Abstract :
ARI is an acute inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract caused by
infection of microscopic bodies or bacteria, viruses, without or accompanied by lung
parenchyma. diseases included in ARI such as Pneumonia, Influenza, and Respiratory
Syncytial Virus (RSV) ARI is still the main cause of morbidity and mortality infectious diseases
in the world. Aims to identify the effect of hot steam inhalation therapy with eucalyptus oil on
airway clearance. Signs and symptoms of ARI vary a lot including fever, dizziness, malaise
(weakness), anorexia (no appetite), vomitus (vomiting), photophobia (fear of light), anxiety,
coughing, secretions, stridor (breathing sounds), dyspnea (breathing pain), suprasternal
retraction (chest pull ), hypoxia (lack of oxygen), and can progress to respiratory failure if
not getting help and resulting in death, Management in patients with Acute Respiratory
Infections in addition to pharmacology can also be done with non-pharmacology such as
eucalyptus steam therapy (Eucalyptus). In the implementation of this application using case
studies. This implementation is carried out 2 times in 1 day for 3 consecutive days. This
inhalation therapy is carried out for 10-15 minutes. The results obtained after doing eucalyptus
oil inhalation therapy there is a frequency of breathing in toddlers to 20x / minute, ronchi
breathing sounds change to vesicular, there is no secret buildup and does not use breathing
muscles. It can be concluded that the provision of eucalyptus oil therapy is effective against
airway disorders in the working area of the Parungkuda Health Center.