You should know that nebulization is not a drug, but a way of administering medication. Instead of the medication being drunk directly by the child, the medication is dispersed into tiny droplets or particles using a nebulizing device that suspends it in the gas. Through breathing, the medication "mist" enters the respiratory tract and lungs to clean and humidify the airways, thus allowing the medication to work in the body to achieve therapeutic purposes.
In the increasing number of children's respiratory illnesses, nebulization has become an important adjunctive therapeutic measure. Compared to drinking medicine and infusion, nebulization is a more precise way of delivering medication, allowing a small amount of medication to act directly on the lesion. For example, oral medications have to pass through the digestive tract, the bloodstream, and then act on the lungs. Nebulization allows the drug to act directly on the lungs, and the effect is relatively fast and obvious. Local drug concentration is high and systemic absorption is low, so there are fewer systemic side effects.
And nebulization is applicable to a wider age range, which is important for babies of younger ages. For example, when a baby is only a few months old and infected with pneumonia, nebulization can often play a key role. There's no need to be afraid of nebulizer, but it shouldn't be abused. Often, coughing is the body's self-protection mechanism, coughing up phlegm to carry viruses and bacteria out of the body. So not all coughs need to be nebulized. Nowadays, many mothers and fathers buy their own nebulizer from the Internet for convenience, and give their children nebulizer as soon as they have phlegm sounds. This may indeed damage the child's body!
Most of the questions about nebulization focus on nebulizing medication. Not all medicines can be used for nebulization, and not all that are used for nebulization are antibiotics. These are the medications and dosages that are often used for nebulization, depending on the condition, and your doctor will prescribe them based on your child's specific symptoms.