What medication is usually given to infants with bronchiolitis?
I’m not a physician, and this is only based on my personal experience with children. Generally, prescriptions to not seem to be given to children with bronchiolitis. It is viral so anti-biotics are of no help. I suppose, depending on the amount of mucus the infant has, something might be given to the baby to help break up the mucus and/or calm down the coughing if the coughing is very violent. Other treatment may be a respirator (if the child is struggling to breathe) or being placed on a nebulizer with a treatment of albuterol (to be inhaled) to open the airways. With regards to treatment, it seems that time and steam/humidity are what tends to be prescribed. Depending on where the infant lives, it might be a very good idea for he/she to have a humidifier to combat any dryness.
