Cough inhalers serve for effective and simple treatment of various bronchopulmonary diseases. A special nebulizer device should be in every home first-aid kit for treating colds and relieving attacks of false croup that occurs against the background of acute respiratory infections, measles, chicken pox, stomatitis, scarlet fever. A cough inhaler for children is especially useful in these cases.
Inhalation advantage
Inhalation, if necessary, is carried out in the old way over a pot of hot water, oils or soda. However, a modern device - a cough inhaler - is more effective and does not require special preparation before use. Inhalation allows you to quickly deliver drugs directly to the focus of inflammation, which has developed in the mucous membranes. In addition, unlike drugs that often cause toxic, allergic, metabolic and other disorders, aerosols act locally, in the focus of the disease, which reduces the amount of the drug, increases its effectiveness and reduces the likelihood of complications. What kind of diseasestreat inhalers? First of all, these are acute respiratory infections, accompanied by cough, dryness, perspiration or sore throat. Secondly, these are chronic inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, for example, chronic bronchitis, pharyngitis, bronchial asthma.
Types of inhalers
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The most commonly used cough inhalers are ultrasonic, jet and steam inhalers. The first two are otherwise called nebulizers. They do not generate steam, but an aerosol stream, which consists of solution microparticles. Steam inhalers vaporize the medicinal substance, however, heating partially destroys the active substances. Steam inhalation should not be carried out at high body temperature. Ultrasonic cough inhalers allow you to spray drugs in the form of a fine aerosol that can penetrate into the most remote areas. In this device, liquid breakdown (up to 5 microns) is achieved by vibrating a metal plate. Cough inhaler medicine even penetrates armor
hee, effectively eliminating the inflammatory process. To refuel the device, decoctions of expectorant herbs, alkaline solutions, and an aqueous solution of essential oils are used. The small size and weight provide additional convenience, in addition, many models are equipped with attachments and masks that allow the procedure to be carried out by a sleeping or lying patient. Since cough inhalers create a whole cloud of finely dispersed cool liquid during operation, it is not at all necessary to bring the face closerdirectly to the mouthpiece, it is enough to place them by the bed or a place for the child to play. Inkjet (compressor) instruments have similar operating characteristics to ultrasonic ones, but are somewhat larger in weight and size, and operate with a characteristic noise. The aerosol cloud of jet nebulizers is formed using a compressor that creates a powerful air stream through a small hole in the treatment solution chamber. These cough inhalers are in the highest price category.
