After what time can you eat after inhalation with a nebulizer?

Inhalations Nebulizer before and after eating.

A nebulizer is a device based on a compressor that turns a liquid medicine into fog. In this article we will tell you whether it is possible to eat with a nebulizer after inhalation. 

After inhalations, can you eat and drink?

In most cases, doctors recommend withstanding a certain period of time between meals and inhalation.

After inhalations, you can eat and drink:

  • It is not recommended to carry out the manipulation of on an empty stomach, having previously not accepted food. However, in some cases when the patient is very coughing, a spasm is observed, it is recommended to do inhalation to relieve spastic syndrome, which will allow food.
  • However, during such a manipulation, the effectiveness of the medicine is reduced to zero. But if this is the only way to eat, then after time you can repeat the procedure. There are certain time frames that should be followed during treatment with a nebulizer. 

Take food or drink drinks before or after inhalation is recommended no earlier than 30 minutes. Doctors recommend making intervals at 60 minutes. After eating food, it is necessary to wait 60 minutes, or manipulate 1 hour before the meal. 

How much to eat after inhalation?

Aerosol, which enters the respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, lungs, in no way affects the stomach. Since the medicine penetrates exclusively into the respiratory system.

After how much to eat after inhalation:

  • However, when using some substances, a small number of particles can fall on the walls of the stomach. This is a very small concentration, but in the presence of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as ulcers, or gastritis, irritation of the walls of the stomach is possible.
  • That is why such patients often have heartburn, unpleasant sensations, and abdominal cramps, after the procedure on an empty stomach. Therefore, patients with chronic ailments of the gastrointestinal tract cannot be inhaled on an empty stomach. 
  • After waking up, it is worth taking a small amount of light food, for example, cottage cheese, or other protein food, wait 1 hour, and only after that conduct manipulation. This will minimize the risk of nausea, vomiting or heartburn.
  • Due to the annoying effects of some drugs on the walls of the stomach, it is not recommended to carry out manipulation immediately after the meal. Cases of severe nausea and vomiting after inhalation, and eating foods have been recorded. Therefore, the full stomach is not recommended to carry out manipulation. You need to wait 30-60 minutes. This will minimize the likelihood of nausea and vomiting. 
Inhalation
Inhalation

Why can't you eat after inhalation?

Often vomiting is observed in children, due to the individual characteristics of the body, and a shortened esophagus. Thus, more particles of aerosol can fall into the stomach and esophagus than in adults. Accordingly, the probability of vomiting and nausea in children is much higher than in adults. 

Why shouldn't you eat after inhalation:

  • If drugs that need to be washed down with water are prescribed, then their intake must be carried out between inhalations. In no case should you drink the medicine and washed down with a large amount of water, juice immediately after or before the procedure. 
  • Please note that drinks fill the stomach, after the use of the inhaler can cause vomiting. Therefore, in no case, immediately after applying the device, you can not drink liquid. It is necessary to wait for at least 30 minutes.

How much should you eat and drink after inhalation?

If it is necessary to use several drugs at once, doctors build a method of administration, and drugs are used one after another. They must be used in a certain sequence.

How much after inhalation you can’t eat and drink:

  • It is immediately necessary to pour a solution that expands the bronchi into the Nebulizer chamber. This allows you to increase the area of \u200b\u200bthe drug and enhance its effectiveness. After that, it is necessary to wait 20-30 minutes, and pour a solution that dilutes sputum into the Nebulizer chamber, and stimulates its excretion. For exampleLazolvanAmbrobene.
  • Only after 30-40 minutes you can drink tea and eat food. Usually, after such manipulations, a cough may occur, which stimulates the excretion of sputum. Therefore, another 20-30 minutes after applying the device, a person can cough strongly to remove sputum from the respiratory tract.
  • In this case, it is recommended to eat food after coughing. He often provokes vomiting, and spasm. Wait for the effect of the drug to end, the cough will pass, and only after that take food. 
Procedure
Procedure

Is it possible to eat after inhalation with a nebulizer saline?

A saline is not a drug, however, when inhalation, a nebulizer helps to moisten the mucous membrane, which dry out when exposed to viruses or bacteria.

Is it possible to eat after inhalation with a nebulizer saline:

  • Often, after conducting therapeutic procedures, a slight removal of sputum, and aggravation of cough, may be observed. That is why it is necessary to take food before the inhalation with saline for 1 hour.
  • Try not to reduce the gaps between the inhalation and the use of food. Since a strong cough can provoke vomiting and irritation of the walls of the throat. Therefore, vomiting may begin after a time after the procedure.
  • The saline does not irritate the walls of the stomach, since it contains just a weak solution of sodium chloride. The drug with an adequate reaction of the body can be used at almost any time, regardless of the meal. High School does not affect the stomach, intestines, and does not irritate the throat. 

When can you eat after inhalation with a pulmikort?

Pulmicort - hormonal drug based onglucocorticosteroids. It is used in the treatment of bronchial asthma, and as part of complex therapy to eliminate respiratory diseases.

When you can eat after inhalation with a pulmikort:

  • Often used in the treatment of tracheitis, and bronchitis with obstruction. The drug is characterized by decongestant, and anti -inflammatory effects only with administration in the form of inhalations.
  • About 7% of the product enters the walls of the stomach, irritating them. The instructions indicate that after the manipulation ofpulmikort Nausea is possible, and vomiting.
  • That is why it is desirable to increase the break between the use of the drug and food to one and a half to two hours. It is believed that manipulation after one and a half to two hours will avoid nausea, vomiting. 
Baby
Baby

Can I do inhalation on an empty stomach or not?

Some drugs are recommended to be taken immediately after sleep. It is believed that during the night a large amount of sputum accumulates in the bronchi, which must be removed as soon as possible.

You can make inhalation on an empty stomach or not:

  • Therefore, often after sleep, mucolytics are prescribed, such as Lazolvan, Ambroben. The drugs reduce the viscosity of sputum, contributing to its excretion. Therefore, they are recommended to be used after waking up, that is, on an empty stomach.
  • These drugs are usually well tolerated, but immediately after sleep it is allowed to use only if a person does not have chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and the age of the child who has been performed for more than 6 years, before that the patient did not have an allergic reaction to the drug . Almost all experts agree that it is best to have breakfast immediately after waking up, and only after an hour to conduct a procedure.

Berodual for inhalations: before meals or after?

Berodual is an effective drug that is often used for inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract, in the case of an allergic reaction and with bronchial asthma.

Berodual for inhalations, before meals or after:

  • The drug is quite severe, but effective, therefore it is prescribed in extreme cases. This medicine in no case should be used on an empty stomach, or shortly before eating. Doctors recommend manipulation 1 hour before eating, and 2 hours after it.
  • The fact is that part of the droplets settles on the upper respiratory tract, in the throat zone. Immediately after eating, part of the medicine enters the gastrointestinal tract and blood flow. This reduces the effectiveness of the drug, since part of the aerosol enters the stomach, and not into the respiratory tract.
  • The drug helps relieve bronchospasm, improves breathing, so it is allowed to use 30 minutes before eating. But only in extreme cases.
Child
Child

In children, often respiratory diseases cause severe cough, nausea, and irritation of the throat. Therefore, sometimes even in hospital conditions, inhalation is carried out so that children can normally eat. Of course, if the child eats and drinks normally during the illness, then it is necessary to withstand between the procedure and eating for one and a half to two hours. But if inhalation is the only way to feed the child, otherwise he has a strong cough, vomiting, then the procedure is carried out immediately before eating. For these purposes, they usually useglucocorticosteroidsor drugs that expand the bronchi. 

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