. If there is no such remedy, then you can perform with laryngitis inhalation with dexamethasone.
Before using any product, you must not only familiarize yourself with the instructions, but also consult a specialist. Inhalation with laryngitis in adults, when properly performed, has a positive effect.
For kids
Inhalation in case of laryngitis in children can be carried out with Lazolvan and saline. But the doctor may prescribe other drugs:
- Berodual. The drug is intended to eliminate inflammation. But since it is potent, with side effects, it should be used only in extreme cases, when there are attacks of laryngitis with stenosis, which threatens life.
- Dekasan. The tool has an antibacterial and antiviral effect, used in the treatment of laryngitis, which appeared from pathogenic microflora.
- Fluimucil. This remedy has a minimum of side effects, it is used in monotherapy (without other medications).
Only with such drugs will inhalation with laryngitis with a nebulizer be effective. Medicines must be prescribed by a doctor. In children, the procedures are carried out with plain mineral water (“Narzan” and “Essentuki” are great).
Folk remedies
Mineral water is used in the treatment of respiratory diseases. This also applies to laryngitis. You can take any water - bicarbonate, sodium, calcium, sulfate, hydrogen sulfide. If it is carbonated, then it must stand until the gases are eliminated. Due to the presence of salts, minerals, micro and macro elements, the procedures have a small anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and regenerative effect.
Other therapeutic agents include:
- Pharmaceutical water-alcohol plant extract "Rotokan" (100 ml of water requires 1 tsp of water or saline).
- Infusion of herbs anti-inflammatory effect (calendula, coltsfoot, chamomile, oak bark).
- Infusions with antiseptic action (St. John's wort, eucalyptus, oregano, linden).
- Infusions with expectorant action (thermopsis, mullein, pine buds, sage, succession).
- Kalanchoe juice (1 ml of juice in 5 ml of water).
- Solutions with honey and propolis (honey - 1 tsp, propolis - 1 g, water - 40 ml).
During the preparation of plant infusions, the following rules must be taken into account: 1 tbsp. l dry raw materials are added to 100 ml of water 60-80 degrees. Infusion takes 1-2 hours. It is desirable that the temperature of the inhaled infusion is 40 degrees. Procedures with herbal remedies can be performed up to 5 times a day.
How to do it right?
In order for inhalations with laryngitis to be effective, you need to follow simple rules:
- In the working capacity of the device, pour 2-5 ml of the drug.
- Then a tube is attached to the device, to which a mask for inhalation is fixed.
- Then you need to turn on the nebulizer. It sets the desired level of dispersion of the drug.
- Then the mask is pressed to the face, after which the patient needs to take a deep breath.
- The procedure can be carried out for 5-15 minutes.
After that, wash the tube and mask. Do not use detergents that may remain on the working surfaces of the device. After the procedure, you must refrain from eating food, various liquids for an hour.
Contraindications
Inhalation with laryngitis can not be performed with:
- high pressure;
- temperature from 38 degrees;
- tendency to nosebleeds;
- the development of purulent inflammation;
- pathologies of the heart and blood vessels;
- the development of allergies.
The procedures should not be performed for children under 1 year of age, as well as for people with acute asthma and patients who suffer from respiratory problems.
Recommendations of specialists
There are several rules that allow you to efficiently perform procedures:
- breathe should be no less than an hour before meals;
- before and after the procedure you can not smoke;
- the event is held in a sedentary form;
- the patient should not speak with inhalation;
- no need to take deep breaths, as this will lead to hyperventilation;
- if you feel discomfort, you must finish the procedure;
- breathing should be calm.
You need to know what solutions for inhalation are used with. After completing the procedure with hormonal medications, you must rinse your mouth. To eliminate laryngitis, you need to use masks. Solutions should only be fresh. Some drugs can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a day.
Prohibited Means
There is a list of drugs that are not allowed to be used with inhalations with a nebulizer. It concerns:
- essential oils, as they are used for steam inhalation;
- decoctions, phytochemicals, in which there are suspended particles and heterogeneous, which are applied locally for rinsing;
- medicines ("Theophylline", "Papaverine", "Platifillina"), because they are intended only for infusion treatment.
The choice of medicine is determined by the causative agent of the disease and its clinic. Non-bullet medications-bronchodilators, mucolytics, antibacterials, antiseptics, antimicrobials, glucocorticoids, antitussive medications can be prescribed.
In the complex treatment of pathologies of the respiratory system, immunomodulators, for example, Interferon, are used. Medicines act and treat flu, used as a prophylaxis. For inhalation, you need a few ml. solution. The procedures are performed 2 times a day. Derinat is used for the prevention, treatment of influenza and viral ailments.
Vasoconstrictor drugs with anti-edematous effect are often used for bronchospasm, allergic laryngeal edema, croup. Although medications have side effects, asthma attacks are eliminated. The main component of these medications is epinephrine, naphazoline, which treat laryngeal edema of allergic genesis.
With the use of nebulizers, inhalations have become considered a full-fledged therapeutic procedure, the benefits of which are also known in traditional medicine. But for the best effectiveness of this treatment and to protect against side symptoms, it is better to consult a doctor before this.