Pediatrician Mihai Krayu draws parents’ attention to the fact that children diagnosed with acute bronchiolitis should not be treated with antibiotics at home without a doctor’s prescription.

• “Acute bronchiolitis (yes, yes, the disease that flooded the intensive care units of children’s hospitals throughout Europe) is a viral disease. This means that it is NOT treated with antibiotics!
• If the child is so mildly ill that he can be treated at home, then he does NOT need antibiotics!” Mihai Krayu wrote on the Virtual Children’s Hospital page.

The doctor advises the parents to undergo another examination and not to use aerosols or cortisone of any type if the disease does not improve.

“If moisturizing and cleaning the nose is not enough, and the prescribed antipyretic seems to no longer work, the child needs a new consultation, possibly also tests. Not a single antibiotic was prescribed on his own initiative,” said pediatrician Mihai Craiu.

Acute bronchiolitis is caused by the respiratory syncytial virus and can be prevented by following hygiene rules and avoiding crowds if we leave the house with babies, who are the main risk group during the current wave of viruses in Europe, according to Mihai Kraiu.

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