Pneumoconiosis can be treated with lung transplantation and also with clinical integrated treatment, such as improvement of life style, symptomatic treatment and other programs.
1. Lung transplantation: lung transplantation for pneumoconiosis is the most effective treatment at present, but it is necessary to grasp the strict indications for surgery.
2. Improvement of lifestyle: avoiding exposure to dust, quitting smoking, exercising appropriately and strengthening nutrition.
3. Complications and comorbidities treatment: such as pneumoconiosis combined with respiratory infections (e.g. bacterial, viral, fungal, etc.), combined with respiratory failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., which need to be targeted treatment.
4. Anti-fibrosis treatment: Pirfenidone and Nidanib can be used for treatment.
5. Symptomatic treatment: for cough and sputum, give sputum (e.g. Ambroxol) or asthma (e.g. Salbutamol, Terbutaline, etc.) and other drugs to alleviate the symptoms; for acute exacerbation, hormones (e.g. Dexamethasone, Prednisone, etc.), oxygen therapy and other treatments can also be given.
Specific drugs need to be treated under the guidance of a doctor.