Patient's question:
Around December 6th, I started coughing and had a slight fever. After taking medicine for two days, the fever went away, but the cough persisted. On the 9th, I went to Beijing Second Artillery General Hospital, where the doctor diagnosed it as capillary bronchitis pneumonia. They administered 100ml of sodium chloride through an IV drip and performed two nebulization treatments. Since the child is young and I don’t want to give IV drips because of the antibiotics, is it possible? How would be the better treatment approach?Doctor's answer:
In your case, it may be bronchitis, and antiviral treatment is the most important aspect of bronchitis treatment. The treatment of bacterial bronchitis includes empirical treatment and pathogen-specific treatment. Additionally, the choice of antimicrobial drugs and routes of administration should be based on the patient's age, presence of underlying diseases, risk of aspiration, whether they are in a general ward or an intensive care unit, length of hospital stay, and the severity of bronchitis.