What should I pay attention to when I have severe hemoptysis due to bronchiectasis

If a patient with bronchiectasis is coughing up blood, a careful examination of the lungs and respiratory tract is necessary. In addition to routine treatment, if the patient also has symptoms of coughing up blood, they also need to pay attention to good living care, such as diet and exercise.

1. Diet

Factors related to allergic asthma include diet. Pay attention to a light diet and avoid eating too greasy food that is difficult to digest. When an asthma attack occurs, you should pay attention to drinking plenty of water to avoid sputum becoming thick and difficult to cough up due to lack of water, which can block the respiratory tract. Also avoid salty and spicy foods, as they can strongly irritate the throat and easily trigger asthma attacks. In addition, smoking, alcohol, strong tea, beverages containing pigments and cold drinks, chocolate, etc. are also not recommended.

2. Exercise

In daily life, you should pay more attention to physical exercise and enhance your physical fitness. Especially people with weaker bodies should exercise more, but pay attention to the intensity and duration of exercise.

3. Stay away from allergens

In normal times, you should try to avoid contact with allergens as much as possible. When going out, you should avoid contact with pollen, harmful gases, etc. to prevent allergic reactions and the formation or recurrence of allergic asthma.

4. Living environment

The living environment must be kept clean to reduce dust pollution. Flowers should not be planted indoors to prevent pollen allergies. Clothes and bedding should be washed and dried frequently. Patients with allergic asthma should open windows frequently when living in their homes to keep the air circulating and dry. There is a kind of creature called "mite" in indoor dust that is invisible to the naked eye. (Mite is a type of arthropod with a tiny body that lives on humans or animals, sucks blood, and can transmit diseases.) It is the culprit that triggers certain asthma attacks. This organism will multiply in humid weather, but it will not multiply when the indoor humidity is controlled within 50%.

5. Psychological counseling

Since patients with allergic bronchial asthma are often in a stressful environment, their psychological pressure will increase, and drastic fluctuations in emotions can trigger asthma attacks. Therefore, patients with bronchial asthma should relax, treat the setbacks and unhappiness in life correctly, and avoid emotional fluctuations so as not to aggravate the condition.