If the child has a hoarse voice, how to treat? This is a common question. We will understand in this article. No matter how hard the parents try to protect the child from various ailments and ailments, the children still get sick. The babyās immune system is formed only by the age of 3, and the childās body learns to cope with a not always favorable environment.
All attentive mothers and fathers easily determine that their child is sick. The baby has symptoms such as a runny nose, cough, sneezing, lethargy, fever. And what if, along with this, a child has a hoarse voice? In this case, not all parents know for what reasons this happened, how dangerous it is and how to properly treat it.
Why is the child hoarse?
Any disease is preceded by certain causes. The factors that can cause a baby to become hoarse are quite diverse.
1. A childās growing body is susceptible to attack by various viruses, bacteria and fungi, so in most cases a hoarse voice indicates the onset of an infectious disease. Pathogenic microorganisms, entering the body, cause the development of inflammatory processes in the larynx, blood vessels of the circulatory system swell and the glottis is blocked. As a result, it turns out that the child has a hoarse voice. With a cold, this happens most often. The most common respiratory diseases include:
- Respiratory disease.
- Bronchitis, pneumonia.
- Bronchial asthma. The attack is often accompanied by hoarseness.
- Laryngitis. There is a slight catarrhal and more serious, false croup.
- Inflammation of the adenoids.
- Measles or diphtheria.
2. It happens that a child has a hoarse voice in case of contact with his respiratory organs of a foreign object. This situation threatens asphyxia, which is very dangerous for the baby's life. In addition to hoarseness, a suffocating cough appears, the child may even lose consciousness.
3. A hoarse voice in a child without signs of a cold may indicate an allergic reaction, which is often complicated by stenosis of the larynx.
4. Dehydration due to other diseases, most often gastrointestinal tract, causes sore throat and discomfort.
5. Chemical and burn lesions of the throat mucosa are possible - young children like to taste everything. This is very dangerous and can lead to asthma attacks.
Symptoms in which you need to run to the doctor
If the mother, having analyzed the situation, understands that there are no other symptoms except hoarseness, and knows that the child strained the vocal cords before it (screamed loudly for a long time), we can assume that this is not a pathological process and calm down. The mucous membranes and ligaments in children are quite sensitive, and during loud crying, the capillaries are filled with blood, so the voice changes for a while. In this case, there is no cause for concern: the voice will recover on its own.
But if the child has a cough and a hoarse voice, it is worth considering.
If other symptoms are present, then it's time to take action. The following signs should alert:
- the child has a dry barking cough;
- heavy breathing and whistling;
- profuse salivation;
- difficulty swallowing.
Even one of these symptoms is a reason for urgent medical attention. Consultation with a pediatrician or otolaryngologist is required. He will figure out why the child has a hoarse voice, and will tell you what to do.
No other signs
But it happens that the child has a hoarse voice, and there are no other signs of the disease. Do not relax. This is possible at the beginning of the disease. For example, hoarseness without temperature can indicate inflammation of the adenoids. Also, a serious illness such as pneumonia may not be accompanied by a cough. In this case, it is difficult to recognize, and this is a serious danger to life. So, why a child has a hoarse voice, one must definitely find out.
A change in timbre may signal a beginning laryngitis. This is one of the harbingers of an attack of false croup, in which the ligaments sharply narrow and breathing problems occur. This pathology occurs in babies from birth to three years. If the child has become restless, breathing poorly, the face has acquired a bluish tint - urgently call an ambulance!
Treatment
When parents noticed that the child has a hoarse voice, he is overcome by a cough and there are other unpleasant symptoms, the first question is how to quickly help your baby?
If the body temperature is normal, you can go to the clinic for an appointment; if it is elevated, we call the pediatrician at home.
Today, various methods are used to treat children with a hoarse voice. What to treat and what to do in your particular case, the doctor will tell. He will prescribe the necessary treatment, it is not recommended to engage in "amateur activity".
Drugs that facilitate therapy
Most often, at a temperature and a hoarse voice, a child is prescribed:
- antihistamines: āClaritinā, āDesalā, āZirtekā, āTsetrinā, āCloratadineā and others;
- sprays for irrigation of the mucous throat: "Bioparox" with an antibiotic, "Hexoral", "Ingalipt";
- antitussive drugs: Bronchosan, Lazolvan, Sinecode, Ambroxol, Gedelix;
- for gargling: āMiramistinā, Lugol's solution, furatsilin solution;
- dragees and lozenges: āLizobaktā, āFaringoseptā, āStrepsilsā, āDoctor Momā.
To accelerate recovery, physiotherapy can be prescribed: electrophoresis, UHF, quartz tube, etc., which positively affect the restoration of the mucosa. In especially severe cases, hospitalization of the child in a hospital is indicated, under the supervision of doctors. If the condition of the child allows, the pediatrician prescribes treatment at home. The patient is recommended bed rest, silence and voice rest.
When the child has a hoarse voice, the reasons should be determined by the doctor. Moreover, if you do not contact him in a timely manner, complications may arise.
Advice from the doctor
There is a doctors opinion that hoarseness in a child can be corrected by voice peace, but how to achieve it, given that almost all children canāt sit and do not lie in one place, especially in silence? It is important to pay attention to the baby, read favorite books with him, invent and play special quiet games together and control the childās voice activity. It will not work to force the patient to be fidgety silent, and neither you nor your child need to be nervous. It is better to use cunning, invention and ingenuity and spend time with your beloved child with benefit.
If the therapy is carried out correctly, the voice is restored almost completely already at 4-5 days. If the symptoms persist for more than a week - you need to sound the alarm and seek help from specialists!
How to treat a hoarse voice in a child without signs of a cold?
Traditional medicine to help
Well-known traditional medicine, they can be used in addition to medical treatment. The following recipes will help the kid with a hoarse voice:
- Boil milk, add a couple of drops of iodine and a pinch of soda, cool to a warm state and let it drink in small sips.
- Brew rose hips in a thermos and give a sick child drink 1 cup of broth after 1.5-2 hours.
- From the age of five, you can use a warming alcohol compress in the ratio of alcohol to water 1: 3.
- A plentiful drink will help - warm, but not hot, tea with raspberries and currants, homemade compotes, just boiled water.
- A good effect is given by gargling - decoctions of chamomile, sage or calendula. These simple drugs will help your baby recover soon.
Inhalation with a hoarse voice
When a child has a hoarse voice and cough, it is useful to use inhalation. Essential oils of peppermint, eucalyptus, tea tree or sage are added to the water. But steam inhalations are contraindicated for small children up to 6-7 years old, it is better to use a nebulizer - this is a device that is popular in use and converts medicinal fluid into an aerosol of microparticles. It is strictly forbidden to use essential oils for a nebulizer - this can cause a severe form of allergy!
The nebulizer has proven itself perfectly, in addition, it is easy to use: you need to fill in a special container of saline, diluted with the drug in a ratio of 1: 1, and make the child inhalation 2 times a day.
What to do with a cough that accompanies a hoarse voice
When coughing, mucolytics are used (for example, Flumitsil). The asthma attack is removed by bronchodilators - āAtroventā, āBerodualā. With laryngitis and a hoarse voice, "Dexamethasone", "Tonsilgon" are used. The dosage is prescribed by the doctor.
Using an inhaler significantly speeds up the healing process of a child, so if there are small children in the house, it would be nice to have such an apparatus at hand.
conclusions
Husky voice in a child is a fairly common occurrence. It is important to know that this is not a disease, but rather a consequence. A symptom develops due to overstrain of the vocal cords, the presence of an infection in the body, an allergic reaction, or a foreign object entering the throat. It is necessary to carefully monitor the hoarse child. If the temperature is normal, the baby eats well, breathing is free, the throat is in order - this means that there is a greater likelihood of voice overstrain. In this case, hoarseness will pass by itself, treatment is not required.
But if there are additional symptoms indicating pathological processes in the body, and hoarseness persists for more than 7 days - a visit to the doctor is necessary to prevent the development of complications.
Now we know what to do when the child has a hoarse voice, and how to treat diseases accompanied by such a symptom. May the children be healthy!