The nebulizer compressors pushes air via hose into a medicine cup filled with liquid medicine. The pressure of air splits the liquid into small spray-like element that can be breathed in innactly into the airways.
There are ultrasonic nebulizers that employ ultrasound waves to convert in a noiseless manner, the water soluble medications into a vapor.
Some other new versions of nebulizers, neither make use of forced air or ultrasound, are usually very handy, battery operated, and noiseless.
A nebulizer will perform efficiently only if the person using it is also efficient and really know how not only to operate but also to clean and maintain it.
Different nebulizers are manufactured by different manufacturers, so it is important to carefully follow the directions on how to maintain the equipment. The physician’s directions and prescriptions should also be followed carefully so that the expected effect will be obtained.
When you are the one to use the nebulizer, be sure that you will sit comfortably while doing the medication. However, if a child or baby will be the one to use the nebulizer, be sure that you are placing your child comfortably on your lap. Feel confident and secured about yourself doing the whole thing for your child because when you are uncomfortable and nervous, your child will also feel the discomfort and he himself will not find the ease he needs.
Your child may feel resistant about the process and you may feel uncomfortable placing the mask on your baby’s mouth and nose, but still you have to firm so that you can be sure that your child gets maximum treatment he needs. Oftentimes, parents and childcare providers sneak to do the treatment while the baby is asleep so they will just aim the vapor at the baby’s face, this is called “blow by treatment” which indeed is very unproductive. There is a tendency that the one handling the child during the treatment gets most of the medication and not the baby. The medication does not reach the airways since inert inhaling does not relax the muscles surrounding the airways and alleviate airway inflammation.