How to maintain bronchial dilation

First, we must prevent infection. The patient's respiratory tract will be very fragile after the disease. If it is infected by bacteria, it will have a great impact on the patient's condition. We must try to reduce the possibility of respiratory tract infection, help patients keep their respiratory tract unobstructed, and discharge respiratory secretions in time. The rational use of antibiotics can help fight infection. If the patient's hemoptysis symptoms are more serious, surgery should be performed for treatment.

2. Pay attention to physical exercise. Generally, the elderly have poor health, so they should pay attention to proper physical exercise, especially before they become ill. Exercise can help improve physical fitness and reduce the possibility of disease. After becoming ill, patients can exercise moderately if permitted.

3. Pay attention to keeping a happy mood. Generally, people will feel bad after getting sick. Family members of elderly bronchial patients should pay attention to their psychology, let them feel the warmth of the family, and have the confidence to actively receive treatment. Do not let them immerse themselves in bad emotions. Patients with bronchiectasis should also pay attention to their diet. Eat foods that can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, nourish yin and reduce fire. Avoid eating spicy, warm, or greasy foods. You should also pay more attention to rest and not overwork yourself. In terms of diet, you should eat more fresh fruits to supplement vitamins. At the same time, avoid pickled foods and focus on light food.

Causes of bronchiectasis

The main cause of bronchiectasis is some respiratory infections in childhood, such as measles, scarlet fever, and whooping cough. These diseases can cause children's resistance to decline, and often cause patients to have some respiratory infection symptoms, especially pneumonia symptoms. But if the pneumonia is not healed completely, it will cause some local, chronic inflammation of the airways, and some pathogens will colonize there for a long time. Therefore, in imaging, we will see that the local bronchi are thickened and dilated. The patient's symptoms will include chronic cough and sputum, especially coughing up yellow sputum, and sometimes even hemoptysis. If these patients do sputum bacterial culture, there are some pathogens colonizing in the airways all year round.

Bronchiectasis is a chronic, infectious lung disease. If the disease does not progress or flare up for many years, it will have little impact on the patient's life. However, if it has repeated acute attacks and the disease repeatedly expands and progresses, then over time, the patient's diseased lung lobes and lung tissue will increase, while healthy lung tissue will decrease. In the later stages, the patient will experience symptoms of difficulty breathing, and even because of this severe infection, the patient will ultimately have a poor prognosis.