How often should I Nebulize?
Most Respiratory professionals will agree, in order to maintain healthy airways hydrationof the nose, mouth, tracheostomy should be carried out regularly. Your respiratory team will advise you how often to nebulize.
Symptoms if you don't Nebulize...
Dry Mouth - This includes dryness of trachea, nose, and sinus cavity
Mucus - Mucus becomes thick, sticky, stringy and smelly. It's difficult and painful to expel dry tissue, thick mucus, stringy secretions but if not expelled mucus and secretions can result in pneumonia and or respiratory infections. Potentially life threatening mucus plugs can become lodged in airways.
Dry Tissue - Is vulnerable to splitting and bleeding.
Sore Stomach Muscles - From trying to expel thick mucus.
Difficulty Sleeping
Headaches
Loss Of Appitite
Irritability
Depression
Sore, Dry Eyes