”Folk treatment of pulmonary fibrosis prescription” lack of scientific basis. Pulmonary fibrosis generally refers to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the cause of which is unknown, patients need to go to the hospital for professional treatment to slow down the progress of the disease.
1. Medication: Commonly used medications include antifibrotic drugs, such as pirfenidone and nidazepam, which have anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic and antioxidant properties. In addition, according to the specific condition, glucocorticoid can be chosen, the representative drug is methylprednisolone; immunosuppressant can also be chosen, such as cyclosporin A, cyclophosphamide and azathioprine.
2. General treatment: patients with pulmonary fibrosis usually have a long history of smoking, so patients need to quit smoking as soon as possible; at the same time, in daily life, patients also need to carry out rehabilitation training according to the doctor’s advice, such as respiratory physiotherapy, nutritional support, ventilator exercise and mental and psychological support.
3. Surgery: If the patient’s condition is serious, surgery can be chosen, the most commonly used is lung transplantation, which can be categorized into double-lung transplantation, single-lung transplantation, living lobe transplantation and heart-lung transplantation. The specific surgical program should be decided according to the patient’s condition under the guidance of the doctor.
Patients with pulmonary fibrosis should not blindly trust the so-called folk remedies, which can not make the condition better, but will delay the treatment time and cause the condition to deteriorate. Patients need to go to the hospital in time for professional treatment, and the above medications are recommended to be used under the guidance of a doctor.