How is acute bronchitis treated?
• Cough medicine: This medicine helps loosen mucus in your child's lungs and make it easier to cough up. This can help him breathe easier.
• Ibuprofen or acetaminophen: Ibuprofen and acetaminophen are medicines that decrease your child's fever. Ask your child's healthcare provider how much medicine you should give your child and how often. You can buy these medicines without a doctor's order.
• Inhalers: Your child's healthcare provider may give him one or more inhalers to help him breathe easier and cough less. An inhaler gives medicine in a mist form so that your child can breathe it into his lungs. Ask your child's healthcare provider to show him how to use his inhaler correctly.