When the autumn wind blows, the number of people with cough and wheezing starts to increase. Especially those patients with old chronic lung disease and emphysema (COPD) may, if they are not careful, experience increased wheezing and breathing difficulties to the extent that they have to be admitted to the hospital. Although the gradual decrease of lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is inevitable, it is not a dream to improve the quality of life, reduce the financial burden and maintain lung function at a stable level if patients can cooperate with their doctors and keep in mind the following five precautions. One: See early to save money Some patients are reluctant to go to the hospital when coughing and coughing sputum start to increase, resenting the trouble and thinking that they can just take the medicine they always take. Little do they know that with each attack of chronic emphysema, the patient’s lung function will be affected, which will eventually lead to an irreversible aggravation of the condition. Therefore, when there is an increase in coughing, and/or an increase in coughing sputum; or when the color of sputum changes (such as white sputum becomes yellow sputum, or there is bloody sputum), when the smell of sputum changes, or when shortness of breath worsens, or when there are other symptoms such as fever, it indicates a change in the condition or the appearance of a new condition, and it is time to seek medical attention. Generally speaking, the symptoms are relatively mild at this time, and the patient can be treated on an outpatient basis and the dosage of medication can be adjusted (except for the emergence of a new condition). If the condition is delayed to hospitalization, one to upgrade the treatment drugs, the second lung function damage increased, for the future treatment more difficult; three is the family to run for this affects the work, economic pay more, which is more than worth the loss. Second: regular follow-up, for lung preservation value doctors to patients, if not need to be admitted to the hospital treatment of outpatients, generally prescribed 3 to 7 days of drugs, as for the specific 3 days or 7 days, but also depending on the condition. If the doctor needs to observe the condition more closely, he or she will choose to prescribe the medication for a shorter period of time, with the aim of prompting the patient to come back for a follow-up visit after taking the medication. If the patient’s condition is quite stable, the doctor will prescribe a longer period of time for the patient. Therefore, it is best for the patient to return to the hospital for a follow-up visit once the medication has been taken. Patients are advised to find a doctor they trust for regular follow-ups so that the doctor can fully understand their condition and make appropriate adjustments to their medications or make more appropriate recommendations for their rehabilitation, taking into account their financial and family situations. Regular follow-ups allow doctors to check whether your medication is correct (such as the time, method and dosage of inhalation), to understand your condition control and to adjust your medication at any time; secondly, some large hospitals often have good drugs and new drugs for research and application, which is a good thing for patients to benefit and medical progress. It is a very cost-effective thing. Third: Ancestral recipes, hormone volume is very large outside the hospital, there are often a lot of wandering doctor advertisements, saying that it is an ancestral remedy, test prescription, once eaten, not shortness of breath and shortness of breath. I think that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and wheezing better not try, because most of those drugs contain steroid ingredients (hormones), the initial oral intake will be effective, and then not to eat shortness of breath, the more you eat the more you can not stop, resulting in hormone dependence, but also lead to hypertension, steroidal diabetes, osteoporosis, gastrointestinal bleeding, fungal infections and other adverse reactions to hormones. Patients who have taken such drugs often need a larger amount of hormones or even breathing machines to bring the disease under control during acute exacerbations, which makes treatment quite difficult and makes it more difficult to control the disease in the future. Although hormones are also used in regular treatment during acute exacerbations, the hormones used in regular treatment are hormones with fewer adverse reactions, the duration of use is short and the amount used is relatively small, and later on, as the disease is controlled, inhaled hormones that work directly on the airways (such as sulforaphane, etc.) will be used instead of oral hormones, which have very few side effects on the body. Unlike the use of hormones by travel doctors, not only in large quantities, but also in long term oral intake. Fourth: the effect of oxygen therapy, no less than taking medicine emphysema patients, in order to improve the quality of life and slow down the rate of decline in lung function, it is recommended that oxygen therapy be performed regularly every day. It would be best if you can insist on oxygen for 10-15 hours a day. Note that oxygen therapy must be administered at low flow rates (1 to 2 liters/minute, no more than 3 liters/minute). It should be noted that when the patient is eating, or needs to talk for a long time, or needs to go to the toilet for a long time, it is better to wear an oxygen tube to inhale oxygen, because the oxygen demand of the person will increase at these times. Some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease need positive pressure ventilation rehabilitation therapy because of respiratory muscle fatigue to relieve respiratory muscle fatigue and reduce the work done by respiratory muscles so that the patient’s shortness of breath can be improved. These people need to be treated at home with a respirator of their choice under the guidance of a doctor. The benefits of rehabilitation therapy with a breathing machine are even more obvious for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are obese, have a short neck, and snore significantly in their sleep. Its fifth: family members are also a pair of medicine different patients, their economic conditions, family background, interpersonal relationships are different, the awareness of the disease, the attitude towards life has also different. In addition to prescribing medicine, it is better for doctors to care about the psychological condition of patients. However, doctors have too little contact time with patients, so family members play a big role in psychological treatment. It is recommended that relatives, whether they live with the patient or not, should always be concerned about what medications the patient is taking, the timing and amount of medication, and whether the medication is being administered correctly, which can have a psychological comforting effect on the patient. This can promote the patient’s awareness of his or her disease, and secondly, it can detect changes in the condition in time to avoid aggravation due to delay, and it can also prompt the patient to follow up on time. If family members or babysitters can accompany the patient to the clinic, that kind of affectionate care will increase the patient’s confidence to cooperate with the treatment, better compliance, and more effective control of the disease.