Tracheitis: Symptoms and Treatment

Tracheitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea. The breathing tube (trachea) begins in the larynx and gradually passes into two bronchi. Inflammation of the trachea is a fairly common pathology of the upper respiratory tract. The course of tracheitis can take place in acute and chronic forms. Acute tracheitis very often occurs against the background of inflammatory processes in the larynx, pharynx or nasal cavity.

Viruses and bacteria most often cause tracheitis. Symptoms of the disease at the microscopic level are manifested as follows: edema, infiltration, edema and hyperemia of the mucosa, the surface of which is covered with a significant amount of mucus, sometimes point (petechial) hemorrhages. People who abuse alcohol and smoking are much more likely to chronic chronic tracheitis. Symptoms of the disease manifest in the form of long and protracted coughing attacks. It should not be forgotten that the etiology of chronic tracheitis may be associated with congestion in the airways arising from diseases of the lungs, kidneys and heart. The cause of tracheitis may be inflammatory processes in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses.

If your child is diagnosed with tracheitis, the symptoms in children are more common than in adults (sore throat, chest pain, dry cough, which often appears at night). At auscultation of the child, wheezing rales are often heard.

When a chronic tracheitis is diagnosed, the symptoms may manifest as hypertrophic and atrophic changes in the mucosa of the trachea. A characteristic feature of atrophic tracheitis is that the mucosa of the trachea becomes thinner, acquires a grayish shade, becomes shiny and smooth, sometimes its surface is covered with small crusts that cause coughing. If we discuss hypertrophic tracheitis, its symptoms indicate vasodilation and swelling of the mucous membrane, while the synthesis of mucus and purulent sputum intensifies. Diagnosis of the doctors is made after auscultation and appropriate laboratory tests.

Tracheitis: symptoms and treatment.

The therapy of this disease has an etiological character, that is, it is aimed at eliminating the underlying cause. To improve blood circulation in the chest area, patients are prescribed mustard plasters. Antibiotics (antibiotics, sulfonamides) are necessarily used to prevent the development of inflammatory processes in the underlying airways. As expectorants appoint alkaline inhalation, althea root, licorice, grass thermopsis, etc. With virus etiology, tracheitis is used - remantadine, interferon (most effective in the first days of treatment).

Physicians for inhalation use a steam or ultrasonic inhaler. At home, inhalations can be carried out without these devices. To do this, most often use a pan, where several glasses of water with various medicines are heated (10% alcohol tincture of iodine - a few drops, eucalyptus leaves, anise or menthol oil). Thus, thermal inhalations should be performed several times a day for three to four days.

In acute and chronic tracheitis, propolis can be used. Assign inhalation with this bee product (propolis and wax in a ratio of 60:40). Inhalation is carried out twice a day (morning, evening) for 15 minutes. With a dry cough - glaucin, libeksin, codeine. When complicating the tracheitis with laryngitis or pharyngitis, an apomorphine hydrochloride mixture is quite effective in the first days of the disease. The formation of purulent sputum is best helped by aerosol antibiotics. Good results are obtained by combining antibacterial therapy with vitamin therapy (ascorbic acid, retinol).