Bronchiolitis

BRONCHIOLITIS, Inflammation of the last bronchial branches (bronchioles). Each winter, nearly 30% of infants are affected by bronchiolitis. This infection is due to a virus, RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) which is easily transmitted by sneezing, kissing, coughing, but also by hands and contaminated objects such as stuffed animals…

Children are particularly affected between 2 and 12 months.

When children attend daycare, RSV is easily transmitted from one child to another, symptoms of infection generally appear 4 to 6 days after exposure to the virus.

The bronchioles are blocked by mucus, the infant breathes poorly and quickly with crackling groans and wheezing. He has a fever, fits of dry cough, he cries, sleeps poorly, becomes agitated.

Usually bronchiolitis begins with nasopharyngitis, then progresses favorably in around ten days.

Split meals consisting of a light, liquid diet.

Manuka honey?

Citrus seed extract

Slug syrup (ancestral recipe)

Do not sweeten baby bottles.

Eliminate all fruit juices (especially acidic), mucogenic foods, gluten, sugars refined.

Unblock the nostrils with physiological serum or better, with isotonic marine plasma from Quinton (Biocean) (mouth closed, head to the side)

Ventilate the baby's room. Maintain the temperature of the room at 19°C

Possibly use a humidifier

Use a nasal aspirator to remove nasal secretions (in children too young to blow their noses)

The baby must under no circumstances breathe cigarette smoke from those around him, which is very irritating to the lungs

The baby must be laid down with his body raised, in a declining position

All hygiene measures must be respected: washing hands, elimination of soiled handkerchiefs, isolation of the sick person, aromatic sanitation of the patient's living spaces.