Laryngitis in young children is often very difficult, fraught with serious complications in the form of laryngeal stenosis and asthma attacks. Treatment of laryngitis in children at this age is aimed at preventing seizures, relieving laryngeal edema.
Instructions
Step 1
Try to ease the symptoms of suffocation before the arrival of an ambulance - the child must be held upright, you can sit on the knees of an adult, free the chest from clothes. Invite your child to drink warm water or milk (you can add a pinch of baking soda to the milk). Create a sufficient level of humidity in the room - hang wet sheets, place basins of water around the apartment, breathe in steam in the bathroom, where hot water is turned on. During an attack, while you are waiting for the arrival of doctors, periodically go into the bathroom filled with steam - moist air relieves tension from the larynx and causes sputum to drain, it becomes easier for the child to breathe.
Step 2
Calm your child so that he does not panic, distract him with your favorite toys, walk around the apartment. Prolonged screaming and anxiety should not be allowed, as this immediately narrows the lumen of the larynx, which aggravates the child's condition. Carry your baby so that his body is upright.
Step 3
If laryngospasms are repeated repeatedly, then hospitalization is indicated - in a hospital setting, the child will be under the constant supervision of doctors, and the seizures will be removed with medication.
Step 4
Mom should always be close to the baby to monitor his condition and monitor the onset of laryngospasm, especially at night.
Step 5
The high temperature should be brought down with antipyretic drugs in an age-related dosage, with plenty of drinking. Do not wrap the baby up, dress him lightly, clothes should not squeeze the body. If the baby is breastfed, then it is necessary to offer him the breast as often as possible.
Step 6
Take inhalation. You can breathe with your baby over a container of hot water - take him in your arms, cover with a large towel and breathe in the steam.
Step 7
The child should take antihistamines to reduce the swelling of the laryngeal mucosa. Antispasmodics (No-shpa, Papaverine) relieve muscle tension. Drugs that make it easier to pass mucus make the cough moist and help clear mucus from the airways.
Step 8
With a severe course of laryngitis, antibacterial drugs are indicated, which will be prescribed by a doctor.
