Emphysema generally does not require surgical treatment, and the treatment of emphysema varies with the course of the disease.
Mild emphysema with insignificant clinical symptoms only requires smoking cessation, rest, avoidance of cold and moderate exercise to maintain lung function, while maintaining good living habits can effectively slow down the progression of the disease.
As the disease progresses, patients will experience symptoms such as coughing, coughing up sputum, shortness of breath and shortness of breath after activities. Patients at this stage need to pay attention to rest and should not exercise strenuously. When the patient has obvious respiratory symptoms, the clinic can give expectorant, asthma, cough and other related treatments according to the symptoms.
When the patient’s cough is so severe that it affects rest and sleep, oral cough suppressant drugs such as licorice tablets, dextromethorphan, etc.; when the patient has phlegm that can not be coughed up, expectorant drugs such as aminoglutethimide, bromhexine, etc., can be used.
In the later stage, dyspnea in resting state may appear, etc.. When patients have obvious asthma symptoms due to the decline of lung function, bronchodilators can be inhaled to achieve the purpose of asthma, such as salbutamol, ipratropium bromide and so on.
The emergence of emphysema should be timely medical treatment, emphysema medication is recommended to be used under the guidance of a doctor.