Respiratory respiratory sprays
Sprays are defined as devices used to manage the drug and send it to the branching airway to treat respiratory diseases, usually used by patients with cystic fibrosis and asthma. These sprays differ in terms of type and method of use, and the types of drugs that are put into them. The use of sprayers and their types and mechanism of operation.
Types of sprays
Dose-specific sprays
The medicine is placed in a plastic mouthpiece that is in the shape of the athletic shoe. The dosage of the medicine is administered through the cylinder in the oral section. There are several types of dosage-specific sprays, as follows:
- A type that automatically releases the medication during inhalation.
- A type that contains counters that automatically know how many doses are left.
- The type contains a spacer tool to facilitate access to medication, and is considered best for children and the elderly.
Dry powder sprayers
Instead of using a chemical propulsion device to push the medicine dose out of the airbrush, the medicine can be released through rapid and very deep breathing. The types available for these sprays include:
- Tubular asthma spray for dry powders.
- Disc asthmatic inhaler for powders.
- Single-dose discoloration inhaler for powders.
A dose-specific asthma spray with a face mask
Used to treat infants and young children, using a standard-size airbrush supplied with a spacer tool, then put the face mask in the spacing tool, and adjust it to fit the size of the nose and mouth to ensure that the correct dose of medication reaches the lungs.
Spray Device
It is a device that converts asthmatics into a mild spray to be inhaled by the oral or mask on the nose and mouth. It is intended for those who can not use the airbrush, such as infants, those with incurable diseases or those who need larger doses of the drug.
Mechanism of action of sprays
Usually, these sprays contain a complex group of drugs, each of which treats a part of the disease according to its characteristics. Most of these compounds treat the symptoms associated with respiratory diseases through the expansion of the trachea, which makes the patient feel comfortable and increase the ability to breathe. The bronchial wall and airways, and control and elimination of the causes of inflammation, and the patient to adhere to the dose of medication and the number of times the use of sprays for rapid symmetry of healing, and be able to take additional drugs to eliminate inflammation.