Lung blisters for 40 years, if there are no symptoms can continue to observe, the emergence of prolonged chest tightness, shortness of breath should be actively consult the doctor, follow the doctor’s instructions for oxygen therapy, medication or surgical treatment.
Lung blisters are caused by various reasons that lead to increased pressure in the alveolar cavity, resulting in alveolar rupture and fusion with each other to form air-containing cystic cavities with a diameter greater than 1cm.
1. If the patient does not have underlying diseases such as emphysema, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, etc., and has no special symptoms, and only finds pulmonary blisters during the examination, even if the pulmonary blisters have already been there for 40 years, generally there is no need for treatment, and pulmonary blisters have no effect on his life expectancy.
2. if the patient long-term smoking or contact with dust, etc., or a combination of emphysema, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis and other underlying diseases, chest tightness, shortness of breath and other symptoms, treatment should be:
(1) to the cause, symptomatic treatment of the underlying disease, follow the doctor’s instructions to use for oxygen therapy, terbutaline, budesonide and other nebulization, there are infected people with anti-infective (ceftazidime, piperacillin, etc.) treatment, anti-tuberculosis (isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, streptomycin, etc.) treatment.
(2) If the patient’s pulmonary herpes is large in size and compresses the surrounding normal lung tissues, or ruptures and causes spontaneous pneumothorax or hemothorax, or causes recurrent lung infections due to pulmonary herpes, the patient should consult the thoracic surgery department in a timely manner, and undergo surgical resection and treatment by a physician after evaluating his/her condition.