A common illness in childhood is bronchitis. Symptoms in children, in principle, as in adults, are not much different. But the reason for the appearance of bronchitis must be known to each parent, so that this does not lead to even more serious consequences.
If your baby suffered a viral infection, such as the flu, in childhood, then the mucous membrane of his respiratory tract could be disrupted. The child could have an inflammatory process of the bronchial mucosa, which is a direct cause of bronchitis in childhood. The process of spreading the infection occurs gradually: first the baby's throat becomes inflamed, then the infection affects the bronchi, resulting in bronchitis. Symptoms in children are accompanied by persistent cough, fever, chest pain and wheezing.
The second reason may be a bacterial infection. Such cases are much less common, unlike a viral infection, but they are no less dangerous.
In addition, children whose parents smoke often are more likely to have bronchitis. Symptoms in children whose bronchi are affected by irritating chemical or physical factors are slightly different from ordinary bronchitis.
The human respiratory tract is affected by tobacco smoke containing tar and other resins, and this can cause bronchitis. Young parents should seriously think about their bad habits, because smoking causes negative consequences not only for smokers, but also for others.
Due to hypersensitivity to certain allergens, such as pollen from trees, flowers, house dust, the smell of perfumes or detergents, it is also possible that the child will have obstructive bronchitis. In children, the symptoms in this case do not differ from the previous ones and also signal a strong negative effect on the body.
In addition, congenital malformations of the respiratory system can also cause bronchitis. In such cases, bronchitis is accompanied by purulent processes in the lungs or parasitic infection.
Bronchitis has two forms: acute and chronic. In most cases, a chronic form of bronchitis appears due to untimely treatment of the acute form. Usually this happens as follows: the child coughs, the parents themselves try to cure him, some time passes, and the baby seems to be already healthy. But after a while, bronchitis reappears. Symptoms in children begin to intensify, leading to a severe cough with sputum, which looks like a clear liquid. Such frivolity of parents often causes relapse and the transition of ordinary bronchitis into a chronic form. Pay attention to any child's cough, as recurring bronchitis over time can lead to asthma due to depletion of the walls of the bronchi. A timely visit to the doctor will save you and your child from future health problems. Within 2-3 weeks, bronchitis can be cured if the parents turned in time for advice. But if the symptoms in children are much more intense than usual, for example, pain in the heart, then most likely the treatment will take more than a month.
Bronchitis in infants is very dangerous. Their ability to effectively and independently get rid of sputum is too small, so bronchitis in children up to a year can last a long time.
In order to avoid bronchitis and facilitate its course, you need to follow some simple tips. Sports, namely morning exercises in the open air, and then rubbing and dousing with cool water, will help harden the body. Stimulation of immune defense will reduce the threat of any bronchitis, and indeed any other catarrhal disease, to zero.