| A nebulizer runs off a small compressor machine | | | | Your doctor will be able to advise you whether this is |
| powered by electricity and is used either in hospital or | | | | necessary in your case. You will need to keep the |
| at home to treat more severe attacks. Liquid | | | | face mask and tube clean and dust free and replace |
| medication is poured into the reservoir of the | | | | them every few months. Most of the companies |
| equipment, and either air or oxygen is blown through | | | | that supply the equipment provide stickers of |
| the liquid to produce a fine mist. Your child then | | | | favorite cartoon characters to make the machine |
| inhales this mist through a face mask or preferably a | | | | more appealing to a child. When not in use the |
| mouthpiece. | | | | nebulizer should be stored in its own carrying case. |
| It can be very useful, but there are disadvantages, | | | | Some hospitals loan this equipment to asthmatic |
| for example, the noise the machine makes in use, the | | | | patients for home use, you can ask at your hospital |
| time taken to administer the medication, and its | | | | if this is possible. If you are planning to take your |
| weight and size which makes it less portable than | | | | nebulizer abroad, check whether you will need to |
| other devices. How to keep a nebulizer at home? If | | | | take an adaptor for the plug. Keep nebulizer face |
| your child is very young and has already had several | | | | masks and tubes clean and replace them every few |
| severe asthma attacks, or of there is more than one | | | | months. Sit with your child while he uses the |
| asthmatic in your family, it is worth considering | | | | equipment and make sure he inhales the full dose. |
| keeping the equipment at home. | | | | |