Spring has come again, in a flash, the winter has passed, spring has quietly come to earth. Spring is a beautiful season, a season full of poetry; spring means a vibrant start. The plan of the year lies in the spring, in this time of recovery, how to do a good job of spring health maintenance of middle-aged and elderly friends, ushering in a vibrant new year? Today I would like to introduce you to the prevention and health care of lung diseases in spring.
I. Prevention and health care of spring influenza
Spring epidemics are just like the inexhaustible weeds, which arrive every spring along with the gradually rising temperature, dry climate and raging sand. Spring influenza differs from early spring to late spring. In early spring, there is a big temperature difference between day and night, and the spring chill is very cold, so people often suffer from the evil of wind and cold when they do not increase or decrease their clothing in time. In late spring, when the temperature is already high and the climate is dry and windy, people often feel the evil of wind-heat because they sweat too much and fail to replenish water in time, coupled with the failure of the opening and leaking of the couples, and often feel the evil of wind-heat, with clinical manifestations of fever, sore throat and thirst, and cough and yellow sputum. For the characteristics of the evil in different seasons, people should take different health care principles. It is advisable to keep warm in early spring and hydrate in late spring.
In early spring, people should exercise in the morning when the sun is shining and the temperature is moderate, and should not force themselves to go out for fitness in the early morning when the temperature is low, and should not reduce their clothing too early. In addition to influenza, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, chicken pox, flu and other epidemics are also prevalent in spring. Different infectious diseases have different treatments, but the basic preventive measures are similar. We can effectively reduce the occurrence and spread of diseases by paying attention to the following points
1.Inject preventive vaccines on time.
2.Open windows every day to keep the indoor air fresh, especially in bedrooms, computer rooms, study rooms, etc;
3.Do not go to densely populated, air-polluted places, such as dance halls, theaters, video halls;
4, wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with running water, including not using dirty towels to wipe your hands;
5, the best to wear a mask to the hospital, wash your hands after returning home to avoid cross-infection;
6, take care not to overexert yourself to prevent colds, so as not to reduce the resistance to disease;
7, reasonable diet, increase nutrition;
8, fever or other discomfort in a timely manner to seek medical advice;
9.Avoid contact with infectious patients, and try not to go to infectious disease epidemic areas;
10, the infectious patient used items and room appropriate disinfection, such as sunlight drying clothes, room door handles, desktop, ground with chlorine disinfectant spray, wipe. Although there are many kinds of infectious diseases in spring, as long as we pay attention to prevention, early detection, early isolation, early diagnosis and early treatment, we can effectively interrupt the epidemic and spread of infectious diseases.
Prevention and health care of allergic bronchial asthma
Bronchial asthma is a kind of episodic phlegm asthma disease, mostly related to exposure to allergens. In spring, the grass is long and the willows are full of smoke, and pollen is pervasive in the streets and alleys along with the spring breeze, but there is a hidden crisis in this seemingly rosy spring light. Most patients with bronchial asthma have other allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis and allergic urticaria.
A typical asthma attack is characterized by expiratory dyspnea, open mouth and raised shoulders, and audible croup, while atypical asthma can be characterized by a dry cough or chest tightness, mostly at night and in the early morning. Once the symptoms of asthma appear, it is recommended to consult a doctor promptly and follow the medical prescription strictly. Prevention of asthma is still based on desensitization, and avoiding allergens is the main principle. In the event of an asthma attack, emergency medication should be available, first of all, fast-acting beta2 agonists such as salbutamol or terbutaline aerosol are recommended, and immediate medical attention should be sought if short-term relief is not achieved.
For patients with asthma who are already receiving treatment, it is emphasized that medication reduction and discontinuation should not be taken without permission and should only be considered after 3 months of complete symptom control. How to determine how well their asthma symptoms are controlled and whether they expect to have an asthma attack in the near future is a concern for asthma patients. Keeping a good asthma diary can help patients to properly assess their condition. The diary includes symptom scores, medications applied, peak flow rate (PEF), and asthma control tests (ACT).
Prevention and care of COPD
COPD is the most common chronic disease of the respiratory system, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic pulmonary heart disease (COPD), are the different stages of disease development. Spring is the “honeymoon period” for patients with chronic lung disease compared to the cold of winter, the heat of summer and the dryness of autumn, due to warming temperatures and fresh air, and after proper diet and living regulation. However, elderly patients with lung disease are mostly accompanied by other systemic disorders, so the overall regulation should be done well in spring. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the five elements of yin and yang should be used to nourish yang in spring and summer, and yin in autumn and winter, while the theory of Chinese medicine and health believes that “spring corresponds to the liver”, meaning that the climatic characteristics of spring are closely related to the human liver.
In spring, the body’s yang energy responds to nature and is spreading outward, so attention should be paid to defending the yang energy in the body, and anything that damages it should be avoided. In early spring, experts point out that the four aspects of liver care are diet, living, exercise and emotions. Diet: Spring diet should be selected according to personal constitution, and the general healthy people do not advocate a large number of supplements. Patients with chronic lung disease and those who are particularly weak can eat sea cucumber, cordyceps and other tonic products in moderation. In spring, we should pay attention to a light diet and not to over-eat dry and spicy foods. At the same time, because the rising of Yang Qi at this time is easy to hurt Yin, so we should pay special attention to nourishing Yin, you can use more lily, yam, lotus seeds, wolfberry and other foods. Get up and live: “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” said: “Spring in March, this is called hair Chen.
Heaven and earth are born, everything to glory, sleep at night and get up early, wide walk in the court, was (phi) hair slow shape, in order to make Zhi Sheng, born and do not kill, give and do not take away, reward and do not punish, this spring should be, the way to nourish life”. This means that the three months of spring are the season when everything in nature revives and all kinds of creatures thrive. People should also follow the laws of nature, go to bed late and get up early, relax their whole body after waking up, and take a leisurely walk in the courtyard to soothe their emotions. People have been accustomed to “early to bed and late to rise” in winter, the transition to the spring “late to bed and early to rise” to have a gradual adaptation process, do not be too eager to change, but in line with the natural changes in the day and night time and gradually change their sleep habits. “to make the will to grow” refers to the gradual emergence of healthy and upward aspirations. In other words, we should think of giving and not plundering, of rewarding and not punishing.
The year’s planning is based on the mental and spiritual state of persuading people to be good. Exercise: Spring exercise is the best time to restore the body’s “vital energy”. Due to the cold winter, people’s exercise is limited, so the body’s thermoregulatory center and the function of internal organs are weakened to varying degrees, especially the muscles and ligaments of the whole body, which need exercise to enhance their motor function. In spring, people should do appropriate exercises, such as walking, jogging, gymnastics, taijiquan, etc. It is especially recommended for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to practice breathing exercises, i.e. breathing and exhalation with lip reduction breathing as the main exercise, which can help delay the development of emphysema, maintain the vitality of the body, and enhance immunity and resistance to disease. However, the climate in spring presents a large temperature difference and windy characteristics, we should pay attention to wind protection and cold, so when encountering strong winds, we should appropriately reduce the exercise outside, so as not to windy and hurt the liver.
Emotion: According to the theory of Chinese medicine, liver is wood, which corresponds to spring, and its physiological characteristics are “like to be organized but not depressed”, so it is said that “great anger hurts the liver”. The physiological characteristics of the liver are that it likes to stretch and smooth emotions rather than depression and boredom. In the spring, the key to health care is to keep yourself in a relaxed mood and try not to be anxious, angry or furious, so as to ensure that the liver is relaxed and well organized. To maintain health in spring, you should be emotionally optimistic, not depressed or angry, and not overworked so as not to increase the burden on the liver. People with liver disorders should be broad-minded and quiet. In the busy and restless and full of temptation of the world, to do “quietly do not move its heart”, you can maintain the stability of the internal environment of the body, to prevent the occurrence of mental illness.
Modern medical research shows that bad emotions can easily lead to liver qi stagnation, so that the neuroendocrine system dysfunction, immune function decline, easily lead to mental illness, liver disease, cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases. Therefore, we should pay attention to emotional health in spring and maintain an optimistic and cheerful mood.