In the cold season, tracheitis is a common disease. It is characterized by inflammation of the mucous tissues of the trachea due to a viral infection.
Types of the disease:
- Acute tracheitis - occurs against the background of concomitant diseases of the upper respiratory tract (bronchitis, rhinitis).
- Chronic tracheitis - develops due to ineffective treatment of acute form.
Tracheitis - methods of treatment:
- medicamentous;
- homeopathic;
- phytotherapy;
- physiotherapy.
Determining how to properly treat a tracheitis, you need to establish the form of the disease and to diagnose the presence of other concomitant diseases.
How to treat an acute tracheitis?
Acute tracheitis suggests infection as a causative agent, therefore the treatment regimen for this type of tracheitis includes antiviral drugs and the intake of herbal remedies.
Drug treatment of acute tracheitis:
- Remantadine or interferon. Accepted from the first to the fourth day of the disease. The drugs are effective against various infections, as well as in the case of influenza types A and B.
- Paracetamol or other anti-inflammatory drugs. They are used to treat and relieve tracheitis symptoms (fever, headache).
- Antitussive or expectorants (glaucin, libexin) in case of complication of the disease with laryngitis, pharyngitis. One of the effective ways to treat acute bronchitis and tracheitis is to take sulfanilamide preparations and antibiotics.
- Vitamins (A and C).
Treatment of acute tracheitis with homeopathy:
- Calium bichromicum.
- Pulsatilla.
- Nux vomica.
- Aconite.
- Gepar Sulfur.
- Aralia Racemosis.
- Bryony.
- Arsenicum album.
- Helidonium.
- Drozer.
Treatment of acute tracheitis at home
It is recommended to do regular thermal inhalations, you can use the following components:
- essential oils with anti-inflammatory action (menthol, eucalyptus, etc.);
- tincture of iodine;
- propolis.
How to treat a chronic tracheitis?
This form of the disease is accompanied by hypertrophic and atrophic changes in the trachea.
Medications:
- Antibiotics of a wide spectrum of action (ampicillin, doxycycline). Accepted within 14-21 days.
- Expectorants - thermopsis, potassium iodide solution, chlorophyllipt.
How to treat chronic tracheitis with folk remedies:
1. Warming with potatoes:
- 5 large potatoes boil in the skin;
- Cut the hot potatoes in half and put them through a paper napkin on your chest or back;
- Keep until the tubers cool down.
2. Carrot juice intake:
- grate the carrot and squeeze the juice;
- mix the juice with the sugar solution in the same proportions;
- Take a solution 5 times a day for one tablespoon, pre-heating it.
3. Cowberry syrup:
- dilute 15 ml of syrup in 150 ml of hot water;
- drink all day instead of tea.
- flowers of nettle;
- radish juice;
- grass and ipecac;
- althea root;
- oregano;
- leaves of plantain;
- liquorice root;
- leaves of mother-and-stepmother;
- pine buds;
- the root of the cyanosis;
- waste;
- sage leaves;
- buds of pine;
- flowers of black elderberry;
- leaves and fruits of currants;
- Birch buds;
- celandine grass;
- flowers mullein;
- flax-seed;
- fruits of hawthorn;
- succession;
- flowers of the immortelle;
- peppermint;
- thyme;
- root elecampane;
- chamomile flowers.
Phytotherapy - treatment of chronic tracheitis with herbs
Plant extracts and collections are used that have an expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect:
Modern treatment of tracheitis also provides for aerosol therapy, for example, using Bioparox. In addition, physiotherapy with alkaline antitussive mixtures with expectorant effect is recommended.