Hi there,
Am looking for advice in terms of room humidifiers. My 7 month old has had her trachy since October and evern since she has come home she seems to suffer from really thick secretions and is permanently wheezy. I use a saline neb on a regular basis but I'm convinced it is the flat that we live in as whenever we go elsewhere she is sooo much better.
I bought a nursery air ioniser a couple of weeks ago but not convinced that it is doing anything so wondered if anyone could make a recommendation.
Hope you can help
Sarah
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What type of heat and moisture exchanger are you using. We found the humidivent mini to be useless for Sam and have always used the thermovent t and have had no problems with humidity. we have never used a room humidifier, though like you, we bought an ioniser which didn't seem to help at all. Humidifiers can be very expensive and sometimes something as simple as the ceramic humidifiers which you fill with water and hang on your central heating radiators are just as good. Also make sure she always wears a hme. Hope this is some help.
Julie x
Hi Julie,
Thanks for your reply. We use the humidivent mini as nadia is still so small. Is the Thermovent t the one that sits sideways on the neck with filters either end?
She always wears a hme but just seems to be endlessly wheezy apart from when she's alseep!
x
Hi Sarah
The Bionaire Compact Ultrasonic Humidifier price £25 from Argos has come highly recomended by some members.
Its catalogue No is CAT052/1187.
Claire Dunn found it far superior to the huge hospital humidifier that she had been provided with, the Bionaire is also suitable for travelling if you are going away anywhere.
I worked with young trachy children for many years and quite a few benefit from room humidification, especially at night. Its also a bonus when little ones learn how to pull of the HME and 'chuck it'
It is important to make sure any humidifier is kept regularly washed. Apart from that no problems, in fact if the air is so dry in your flat you will probably benifit too.
Best wishes
June
Hi Sarah,
Have you tried giving more fluids? This is meant to help thin secretions. Also, what sort of trachy tube are you using? We started with Shiley, but found Bivona 's much better as secretions stuck less to the side. We also use a trachphone HME.
I know what you mean about different atmospheres - the worst place for Dominic seems to be the dry hot heat of a hospital. In hospital we've used direct tracheal humidification before (Fischer and Paykel). I always find them a bit too good though - within a few days you have loads of secretions and are up all night suctioning.
I do know you have to be really careful with room humidifiers, keep them really clean to prevent mould growth and use demineralised water if you are in a hard water area.
Good luck and hope this helps
Laura
Thanks everyone.
June - I'll definitely check out the Argos humidifier.
Laura - we're using Bivonas. We too started with a Shiley but found that we had to change it every other week as the secretions coated the tube too easily. I think it may be a combination of Nadia not getting enough fluids ( linked to other post) and the dry air in our flat!
When I went to hospital on Friday to see her consultant I was advised to give saline nebs 3 times a day and drop 0.1 - 0.2ml of saline down in between. Hopefully this will help!
Thanks
Sarah x
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