Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who feel bloating in the stomach should be treated according to the cause of the disease, usually the common causes are emphysema, respiratory failure, right heart insufficiency, and so on. Treatment includes medication and oxygenation.
1. Emphysema: emphysema occurs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which makes the diaphragm fall, increases the pressure in the abdominal cavity, affects the function of the gastrointestinal tract, and results in abdominal distension; bronchodilators (e.g., salbutamol, etc.) are used to alleviate emphysema.
2. Respiratory failure: respiratory failure complications in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, resulting in hypoxia, severe hypoxia leading to gastrointestinal ischemia, abdominal distension. Actively targeting the primary pathology treatment, relieve dyspnea symptoms, correct acid-base electrolyte disorders.
3. Right heart insufficiency: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can finally cause pulmonary hypertension, right heart insufficiency, causing different degrees of digestive dysfunction, such as bloating. At this time, actively treat the primary disease, control heart failure (such as sildenafil, etc.).
Chronic obstructive pulmonary patients feel bloated stomach may also have other reasons, it is recommended to consult the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination, clarify the cause of the disease, standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor, the above medication need to follow the doctor’s instructions.