White foamy sputum may be caused by respiratory diseases, no infection can be treated with symptomatic treatment such as aminoglutethimide, and when there is infection, it is necessary to cooperate with anti-infective treatment; it may be caused by cardiac insufficiency, and it is possible to improve the treatment of cardiac function; it may also be caused by other reasons, such as smoking, chronic pharyngitis, and so on.
1. Respiratory system diseases:
(1) non-infectious diseases: such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis and other chronic respiratory diseases, no infection onset of coughing white foamy sputum, generally under the guidance of a physician to carry out aminobromine, acetylcysteine and other phlegm medication for symptomatic treatment.
(2) Infectious diseases: such as acute bronchitis, pneumonia, etc. will also appear white foamy sputum, the presence of bacterial infection, generally feasible levofloxacin, cefixime and other anti-infective, combined with the combination of sputum medication (such as bromhexine, carboxymethylstilbestrol, etc.) symptomatic treatment.
2. Cardiac insufficiency: coughing white foamy sputum can be caused by pulmonary stagnation, mainly take cardiac (such as digoxin), diuretic (hydrochlorothiazide, spironolactone), vasodilator (nitroglycerin, isosorbide nitrate) and other medications, the specific use of drugs need to be combined with the degree of the disease varies from person to person, when the cardiac function has been improved, coughing sputum can be relieved.
There are many other causes of white foamy sputum, such as long-term smoking, chronic pharyngitis, rhinitis, etc., can be caused by different treatment programs, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, a clear diagnosis, and active treatment, so as not to delay the condition.