A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOME BASED STEAM INHALATION THERAPY ON REDUCING THE SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AMONG UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN RURAL KONANKUNTE; BANGALORE.

Infections of the respiratory tract are perhaps the most common human ailment. While they are a source of discomfort disability and loss of time for most adults, they are a substantial cause of morbidity in young children and the elderly. Many of these infections run their natural course in older children and in adults without specific treatment and without complications. However, in young infants, small children and in the elderly, or in persons with impaired respiratory tract reserves, it increases the morbidity and mortality rates.