“The three major rules of health care for “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  ”Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the abbreviation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, often developed from recurrent chronic bronchitis and other diseases. “Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are hospitalized almost every winter, and are discharged when spring comes and the disease is in remission. Doctors jokingly refer to these patients as “hospital marmots”. “Slow obstructive pulmonary” according to the condition can be divided into acute exacerbation and stable period, many patients in the acute exacerbation period is very focused on treatment, but in the stable period often ignore prevention, in fact, “slow obstructive pulmonary” patients usually treatment and health care is particularly important.  A suggestion: change smoking to oxygen Quit smoking is the first rule that patients with “slow lung obstruction” should follow. There are many factors that can trigger chronic bronchitis and “slow lung”, such as air pollution, infection, cold climate, etc., but medical research shows that smoking is a definite factor in causing “slow lung”. Among patients with “slow obstructive pulmonary disease”, 80-85% have a history of smoking.  The development of chronic bronchitis into “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” has a relatively fixed “pattern”: after 5-15 years of recurrent episodes of chronic bronchitis, the destruction and expansion of the inspiratory bronchi and alveoli can occur, and the inspiratory airflow is The patient has chronic cough and sputum, but also asthma, which forms chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema, if not pay attention to prevention and treatment in the early stage, the disease continues to progress to form chronic pulmonary heart disease, further deterioration will eventually lead to heart and lung failure. From chronic bronchitis to “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” and then to “pulmonary heart disease” is a long and gradual process, and smoking can add to the inflammation and obstruction of small airways.  Lack of oxygen in the body is the most important feature of “slow-onset lung”. In addition to acute attacks requiring hospital oxygen therapy, patients with stable or chronically prolonged “slow-onset lung” should also have home oxygen therapy at home. Medical studies have shown that if patients with “slow obstructive pulmonary disease” receive oxygen for 15 hours a day, the chance and number of acute attacks are significantly reduced, which is 1 times less than that of patients who do not receive oxygen, and the death rate is reduced by 2 times. If the conditions are limited, patients can not reach 15 hours of oxygen per day, but as long as they insist on inhaling a certain amount of oxygen every day, it is still very beneficial to relieve the disease. Home oxygen therapy to purchase home oxygen machine is more convenient, effective and safe.  A reminder: do not fall for the “fake pure Chinese medicine” when “slow lung” attack, patients often cough and wheeze more than, when serious, a move can not breathe, the patient can not walk or even minor movements can not be carried out, seriously affecting the quality of life.  Because “slow lung” is a chronic disease, many patients trust Chinese medicine, but therefore some patients have fallen for “fake Chinese medicine” from abroad.  These fake Chinese medicines generally come from Shandong, Anhui, Hebei and other places, mainly through the mail-order way to buy, these drugs generally claim to be “pure Chinese herbal medicine”, for the treatment of cough and asthma have special effects. In fact, the analysis of the drug can be found, these drugs not only contain aminophylline, Dongliangdang and other cough and asthma of Western medicine ingredients, but also added a large number of prednisone and other glucocorticoid drugs. Due to the role of such drugs, the effect of these so-called “ancestral recipes” appears to be “very magical”, patients often take the first “medicine to get rid of the disease”, see the treatment effect is obvious, many Patients often “get rid of the disease” when they first take them. Unknowingly, the irregular use of hormones may not only lead to hypertension, diabetes, adrenal cortical atrophy and other diseases, but also cause serious osteoporosis, which may easily lead to fractures. Our department once saw a patient who took this fake Chinese medicine for a long time, and she suffered three rib fractures just because of a violent cough. Due to the long-term irregular drug action, the treatment and rescue of such patients in case of acute exacerbation becomes very difficult. Therefore, formal diagnosis and treatment are especially important.  A tip: do the whistling exercises at leisure. It is very important for patients with “slow obstructive pulmonary disease” to strengthen their body cold training. “Slow lung” generally has a long medical history, the long-term torture of the disease often makes the patient’s body weak, the ability to resist disease is reduced. Whenever cold air and cold wave arrive, the secretion of catecholamines in the body increases, and the cilia activity on the surface of the bronchial mucosa decreases significantly, which inevitably reduces the self-purification and discharge function of the bronchus, resulting in various germs taking advantage of the situation to infect the organism and cause the disease. It is suggested that patients can insist on washing their faces with cold water or wiping their faces and hands with cold towels every day until the skin becomes slightly red.  In addition, strengthening nutrition is also very important for patients with “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”.  Because “slow lung” patients cough and wheeze for a long time, their muscles are always in motion, consuming a large amount of protein in their bodies. If the protein is not replenished in time, it can cause fatigue of the patient’s whistling muscles and aggravate the condition. It is worth noting that it is also very necessary to open windows frequently for “slow lung” patients. According to research findings, if the windows are not frequently opened for ventilation, the total number of bacteria per cubic meter of indoor air can be as many as 9,000 to 15,000, far more than the number of bacteria specified in national health standards; and frequent ventilation of indoor, the total number of bacteria per cubic meter of air is only 1,500 to 4,000, lower than the provisions of health standards, the content of indoor oxygen is also very normal. Therefore, frequent indoor ventilation is an important measure to prevent the recurrence of “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”.  Finally, introduce a set of whistling exercises.  ”Slow obstructive pulmonary” patients often do whistling exercises, can improve the ventilation function, relieve the disease. The main point of the whistling exercise is 10 words: deep inhalation, slow whistling, abdominal whistling. When doing exercises, one hand lightly placed on the chest, the other hand lightly placed on the abdomen, deep inhalation, the abdomen of the hand to bulge with the movement of the abdomen to achieve the effect. Slow whistle, the patient can shrink the lips, the inhaled air fine, long exhale. The whistling exercise is done 2-3 times a day for 5-10 minutes each time. “Slow obstructive pulmonary” patients are often barrel-shaped chest, there is no room for lateral movement, long-term adherence to do whistling exercises, but can make the patient’s diaphragm down, medical research shows that the diaphragm down 1 cm, the amount of inhaled air can increase 250-300 ml, long-term adherence to do whistling exercises can make the patient’s The diaphragm can drop 3-4 centimeters and the amount of inhaled air can increase by about 1 liter, which can greatly reduce the symptoms of shortness of breath and improve the quality of life for patients with “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”.