Tracheitis treatment

As a rule, uncomplicated tracheitis treated at home. Inpatient treatment of tracheitis is rarely used in cases where the symptoms become threatening - asthma attacks, asthma, high fever and other complications associated more with inflammation of the bronchi and lungs. 

Tracheitis is not a serious, dangerous disease, but it is worth taking it seriously, as it can be fraught with complications - tracheobronchitis, bronchopneumonia. In addition, the disease can be very protracted, especially when it takes on a chronic, recurring form. That is why the question of how to treat tracheitis worries many who have been diagnosed with this disease. It is treated according to the form and severity of the symptoms.

The viral form of the disease is treated without the use of antibiotics, if the disease is caused by bacteria, it is impossible to do without antibiotic therapy. The purpose of amoxicillin, clarithromycin, azithromycin is shown - the choice of the drug, the dose and mode of administration depends on the type of pathogen, the form of the severity of the inflammatory process. The treatment of tracheitis includes many activities, rules, compliance with which is not difficult. Among the main recommendations include the following: 

1. The whole process of treatment must be accompanied by abundant drinking. As drinks suitable warm herbal teas, vitamin juice and teas, mineral water without gas at room temperature. 
2. The room where the patient is located should be aired frequently and wet cleaning should be carried out in it. Humidity is important, especially when coughing dry.
3. A dry cough is treated with antitussive agents - synecod, lasolvan, libeksin and other drugs prescribed by the doctor.
4. If the cough is unproductive, sputum withdraws with difficulty, it is shown the use of drugs that are able to thin, reduce the viscosity of secretions. This may be ambroxol, acetylcysteine and other drugs.
5. If the disease is accompanied by high fever (above 37.5 degrees), the treatment of tracheitis involves the administration of antipyretics - paracetamol, ibuprofen. 
6. Alkaline inhalations must be performed throughout the entire treatment process.

Drug treatment of tracheitis

Drug treatment of tracheitis is indicated only in the case when the disease is provoked by a bacterial infection. Eliminating the root cause of the disease, use broad-spectrum antibiotics, usually in aerosol form, less often in tablet form. As a rule, doctors try to prescribe antibacterial agents from the category of natural penicillins, if the disease is complicated by bronchitis, the prescription of the latest generation of semi-synthetic antibiotics is possible.

An acute form of the disease, occurring without complications, provoked by the virus, is treated with antitussive drugs, antiviral and immunomodulatory drugs, less often with antihistamine drugs.

Effective drug treatment of tracheitis involves the use of aerosols, since it is this form of the drug that can penetrate all parts of the trachea and bronchial tree. Also effective inhalation with the help of ultrasonic devices and antiseptic agents. The most commonly prescribed drugs that have been shown to be effective in treating tracheitis are the following:

• Bioparox in aerosol form.
• Sinekod, which has a pronounced antitussive effect.
• Lasolvan, both in tablet form and in the form of syrup.
• Erespal, which has a wide spectrum of action, is an anti-inflammatory, antitussive and antihistamine drug.
• Berodual is an effective solution for inhalation through a nebulizer.
• Sumamed is a macrolide drug that acts on all types of pathogens of respiratory infections.

Drug treatment is used according to indications precluding the use of other more benign means, including prescriptions for alternative medicine, as well as in complicated forms of the disease.

Medications for tracheitis

Medicines for tracheitis are prescribed after a thorough medical examination, so self-treatment, especially in the case of a child’s illness, is unacceptable. If the disease develops due to a bacterial infection, then penicillin group drugs are prescribed. They are most often administered intramuscularly in the form of injections, 4-6 times a day, depending on the severity of the disease. Preference is given to the means of the last generation, the so-called protected penicillins, which have a wide spectrum of action. The most popular in this sense is augmentin, which is also available in tablet form.

If a patient has an intolerance to penicillin drugs, then the drugs for tracheitis are a group of cephalosporins or drugs from the group of macrolides. These funds can be administered in tablet and injectable form. Both cephalosporins and macrolides are convenient because most often they need to be taken once, that is, once a day. Macrolides are especially effective in mycoplasmal etiology. If the disease is accompanied by a viral complication, which is quite common, azithromycin is prescribed, which is also taken once within 3-5 days. Azithromycin is considered an effective antiviral agent that is suitable for both children and for the treatment of pregnant women.

Medicines are prescribed with maximum caution, deliberately, taking into account all the features of the course of the disease and the patient's condition.

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Bioparax

Bioparox with tracheitis is considered one of the most successful aerosol means containing the component - fusafungin. Fusafungin has a pronounced antibacterial effect, it also reduces inflammation and is active against a staph infection. In addition, fusafungin, being a substance of fungal origin, effectively fights intracellular parasites - legionella and mycoplasmas. Such a wide spectrum of action, which has bioparox with tracheitis, allows to stop almost all inflammatory processes in the organs of the respiratory system.

Aerosol spraying with bioparox is shown for 7-10 days, it is used every four hours for 4 breaths. There is a treatment option for adult patients when bioparox is injected only nasally - two inhalations into each nostril four times a day. Inhalation injections for children alternate - from two to four breaths to the mouth and from two to four breaths nasally (1/2 to each nasal opening).

Bioparox is used strictly according to the scheme prescribed by the doctor. Even if relief comes on the second or third day, the cough becomes less intense, treatment should be continued until the appointed time.

BlueCode

Sinekod is an effective antitussive drug that affects the cough center, suppressing it. In addition, a synecod for tracheitis is prescribed when the disease is accompanied by inflammation of the bronchi, since the drug has a bronchodilatory effect. The patient's breathing is noticeably easier, the blood is saturated with oxygen, the general condition improves.

The main active component of the drug is butamirate, which is effective for non-productive cough. The synecode is even assigned to babies in the form of syrup or special drops, but the tool can only be used from the third month of the child’s life. Sinekod try not to appoint pregnant women and those who are breastfeeding.

Sinekod can cause some side effects, such as diarrhea, urticaria, dizziness or vomiting. Of course, this can be only in exceptional cases - these are the consequences of an overdose of a drug or self-treatment.

The doses that are usually prescribed for treatment with a synecode are as follows: 

• Children from six months to a year (body weight up to 8 kg) - 8-10 drops four times a day. 
• Children up to three years (body weight up to 15 kg) - 12-15 drops four times a day. 
• Children from three years old - 20 drops four times a day. 
• Children from six to nine years old - 10 ml of syrup three times a day. 
• Children from 9 to 15 years old - 15 ml of syrup three times a day. 
• Adult patients - 15 ml of syrup three times or four times a day. 
• Adult tablet - 10 mg three times a day.

The synecod for tracheitis is also suitable for the treatment of diabetics, since both drops and syrup contain sorbitol instead of sugar. Those who have revealed lactose intolerance are not prescribed a synecode, as well as those patients who perform work that requires concentration.

Lazolvan

Lasolvan is prescribed as a stimulator of the motor properties of the respiratory system and as secretolytic.

Lasolvan is effective both in the treatment of tracheitis and in the treatment of pharyngitis, acute laryngitis, as well as in the treatment of acute bronchitis and pneumonia with unspecified etiology. The active component of Lasolvan is Ambroxol.

Lasolvan with tracheitis is prescribed to both children and adults in the following dosage: 

• Capsules - only for adults and children over 12 years old, one time, the duration of the course is determined by the doctor, but as a rule, losolvan is taken for at least five days. 
• Tablet form. Adults - three times a day, one tablet in the first three days of the disease, then the prima regimen is reduced - two tablets (one twice) for three days and half three times a day. Children from 6 to 12 years old are prescribed half a tablet three times a day. 
• Lasolvan is effective in the form of a syrup. Adults should take ao10 ml syrup three times a day, three days later, 10 ml twice a day. Children up to two years old should be given 2.5 ml syrup twice a day, from two to five years - 2.5 ml three times a day, children from 5 to 12 years old - five milliliters three times a day.

Lasolvan should not be combined with other drugs for coughing, it is also contraindicated in the first trimester of pregnancy, if a woman is breastfeeding a baby, and in case of a gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer.

Erespal

Erespal with tracheitis is prescribed when it is necessary not only to stop the cough symptom, but also to relieve inflammation of the mucous membrane of the tracheal wall. Erespal is considered a multicomponent drug, as it has an antihistamine effect, prevents bronchospasm, and is also an anti-inflammatory agent. Erespal is successfully used in the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract in both adults and children. The drug blocks the histamine H1 receptors, as well as adrenoreceptors, thereby relaxing the muscles of the bronchial tree, reducing the release of inflammatory mediators and reducing the amount of sputum. The drug is produced in a convenient form for use - in tablets and syrup.

Erespal with tracheitis is used in such dosages: 

• Adult patients - one tablet twice or three times a day depending on the symptoms 
• Children under 14 years old - syrup, calculation - 4 milligrams per kilogram of weight once a day before meals.

Erespal is most often prescribed for a course of 10 to 15 days, less often longer with a recurrent chronic disease. Contraindications - hypersensitivity to fensyride - the main active ingredient, the first trimester of pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Sumamed

Sumamed is prescribed for the acute form of the disease caused by a bacterial infection, or for the chronic, recurrent course of the disease, accompanied by complications such as bronchitis, otitis media and other inflammations.

Sumamed (azithromycin) belongs to a group of broad-spectrum macrolides that are effective against all major pathogens of infectious inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. It is believed that sumamed treatment is effective and in relation to a fairly common hemophilus bacillus, in addition, the drug has a long period of elimination, which means that it can be taken once (once a day). In just three days, sumamed with tracheitis of an infectious nature, as well as with other bacterial infections, gives a tangible therapeutic result.

The drug is available in the form of suspensions, tablets and capsules. Sumamed in the treatment of tracheitis is most often prescribed as a powder for syrups or suspensions, which is very convenient in the treatment of the disease in young children.

Berodual

Berodual is a combined drug with a pronounced bronchodilator effect, which consists of ipratropium bromide and fenoterol hydrobromide.

Berodual is primarily an effective means of inhalation, which prevent asthma attacks, expand the bronchi, relieve spasms, and normalize the formation of mucous secretions. The drug is made in the form of a special balloon or in the form of a solution for inhalation. The effect occurs within 10-15 minutes and lasts up to ten hours.

Berodual is used in the form of inhalation through a nebulizer in such dosages: 

• Children under six years old - 10 drops per procedure, not more than three times a day. 
• Children from 6 to 12 years old - 20 drops per treatment 3-4 times per day. 
• Adult patients - 40 drops per procedure no more than 4 times per day.

In order to avoid complications (tachycardias and excessively active expansion of the bronchi) the drug is used starting from the lowest therapeutic dose. The specified amount of berodual is diluted in saline solution and used inhalation using a special nebulizer.

Berodual is not prescribed for tracheitis if the patient has cardiomyopathy, tachycardia, during the first and third trimester of pregnancy, with intolerance to drugs of the atropine group and children under six years.

Antibiotics for tracheitis

Antibiotics for tracheitis are appointed quite rarely, however, if the disease recurs and has an infectious, bacterial etiology, serious treatment is indispensable. In infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tract the following antibiotics are prescribed: 

1. Penicillin group - Augmentin, Amoxicillin, Flemoksin Solyutab, Ampicillin, Amoxiclav and other drugs in this category. 
2. The group of fluoroquinolones - Moximac, Avelox, Levofloxacin, which is prescribed in case of failure of treatment with the penicillin group of drugs.
3. Group of cephalosporins - Zinatsef, Zinnat, Axetin, Cefixime and other means in this category. Drugs are prescribed in case of a disease complicated by bronchitis or pneumonia with severe symptoms in the form of high fever, unproductive cough, and general weakness. 
4. The group of macrolides most commonly prescribed in the infectious form of the disease. Most often, Sumamed (Azithromycin) is prescribed, which has a beneficial effect on most pathogens of inflammation and is taken once a day.

Antibiotics for tracheitis try not to prescribe children, elderly patients and pregnant women in the first and third trimester.

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Massage for tracheitis

In addition to medical treatments, there are additional methods that are very effective both for suppressing cough and for activating the immune system. These methods include acupressure for tracheitis. Acupuncture points should be known, since they are the main areas that activate the protective properties of the body in any other diseases. The massage is performed using pressure or vibrating nonstop movements. Like any other massage procedures, the activation of biologically active points cannot be carried out at elevated body temperature, blood diseases and during complicated pregnancy.

Massage is performed in the following active areas of the body: 

1. Point, which is called point 100 disease or hegu. It is located in the fleshy area between the index finger and the base of the thumb. It is necessary to periodically massage it with rotational movements, it is quite painful, but the massage will be effective. 
2. The point under the seventh vertebra on the neck is dachuy. The massage is shown using pressure, 10-15 times, with interruptions. 
3. The point above the middle of the jugular hollow, right in the center of the depression, is the point of tianta. Massage is carried out with careful rotational movements for a minute with interruptions. 
4. The point in the middle between the knee and the transverse line of the ankle is Fenglun. It can be measured with three fingers away from the end (edge) of the tibia. Massage is carried out both with the help of rhythmic pressure and rotational movements. 
5. The point, which is located in the center of the sixth intercostal space, vertically through the right or left nipple. Massage is performed by rhythmic pressure.

Massage for tracheitis is also carried out with the help of simple stroking movements directed from the middle of the chest upwards, when rubbed with warming ointments. Such a massage is especially effective in treating small children. Movement should be soft, cautious, in the form of circular spiral movements from the center of the chest up to the neck.

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Treatment of tracheitis at home

Tracheitis is not considered a life-threatening disease, as a rule, treatment is carried out on an outpatient basis, at home. The viral form of the disease involves strict bed rest and maximum limitation of contact with others. Such a regime dictates the high contagiousness of viral diseases, firstly, the patient may receive an additional infection, secondly, it may be a source of infection for relatives and friends.

Treatment of tracheitis at home involves compliance with the following rules and recommendations: 

• Bed rest for 5-7 days, maybe more, it all depends on the severity of the disease.
• Plentiful, frequent drink - teas, decoctions, fruit drinks. The more the patient drinks and the more active the urinary system, the faster the virus or bacterial infection is eliminated from the body. 
• It is necessary that those who care for the sick, carried out regular wet cleaning in the room. Air humidity directly affects the nature of cough, which is usually dry and frequent. 
• Since the attacks of debilitating cough most often haunt the patient at night, a portion of an antitussive (syrup, tablet) should be taken before bedtime. This may be Lasolvan, Sinekod, or other drugs prescribed by a doctor. 
• Regular inhalations that need to be done at least two, and preferably three times a day. 
• If the patient does not have a temperature, it is possible to carry out daily rubbing with warming ointments, put mustard plasters an hour before bedtime.

Home treatment of tracheitis is compliance with all medical recommendations, even if the cough or temperature disappears several days after the onset of the disease. Interruption of the therapeutic course is fraught with complications and relapse of the disease.

Inhalation with tracheitis

Inhalation with tracheitis is one of the most important means of relieving coughing and improving the general condition of the patient. All plants, pharmaceutical preparations containing volatile or volatile essential anti-inflammatory oils effectively act on both the cough center and the bronchi. The list of medicinal plants for inhalation includes eucalyptus, fir, juniper, pine and ginger. Inhalation can be carried out with the help of special devices, and you can use the traditional home methods - inhalation of vapors over the pan with a healing broth. Inhalations for babies up to three years old conducts in this way: heat the pot with water and an ether-containing plant, close the windows and the door tightly in this room and breathe vapors with the baby for at least 10 minutes. It can also be used as a mini-inhalation, more like aromatherapy, aroma lamps. There is another fairly popular and simple way to provide the necessary beneficial evaporation: drip aromatherapy oil on a damp cloth (eucalyptus, fir, pine, spruce) and hang a cloth in a warm battery. From the heat, the air will evaporate and saturate the room with useful bactericidal components.

Inhalation with a steam inhaler is also effective. A mixture for it can be prepared in this way: add essential oil (3-5 drops) to hot water, pour a teaspoon of soda and 2-3 drops of iodine there (it is contraindicated in allergy sufferers). Bend over a container with evaporating water, cover with a towel and inhale deep evaporation for at least 5 minutes.

Of course, inhalation is easier to do with industrial inhalers, which are now produced a great many. The nebulizer which will provide reliable penetration of phytoncides into the respiratory tract is the easiest to use.

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Alternative treatment of tracheitis

Alternative treatment of tracheitis is indeed effective, provided that the disease is relatively mild and has no complications that require antibiotic therapy. Phytodrugs with bacterial or allergic variant of the disease are not able to replace the basic therapy, it must be understood and taken into account.

Here are some recipes that offer alternative treatment of tracheitis: 

• A form of the disease that is not accompanied by high fever can be treated with mustard foot baths. In a rather hot water pour a handful of dry mustard, stir it and hover legs for 10-15 minutes, until the water becomes warm. 
• Dry mustard can be poured into cotton socks that are worn overnight. 
• Regular intake of green tea with raspberries and honey will help to quickly deal with coughing. A glass of hot green tea - half a teaspoon of grated raspberries and honey.

• Dry berries of viburnum (50 grams) pour a liter of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes. Strain and drink hot. 
• Compress on the chest of hot boiled (skinned) potatoes. Boiled hot potatoes are kneaded directly with the peel, put into a tissue napkin and placed on the middle of the chest until cool. 
• Rubbing the breast with a mixture of honey and propolis in a proportion of 1/1 effectively with a dry cough.

Alternative treatment should be reasonable, do not use untested recipes, given that many plant substances can cause allergies, in addition, not all herbs are shown with a dry cough.

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Treatment of a tracheitis with a nebulizer

Nebula is a Latin word for cloud, vapor, mist. That is exactly what they called the special device with which they inhaled. The treatment of a tracheitis with a nebulizer is modern inhalations, comfortable and really effective, which are strikingly different from the so-called home methods, when a person leans on a steaming pot.

The nebulizer was created to ensure that not a single volatile healing droplet passes by the respiratory tract of a sick person. Modern treatment of tracheitis with a nebulizer is one of the main methods of treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Mixtures for inhalation may be different, including effectively relieving attacks of asphyxiation of berodual. In addition, the wide selection that exists today allows you to choose the device that best suits your needs - ultrasonic or electronic mesh, all of which help inhalation quickly and efficiently.

Mustard plasters with tracheitis

Mustard plasters with tracheitis is a traditional, so-called distracting way, which, by means of irritation of skin receptors, helps to reduce the frequency of cough attacks. Mustard contains essential oil, volatile, which cause redness of the skin, dilates blood vessels, stimulates blood flow to the area where mustard plasters are applied. The reflex tone increases, the release of norepinephrine and adrenaline is stimulated, thereby "awakening" the protective function of the body.

Mustard plasters are placed on the chest and back at the same time, closer to the center of the sternum (near the jugular cavity). You can also put mustard plasters on the calves, they can not be put on the heart area and in the middle of the back in the area of the spine. The maximum exposure time is 20 minutes for adults, 5-10 minutes for children.

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Tracheitis syrup

Before choosing a syrup from tracheitis, you need to determine the nature of cough with the help of this algorithm: 

• Manifestations of cough, its character are evaluated: intensity, productivity, as far as cough is frequent and painful. 
• The cause of cough and sputum structure is determined: how thick it is, whether there is pus, color, mobility and how often it is excreted. The presence or absence of spasms (bronchospasms) is determined. 
• The conformity of the antitussive syrup to symptoms, its pharmacological properties, indications and contraindications are evaluated.

Syrup should be consistent with the nature of cough: 

• With a dry unproductive cough, syrups are shown to suppress the cough center - Stoptussin, Sinekod, Falimint. 
• Syrups that help to thin the sputum - it is coughing up drugs - Gedeliks, Doctor IOM, Folipil.

Syrup is also used in the following sequence: during the day, syrups are prescribed to help the expectoration of sputum, to increase the productivity of cough, and at night syrups that will block the cough reflex and facilitate nighttime seizures.

Compresses with tracheitis

Compresses are designed for warming and expanding blood vessels in order to speed up sputum discharge and reduce the intensity of cough. It should be remembered that too dry cough is a direct contraindication to the imposition of compresses, as warming up can provoke a sudden swelling of the inflamed mucosa. Compresses are placed three to four days after the start of basic therapy, when the nature of cough changes in the direction of productivity.

Compresses for tracheitis - a mixture of camphor alcohol and honey. You can put compresses from hot boiled potatoes and honey, also grated table horseradish mixed with honey is also effective with its local irritant effect. Compresses with essential oils have a double effect - warming and inhalation. For such a mixture, add 2-3 drops of eucalyptus oil to a tablespoon of honey, mix and apply on the chest with a gauze napkin. On top of the compress should be closed with a warm cloth, scarf or towel. Another recipe that will help speed up sputum discharge: 2 tablespoons of mustard is mixed with a tablespoon of honey, 50 ml of vegetable oil and 5 drops of essential oil of fir. The mixture can be divided into several parts. To use one as a warming up, store the rest in a cool place in a closed container, before using the mixture must be heated.

Compresses should be placed an hour before bedtime to relieve night coughing attacks.

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Cough treatment for tracheitis

Treatment involves solving the main task: to eliminate the characteristic symptom of the disease - a dry, regular and painful cough. Attacks are not just uncomfortable, they literally exhaust the person, since the cough is not accompanied by discharge of mucus, sputum. Sometimes such paroxysmal attacks bring a person to vomiting and even to loss of consciousness. Coughing episodes are especially painful at night, when a person assumes a horizontal position. If the treatment of tracheitis does not begin in a timely manner, neurological symptoms appear - irritability, general weakness, headaches, tremor of the extremities. Quite often, dry cough is provoked during the day by eating foods that cause allergies - lemons, oranges (citrus), honey, and products containing honey, chocolate, or nuts. The flow of hot or too cold air, as well as cigarette smoke or the inhalation of certain essential oils, can cause an attack.

Treatment of cough is the main task of therapeutic action, since it is cough that is the main symptom that causes discomfort and worsens the condition of a sick person.

Treatment of cough should be adequate to the nature of the cough symptom and the structure of sputum released: 

1. Mild or enveloping agents are indicated with a dry, debilitating cough. These are syrups with altea, malvaceous plants, angelica, cyanosis blue, as well as all the preparations and plants of the mucous structure, for example, flax decoction. 
2. Cough suppressants are centrally acting drugs that act on the cough center, suppressing it. This is Sinekod and all preparations containing codeine.

Treatment of cough with tracheitis is inhalation and rubbing, compresses and plenty of hot drink. If a cough is treated comprehensively, then it changes its character and productivity within 5-7 days, completely cough cure is possible in 10 days, but it all depends on the associated complications and the etiology of the disease itself.

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Treatment of tracheitis with homeopathy

Treatment of tracheitis with homeopathy is the treatment of residual disease or help in the treatment of a sluggish chronic process.

The following drugs are most effective: 

• Pulsatilla is a tincture of a plant that can eliminate venous stasis, activate the separation of mucus.
• Nux vomica - a combined agent, mild anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic action.

• Aconite is a microdose of a poisonous plant that reduces inflammation and bronchospasms.
• Brionium is an anti-inflammatory homeopathic remedy that is effective for dry cough.
• Drosera is a herbal homeopathic remedy indicated for spasms of the respiratory system.

Treatment of tracheitis with homeopathy is carried out for a long time and does not involve self-treatment, since all homeopathic remedies are quite dangerous when used uncontrolledly.

Herbal tracheitis treatment

Treatment of tracheitis with herbs is one of the main tools in the treatment of uncomplicated disease. Such treatment is especially effective for children, the elderly and pregnant women.

The following plants and components are used in herbal medicine:

• Althea root - in the form of decoctions, syrups, infusions.
• Radish juice mixed with honey.
• A decoction of nettle flowers.
• Oregano decoction in combination with mint.
• The leaves of the plantain - both in broth and syrup.
• Decoction of leaves mother and stepmother.
• Liquorice root.
• Sage leaves - decoction, infusion, inhalation.

• The buds of pine.
• The leaves of black currant are teas, decoctions.
• Dry fruits of raspberry, raspberry rubbed without sugar.
• Linden flowers.
• Birch buds - infusion.
• Elderberry flowers - decoction or infusion.
• Decoction of flax seeds.
• Calendula flowers - decoction, infusion.
• Eucalyptus - essential oil, decoction, syrup, inhalation.
• Flowers of a camomile pharmaceutical - broth.
• Root elecampane - infusion or decoction.

Treatment of tracheitis with herbs is best carried out under the supervision of a physician, since not all herbs are safe, in addition, they have a different effect on cough, which, as a rule, is the main task in the treatment of the disease.

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How to treat acute tracheitis?

In the acute course of the disease, the therapy is aimed at neutralizing the causes (infection, both viral and bacterial) and at relieving severe symptoms, mainly manifested by the appearance of painful cough. When the bacterial nature of the disease shows the appointment of sulfonamides, usually in aerosol form, antitussive drugs, drinking plenty of water and distracting procedures - mustard, warming, inhalation.

In the viral variant of the disease, antiviral drugs are prescribed - rimantadine, arbidol, amizon, interferon. These drugs are especially effective in the first two or three days of the disease. As an antiviral agent, designed to neutralize influenza viruses type A and B, drugs are prescribed - rimantadine (flumadin) - in the first three days, isoprinosine as an active immunomodulatory agent, altevir. According to the latest information from the clinical ENT practice in combating viruses effective Tamiflu, which blocks the penetration of the virus into the cell structure. If the type of virus is not determined for any reason, an interferon is prescribed, which is used to irrigate the nasopharynx to introduce the drug into the trachea.

As symptomatic measures are shown local procedures - mustard plasters (in the absence of elevated temperature) in the sternum area, inhalations are prescribed. For inhalation it is recommended to use antiviral aroma oils - eucalyptus oil, pine, fir.

Eucalyptus leaves contain a small amount of essential compounds (up to 3%), which activate sputum and mucus discharge, the same properties are inherent in pine or spruce essential oils. Inhalation with peppermint oil, which works as a local antispasmodic, is also effective.

As mucolytics are prescribed drugs - ACC, ambrobene, ambrohexal, lasolvan. If a cough is accompanied by sputum containing pus, the antibacterial drugs of the cephalosporin group — cefazolin, cefamisin, suprax (granules for suspension or tablets) are indicated. The most effective antimicrobial agents produced by the pharmaceutical industry in the form of aerosols for ENT irrigation are Givalex, Bioparox, Yoks. Treatment of tracheitis in the acute form also includes the use of vitamin complexes in pill form or as intramuscular injections.

Warm drinking also helps to reduce the manifestation of the viral form of the disease, especially if it is a rose hip booster that strengthens the immune system.

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How to treat tracheitis in chronic form?

The principles of therapy are identical to the treatment of tracheitis in the acute form, but unlike the acute, the chronic form is often accompanied by the discharge of sputum with pus, which indicates the need to carry out primarily antibacterial treatment of tracheitis. The use of cephalosporin group agents - cefalexin, cefazolin (first generation drugs) is shown. Also effective antibacterial drugs in the form of aerosols and irrigation of the nasopharynx with chlorophyllipt.

If purulent sputum is secreted, the prescription of broad-spectrum antibiotics, inhalations with drugs or products containing phytoncides is indicated - novocaine is mixed with onion juice or garlic in a ratio of 3/1. Chlorophyllipt is also an excellent phytoncide. Expectant drugs and decoctions of herbs, plentiful and frequent drinking are effective.

Reflex medications are prescribed as expectorant in order to activate the discharge of mucus and pus. It is shown frequent and abundant drinking, preferably in the form of decoctions of medicinal herbs - chamomile, Althea root, mother and stepmothers, oregano. Broths should be applied quite long before the onset of persistent remission. The following plants are recommended to be used as raw materials for fito-products: 

• nettle flowers - 1 tablespoon is poured with a glass of boiling water, infused for 20 minutes, drink half a cup twice a day; 
• oregano - 1 teaspoon is poured with a glass of boiling water, infused for no more than 15 minutes, take a quarter cup three times a day; 
• licorice root - 1 teaspoon of dry mixture infused in a glass of boiling water for 20 minutes, drink a tablespoon 5-6 times a day; 
• plantain leaves - 1 teaspoon is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for 20 minutes, taken in a tablespoon 4-5 times a day; 

• a mixture of the colors of elderberry, sage, licorice root and pine buds, taken 1 teaspoon, is poured with a liter of boiling water, infused for 30 minutes, taken in a quarter cup every two hours; 
• a mixture of eucalyptus leaves, sage, chamomile, linden flowers, calendula flowers, taken 1 teaspoon, is poured with a liter of boiling water, infused for 10-15 minutes, taken in a tablespoon every hour in a warm form (stored in a thermos).

The treatment of tracheitis in chronic form is characterized by a long period, sometimes taking several months, since the process affects not only the trachea, but most often the top of the bronchial tree.

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Treatment of tracheitis during pregnancy

Treatment of tracheitis during pregnancy is not an easy task, because many drugs, including products of plant origin, as well as warming procedures, are contraindicated for the expectant mother. In addition, the disease may be complicated by a bacterial infection, then it is simply impossible to do without antibiotics.

The first stage, which involves the treatment of tracheitis in pregnant women, is to determine the cause of the disease. If the disease is caused by a virus, then sparing immunomodulating therapy, abundant alkaline drinking, bed rest and metered inhalation will suffice. Warming up the feet and even mustard plasters for pregnant women pose a considerable threat. The rubbing of the sternum should also be done as carefully as possible, mainly heating the upper part of the sternum.

Treatment of tracheitis during pregnancy in cases of bacterial infection involves the administration of relatively safe macrolides. Among the drugs that do not have a harmful effect on the state of the pregnant woman and the fetus, can be called Sumamed or drugs of the cephalosporin group. It is advisable to prescribe any antibiotic after the first trimester of pregnancy, when the mother's body has already adapted to the new state, and many of the protective functions of the fetus are also strong. In the first trimester, the use of antibiotics can have an embryotoxic effect on the developing organs and systems of the baby.

Treatment of tracheitis during pregnancy is possible only under the supervision of a physician, even with mild disease, self-medication is unacceptable.

Treatment of tracheitis in children

Treatment of tracheitis in children should be as gentle and, at the same time, complex, as the fact of the disease itself indicates a weakened immunity of the child. The disease in children is most often caused by viral infections, respectively, the therapy must be antiviral. The main task that the treatment of tracheitis in children decides is to arrest the debilitating attacks of night cough. Next, the issue is solved with the activation of the protective properties of the body and detoxification, because the faster the virus is removed, the faster the effect of treatment will come.

Tracheitis in a child

1. Cough. Children are shown the use of antitussive syrups, which the pharmaceutical industry today offers in sufficient quantities. Of course, it is better if the appointment will be made by a doctor, since the cough may be of a different nature - dry, with partial sputum discharge.
2. Antiviral drugs for children, such as interferon, are indicated only if the viral pho is acquiring a protracted form.
3. Antibiotics are prescribed in extreme cases with a bacterial infection. Sumamed is effective, not having contraindications, for children it is produced in a convenient form - in the form of a suspension. 
4. Effective inhalation - two or three times a day. 
5. To relieve inflammation in the larynx, trachea and bronchi, irrigation is prescribed by Bioparox. 
6. Treatment of tracheitis in children is impossible without abundant warm drinking. This may be a decoction of expectorant herbs (it is more convenient to purchase a ready-made chest collection), warm teas and vitamin fruit drinks. 
7. Grinding of the upper part of the breast is effective - Doctor IOM ointment, mustard plaster provided that the child has no temperature.

Treatment of tracheitis in children, as a rule, lasts no more than two weeks, if the disease is diagnosed in time and treated under medical supervision.

Effective treatment of tracheitis

Effective treatment of tracheitis is in the following areas: 

1. A common alarming symptom is removed, as a rule, it is a cough. Drugs are prescribed that during the day provide the transformation of an unproductive dry cough into a productive one, at night the drugs that suppress the cough reflex and reduce the frequency of cough attacks are shown.
2. Neutralization of toxins and their removal from the body with the help of heavy drinking.
3. Anti-inflammatory therapy (antiviral).
4. Antibacterial therapy.
5. Antihistamine therapy for allergic etiology.
6. Relief of bronchospasms with complications.
7. Therapy, restoring the structure of the mucous membrane of the trachea.
8. Immunomodulatory therapy, activating the protective properties of the organism.
9. Prevention

Effective treatment of tracheitis is always a complex of measures, including physiotherapy, inhalations, warming up, bed rest, and wet cleaning.