How to treat pulmonary fibrosis, common treatment methods

Pulmonary fibrosis is the result of liver damage. It has a high incidence rate in middle-aged men. Symptoms include fatigue, dry cough, difficulty breathing, and cyanosis. It requires timely treatment. A combination of Chinese and Western medicine and oxygen therapy can ensure the health of the body.

1. Western medicine treatment

1. Glucocorticoids (prednisone, also known as johnsone)

2. Immunosuppressants or cytotoxic drugs (cyclophosphamide, azathioprine)

3. Antioxidants (Ambroxol, Taurine)

4. Anti-fibrotic drugs (pirfenidone, IT_ receptor antagonists, monoclonal antibodies, etc.)

5. Receptor inhibitors (leukotriene receptor antagonists, tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors, epidermal growth factor-β inhibitors)

6. Immunomodulators (BCG polysaccharide nucleic acid, levamisole)

7. Other drugs (colchicine, macrolide antibiotics, interferon-γ, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors)

8. Gene therapy

2. TCM Treatment Methods

1. Special TCM therapies (traditional Chinese medicine infusion, acupoint plaster, traditional Chinese medicine atomization, foot medicated bath, special prescription of warming kidney and clearing lung soup, magnetic medicine superposition and immunomodulation therapy, etc.)

2. Chinese patent medicine (for example: Yangyin Yifei Tongluo Pills, Xianqi Fuyang Guben Pills, etc.)

3. Oxygen Therapy

Giving the patient oxygen inhalation can improve the decline in blood oxygen, which falls under the category of inhalation therapy. This therapy can increase arterial oxygen partial pressure, improve tissue hypoxia caused by decreased blood oxygen, and maintain the functions of important organs such as the brain, heart, and kidneys; it can also reduce the increased workload of the heart and lungs caused by increased heart rate and breathing during hypoxia. It has a better effect on hypoxia caused by decreased arterial oxygen partial pressure in respiratory diseases, but can only partially improve hypoxia caused by poor circulatory function or anemia.