What Are the Effects of Emphysema on Breathing?

Emphysema is caused by certain chronic lung diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and extensive bronchiectasis. Most of them are caused by chronic bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis is easily secondary to emphysema, and over time, chronic pulmonary heart disease develops. Many middle-aged and elderly people not only lose their ability to work prematurely, suffer from chronic cough, and are extremely distressed. They are often pessimistic and disappointed with their illness, and some even lose confidence in their lives. In fact, patients with emphysema can receive significant results in improving symptoms if they can exercise properly.

Senile emphysema

Emphysema is a condition caused by certain chronic lung diseases such as

Symptoms of emphysema

When chronic emphysema is complicated by chronic cough, sputum and other symptoms, dyspnea gradually increases. Initially, only when working, going upstairs or mountain climbing, climbing shortness of breath; with the development of the disease, in the When you are on the ground, you feel shortness of breath even when you are at rest. When an acute episode of slow bronchitis occurs, bronchial secretions increase, which further aggravates ventilation dysfunction, chest tightness, increased shortness of breath, and severe respiratory failure symptoms such as cyanosis. Headaches, lethargy, delirium, etc.

(I) Appropriate application of diastolic bronchial drugs, such as aminophylline, 2 receptor stimulants. If allergic factors are present, corticosteroids can be appropriately selected.

(2) Apply effective antibiotics based on pathogenic bacteria or experience, such as

The first is to quit smoking. Pay attention to keeping warm, avoiding cold, and preventing colds. Improve environmental hygiene, protect personal labor, and eliminate and avoid the effects of smoke, dust and irritating gases on the respiratory tract.

Emphysema patients should strive to be outdoors, walkers can walk, fast walkers can walk quickly, even sitting in the outdoor sun is also good, the key is to do what you can, according to local conditions and time. I usually do health massage every day, especially for Yingxiang (on both sides of the nose), Renzhong, Fengfu (convex depression in the middle of the pillow), Hegu, each 60 counterclockwise massage. Washing your face with cold water and nasal washing can help improve your body's resistance. It is even more worthy of promotion for emphysema patients.

When emphysema patients breathe, in order to obtain sufficient ventilation, chest expansion breathing is often performed. However, because of emphysema, patients have been frail for many years, thoracic ribs have calcification, and the range of thorax movement is limited, they often use auxiliary respiratory muscles to participate in work. Therefore, when you breathe, you shrug your shoulders, stretch your neck, and contract your abdominal muscles. This way, if you raise your diaphragm, not only cannot increase the ventilation volume, but also increase the breathing rate and aggravate the symptoms of hypoxia. If the patient can relax the tense auxiliary breathing muscles (upper chest and abdominal muscles) and strengthen the abdominal breathing, the respiratory function can be improved.

Practicing abdominal muscles is the main exercise for emphysema patients. The patient chooses a comfortable position, pays attention to relax the muscles of the shoulder and back, and the exercise starts from exhaling. When breathing, the lips are slightly narrowed, and the gas is slowly (consciously exhaled) blown out through the mouth, while the upper abdomen is slowly sinking. When you are not used to the initial training, press the abdomen yourself, and then it will rise and fall. When you inhale, close your mouth, take a deep and deep breath through the nasal cavity, and the abdomen will swell. After you inhale, you can stop for a while and then exhale. Abdominal breathing training can increase the up and down movement of the diaphragm, breathing deep and slowly, which can significantly improve the ventilation function and ventilation function, which is very beneficial to emphysema patients.

Giving emphysema patients the correct exercise guidance can help the discharge of bronchial endocrine, can prevent premature occlusion of the airways, and help increase ventilation. Reasonable exercise can improve cardiopulmonary function, improve the body's resistance to disease, and especially prevent diseases such as colds and upper respiratory infections. Therefore, the exercise of emphysema patients is particularly important, as long as you practice consistently, you will receive significant results.

Emphysema occurs mostly in the elderly, and patients with chronic lung disease such as chronic bronchitis or asthma are prone to emphysema. Emphysema can cause expiratory dyspnea, air is not easy to enter and exit, obstruct gas exchange, and increase pulmonary circulation resistance, so it can develop into pulmonary heart disease, and finally heart failure, respiratory failure and pulmonary brain syndrome. Elderly patients with emphysema should perform routine maintenance to delay the progress of the disease. How to maintain emphysema in the elderly? Next, on to tell you about.

1. Elderly patients with emphysema should pay attention to nutritional components and supplement protein foods. People with heart failure should pay attention to avoid salt. If the long-term diet is small, those who use diuretics should pay attention to potassium supplementation. Oranges, bananas, fresh mushrooms and other potassium ions are high in food.

2. The maintenance of emphysema in the elderly should make a record of daily intake, water intake and urine output.

3. Elderly emphysema should quit smoking, and daily maintenance should avoid smoke and harmful gas inhalation.

4. Patients with chronic respiratory failure during rehabilitation can use abdominal breathing. As the patient's ability to use the thoracic breathing muscles for gas exchange has reached its limit, it is necessary to fully mobilize the abdominal diaphragm assisted breathing function and increase the amount of oxygen and effective ventilation to make up for insufficient ventilation and reduce symptoms.

5. Cooperate with Tai Chi, Qigong, long-distance walking and other body treatments.

6. If elderly patients with emphysema suddenly develop severe acute respiratory, heart failure and gastrointestinal bleeding symptoms, they should be sent to a doctor immediately.