Question
The baby is 63 days old and was diagnosed with bronchitis pneumonia 38 days ago. She was hospitalized for 5 days, receiving two intravenous injections and nebulizer treatment daily. After discharge, she continued with 18 days of nebulizer treatment. Currently, the symptoms of coughing and runny nose have disappeared. Should the nebulizer treatment continue? Alternatively, can the ipratropium bromide suspension be replaced with 2ml of normal saline, and alternated with budesonide suspension for the baby’s inhalation? Additionally, the baby has only received the second dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. The BCG vaccine and the third dose of the hepatitis B vaccine should be administered at 1 month old, but have not been done yet. Will this have an impact on the baby?
Answer
The baby has been hospitalized for 5 days and continued with 18 days of nebulizer treatment at home, which has been quite a long time. Since the symptoms have now disappeared, there is no need to continue with nebulizer treatment. The baby is now over 2 months old, and the BCG vaccine and the third dose of the hepatitis B vaccine have not been administered yet, which will have a certain impact on the baby, at least preventing the protection provided by the vaccine. Therefore, after the baby’s recovery, please make sure to get vaccinated as soon as possible.