How to treat obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung disease has always been one of the diseases that is difficult to prevent. Although lung disease can be gradually cured under the treatment of modern medicine, the painful symptoms it brings still torment the bodies of many patients. There are many types of lung diseases. Severe ones such as obstructive pulmonary disease are very harmful to people and need to be taken seriously. Let’s take a look at how to treat obstructive pulmonary disease.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic disease characterized by chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema with airflow obstruction, which can further develop into cor pulmonale and respiratory failure. It is related to abnormal inflammatory response to harmful gases and particles, and has high disability and mortality rates. The global incidence rate among people over 40 years old has reached 9% to 10%.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable disease characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is progressive and is associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response of the airways and lungs to noxious particles or gases.

1. Treatment during stable period

Non-drug treatments are available: smoking cessation, exercise or pulmonary rehabilitation training, and influenza and pneumonia vaccinations.

2. Rehabilitation

For example, physical therapy and high-pressure negative ion oxygen therapy are beneficial to the recovery of lung function in COPD patients.

3. Psychological adjustment

A good mood will help patients face the disease positively, increase treatment compliance, and establish good interpersonal relationships, which will be more conducive to recovery from the disease.

4. Diet adjustment

Eat more fruits and vegetables, you can eat meat, fish, eggs, milk, beans, and buckwheat. Talk less while eating, breathe harder and eat slower. Fat people should lose weight, and thin people should improve their nutrition and eat small meals frequently.

5. Long-term home oxygen therapy

If there is respiratory failure, long-term low-flow oxygen inhalation is recommended, more than 15 hours a day.

6. Medication

Existing drug treatments can reduce or eliminate patients' symptoms, increase activity tolerance, reduce the number and severity of acute attacks, and improve health status. Inhalation therapy is the first choice. Educating patients on the correct use of various inhalers and explaining the purpose and effects of treatment to patients will help them adhere to treatment.