Elderly sputum may be caused by chronic bronchitis, bronchial dilatation, lung abscess and other diseases, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to take Ambroxol hydrochloride tablets, streptomycin injection, clindamycin capsules and other drugs to treat.
1. Chronic bronchitis: for chronic bronchitis caused by the elderly phlegm, patients can follow the doctor’s prescription oral aminobromine hydrochloride tablets, acetylcysteine capsules, bromhexine hydrochloride tablets and other cough expectorant drugs. In addition, patients can also follow the doctor’s prescription oral salbutamol sulfate tablets, terbutaline sulfate tablets and other beta agonists.
2. Bronchial dilatation: bronchial dilatation can also lead to symptoms of phlegm in the elderly, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use streptomycin injection, gentamicin sulfate injection and other aminoglycosides, but also oral bromhexine hydrochloride oral solution, oral solution of aminoglutethimide hydrochloride and other expectorant drugs.
3. Lung abscess: lung abscess can also cause the performance of the elderly have more sputum, for streptococcal infection caused by lung abscess, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions oral clindamycin capsules, lincomycin tablets and other penicillin antibiotics. If the yellow staphylococcus infection lung abscess, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions oral cefaclor tablets, cefazolin sodium tablets and other cephalosporin antibiotics.
When the symptoms of excessive sputum appear in the elderly, it may also be caused by pneumonia, lung cancer and other diseases. Patients should consult a doctor in time, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, and should not take medication without authorization.