is there a QUIET nebulizer???
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Anonymous
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Please share your model name and number if you have a truly QUIET nebulizer machine.
Ours is a 5 year old Inspiration Elite HS456 and is VERY loud...... Would love to buy a new model that is less noisy so I don't wake up my DS to give him nebs during the night TIA |
Anonymous
| I think they're all pretty loud. If your DS is 4 or 5, you could probably move to an inhaler for albuterol. |
Anonymous
| We put it between 2 pillows to absorb some of the sound. It's still a bit loud. Our allergist insists that the nebulizer machine is better than the inhaler so we're sticking with it. |
Anonymous
| To the previous poster, our pulmonologist said the opposite- that the inhaler, when properly used is better than the neb (my DS is 3 so he can put it to his face with no problem). Wonder what the real story is here! |
Anonymous
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We were told that the nebulizer is better at getting the medication into the lungs. FWIW, we went to National Jewish in Denver and they are the leading respiratory hospital in the country.
I too would love to find a quieter nebulizer. My DS is 5 and it has always awaken him b/c of the noise. |
Anonymous
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Just curious to know what kind of asthma your DC are dealing with. Exercise-induced? Colds? Allergies?
Really hoping DS (age 3 1/2) grows out of it. We see a pulmonologist regularly but he's not on any maintenance meds and uses xopenex at the first sign of a cold. Pulmo says his case is mild (therefore no maintenance) but of course cannot guarantee he'll grow out of it. We're negative for allergies (had a skin test) and he has extremely mild excema. |
Anonymous
| Inhalers are more effective than nebs but they have to be inhaled correctly and kids don't always do it correctly. Make sense? |
Anonymous
| Inhalers are not as good. Even if done properly. |
Anonymous
If it makes you feel better, DS's allergist said that kids under 5 with cold-induced athma/reactive airway disease are no more likely to have athma after they turn 5 than the general population. |
Anonymous
| I see this is an ancient thread but it cracks me up because I have the exact same nebulizer and is SO LOUD! If anyone has a quieter one, please let me know! (And before we get sidetracked with nebs vs. inhaler, the nebs are for me, and for treatments that can't be given via inhaler.) |
Anonymous
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Check the decibels on the machines and reviews before you buy, check out devilbliss traveler average loudness, saved us a couple of trips to the ER portable, light weight use in car. For adults check out bronchial thermoplasty by Boston Scientific new procedure (10 yrs old) that reduces the use of nebulizers and xolair... just an idea.
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Anonymous
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I found a silent one when I was looking for a travel nebulizer and now I don't use anything else. It's the AeroNeb Go. You have to replace the handset when treatment times get super-long (once a year?) but it has been so, so worth it.
http://justnebulizers.com/aeroneb-go-ultrasonic-nebulizer.html?gclid=CPP324SnoMkCFYIcHwod4JQBRg |
Anonymous
| I am looking for a silent or even somewhat silent nebulizer. I have 1 & sounds like a motorboat. The portable 1 I have if I use it all the time ,,mesh wears out in like 3 months. Can anyone give me any ideas? |
Anonymous
Exactly this. I went on a new daily inhaler, and the doctors gave me, a smart 36yo woman, a spacer because they're more reliable that way, regardless of age. |
Anonymous
| little kids can't use inhaler correctly. that's why neb is better for them. |