How to treat stuffiness after lobectomy

Stuffiness after lobectomy may be due to trauma and usually does not require special treatment. It may also be caused by pleural effusion, lung infection, etc. Patients need to drain the effusion and use medication for treatment in time. 1. Greater trauma: In general, after lobectomy, patients may experience chest tightness, shortness of breath and dyspnea. If the symptoms are mild, they are mainly due to the reduced lung volume after lobectomy. This is a normal phenomenon after surgery, usually does not need special treatment, patients need to slowly adapt to a period of time, will get better. 2. Pleural effusion: If there is fluid in the chest cavity after surgery, it may lead to stuffiness. Patients need to actively cooperate with the doctor’s instruction to drain the fluid to relieve the symptoms. 3. Lung infection: if the patient has lung infection after surgery, the stuffiness may also occur. Patients can follow the doctor’s instruction of intravenous input of medicines such as meloxicillin sodium sulbactam sodium or cefuroxime for treatment. Therefore, if patients have serious symptoms of stuffiness after lobectomy, they should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of the disease and treat it in time.