How do asthma patients do nebulization?

Once an asthma patient's asthma problem occurs, if timely treatment and solution measures are not taken, it will affect normal breathing and life. Therefore, asthma patients should pay attention to nebulization treatment and use nebulized drugs scientifically.

1. There are many drugs for treating asthma, especially nebulizer inhalation is the most commonly used. This method sprays the drug into the mouth, directly acting on the bronchial mucosa to achieve a therapeutic effect. It has the characteristics of high drug concentration, good efficacy, few side effects and easy use.

2. However, nebulizer inhalation therapy also has an inhalation technical problem. Some patients spray the medicine into the mouth due to improper inhalation method, and very little or no medicine enters the trachea. Not only does this have no therapeutic effect, but it may also cause some side effects, such as mold growth in the mouth.

3. On the one hand, the patients did not read the instructions in detail; on the other hand, the doctors did not tell the patients how to use the medicine correctly when prescribing it. When both drugs are used at the same time when asthma attacks, you can use Ventolin first, then Bicosine. The former can dilate the bronchi immediately after inhalation, and the asthma symptoms can be gradually eliminated or alleviated within 10 minutes; the latter will only begin to take effect 2 to 3 days after inhalation, and the obvious effect will be seen in 5 to 7 days. Some people call the former a "symptomatic" drug and the latter a "root cause" drug (referring to gradually eliminating airway inflammation).

4. The two drugs can be used together at the beginning of treatment. The specific method is to spray Ventolin first, and then spray Becodone after 10 minutes. This allows the β2 agonist to open the way, which rapidly dilates the bronchi to relieve the patient's symptoms. Subsequently, the inhaled hormone allows the drug to travel along the dilated bronchi into the distal lower respiratory tract to clear inflammation.

5. Some patients do not know how to coordinate spraying with breathing when spraying medicine into the trachea, resulting in the medicine not reaching the bronchi. Not only does this fail to achieve the therapeutic effect, the hormones can also easily induce the growth of Candida albicans in the mouth.

6. The correct way to use it is to take a breath first, exhale, then put the interface end of the nebulizer into your mouth, take a slow and deep breath, atomize while inhaling, and spray 1 to several times as needed. After spraying, wait until the medicine reaches the airway, hold your breath for 5 to 10 seconds to allow the medicine to flow down along the trachea and bronchi, then rinse your mouth with cold water. Patients should arrange a fixed time every day to spray the medicine according to their condition and personal habits to avoid forgetting.

7. Medication should be based on the condition of the patient. When the asthma attacks, the patient should use β2 agonists. When the asthma enters the remission period, the β2 agonists should be discontinued and only adrenal cortex hormones should be used to maintain the condition. Depending on the condition of the disease, you can spray 2 to several times a day. As the condition improves, you can gradually reduce the number of sprayings, from 3 times to 2 times to 1 time. If asthma has not recurred for a long time, you can stop for a while and observe. If signs of an asthma attack appear again, you can follow the initial plan. In short, you should try your best to prevent asthma attacks, and it is best to continue using it during the asthma-prone season.