Daily care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mainly includes active smoking cessation, oxygen inhalation, infection prevention, enhanced nutrition, moderate exercise, standardized treatment and review.
COPD is a common chronic disease in respiratory medicine. Patients’ symptoms mainly include cough, sputum, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. The main feature is the progressive decline in lung function, which seriously affects the quality of life, and good daily care can help delay the progress of the disease.
1. Actively quit smoking: COPD patients are mostly caused by smoking, smokers should actively quit smoking. Smokers should actively quit smoking and avoid inhaling second-hand smoke, as well as avoiding air pollution in the living environment.
2. Oxygen inhalation: for the existence of chronic respiratory failure and chronic hypoxia and chronic pulmonary heart disease of the population can be home oxygen therapy. Oxygen can be inhaled at home for a long time, and the concentration of oxygen can be 1-2L/min, and the high concentration of oxygen will cause carbon dioxide retention.
3. Prevent infection: avoid getting cold in daily life, wear a good mask when you go out, reduce the gathering, and actively vaccinate against influenza, pneumonia vaccine, etc., in order to prevent infection-induced exacerbation of the disease.
4. Enhance nutrition: Eat a light diet and ensure balanced nutrition.
5. Moderate exercise: adhere to appropriate exercise to enhance physical fitness, such as walking, playing Tai Chi, doing breathing training exercises.
6. Standardized treatment and review: Use inhalation medication correctly and follow the doctor’s instructions (such as tiotropium bromide, etc.), do not stop taking the medication on your own, and go to the hospital regularly to review the lung function and other items.