Bronchitis: symptoms in children

A frequent 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 should be known to every parent, so that this does not lead to even more serious consequences.

If your baby had a viral infection as a child, for example influenza, then the mucous membrane of his respiratory tract could be disturbed. The child could have an inflammatory process of bronchial mucosa, which is the direct cause of the appearance of bronchitis in childhood. The process of spreading the infection occurs gradually: first the throat of the baby is inflamed, then the infection affects the bronchi, which causes bronchitis. Symptoms in children are accompanied by persistent cough, fever, chest pain and wheezing.

The second cause 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 have more chances of getting bronchitis. Symptoms in children whose bronchi are affected by irritating chemical or physical factors differ slightly from conventional bronchitis.

The human respiratory tract is exposed to 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 the smoker, but for the surrounding people.

Because of the increased sensitivity to certain allergens, such as pollen of 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 impact on the body.

Among other things, 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, the chronic form of bronchitis appears due to untimely treatment of acute forms. Usually this happens as follows: the child coughs, the parents themselves are trying to cure him, takes some time, and the baby is already healthy. But after a while, bronchitis reappears. Symptoms in children begin to increase, which leads to a severe cough with phlegm, which looks like a clear liquid. Such frivolity of parents often causes relapse and the transition of normal bronchitis into a chronic form. Pay attention to any cough of the child, since repeated bronchitis may eventually lead to asthma due to exhaustion of the walls of the bronchi. A timely trip to the doctor will save you and your child from future health problems. Within 2-3 weeks, bronchitis can be cured if the parents asked for advice on time. 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 dispose of sputum is too small, so bronchitis in children up to a year can last a long time.

In order to avoid bronchitis and ease its course, you need to follow some simple tips. Sport, namely morning exercises in the open air, and then wiping and pouring with cool water, will help to temper the body. Stimulation of immune defense will reduce the threat of any bronchitis, and any other colds, to zero.