subject: Weather Changes - Watch Out For Emphysema Patients [print this page] Do what leads to emphysema patients? Do what leads to emphysema patients?
The disease emphysema is a disease much to lose or limit the ability of lung elasticity. Lung including bronchitis, bronchial average, bronchioles and bronchioles end (may be called alveoli). Particularly, the ends of the bronchioles (alveolar) because there is no organized structure of the bronchial cartilage as other so if a strain, continuous stretch, stretching is very easy to create air pockets and when it is called patients with emphysema. The disease is divided into two types of emphysema emphysema are primary and secondary emphysema. Cause of emphysema is very diverse, most notably chronic bronchitis, a long time.
Shortness of breath is the clearest manifestation of the disease emphysema.
It was found that patients with emphysema common in smokers, tobacco. Chronic asthma for many years was a significant reason to do regular stretching into bronchial and alveolar capillary system of the organization that many adverse effects on lung left lung diseases including emphysema. In the lung, the pulmonary tuberculosis is a major cause significant cause of emphysema. It also refers to patients with emphysema may be due as a professional trumpet artist, workers blowing glass bulbs or workers regularly exposed to dust pit.
Manifestations of the disease commonly found
Difficulty breathing out: this is the clearest manifestation of the disease emphysema, especially when lifting heavy, up the stairs or doing heavy work, too much, fatigue, and especially when the weather changes, especially seasonal refrigeration. Shortness of breath may be increased when lying or suffering from a respiratory infection that, especially in the lower respiratory tract infections (bronchitis, chronic bronchitis - lungs, lung abscess ...).
Lack of oxygen in Forum: People with emphysema often reduced capacity for physical activity was very tired from lack of oxygen in place, especially the cases have been or are asthmatic. Patients may find expression (due to lack of oxygen), chest wall deformity (known as barrel-shaped chest).
In severe cases may appear consistent, hepatomegaly, neck vein float (after complications). The clinical tests required as X-ray, CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), measuring lung function, peripheral blood tests, sputum tests, ECG ... help to diagnose the more correct. Patients with emphysema if not detected early and treated promptly may leave serious complications such as chronic care waste, respiratory failure, pneumothorax (due to bubble rupture) or pulmonary congestion.
How to prevent emphysema
Need to keep warm body is cold, warm, especially the neck, chest. Cold weather and need a hot bath in a closed room, need quick shower, the shower to dry, then get dressed. Daily cleaning of upper respiratory tract is essential, such as throat, pharynx, nose, teeth, mouth and throat in the form of animals, brushing teeth after eating, before bed at night, less saline in nose ... When the airways become inflamed seek medical need to be a doctor, for a prescription, carefully counseled and cure, not to a chronic disease, particularly bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis the lungs. Need to quit smoking because tobacco, pipe tobacco is the leading cause of disease. Workers regularly exposed to smoke, dust, such as coal mining workers, smoke, dust, sanitation workers and workers regularly exposed to hazardous chemicals should be equipped with labor protection.
Every day should exercise regularly, most gentle breathing movements increase the elasticity of the lungs to the organization. People at high risk for emphysema patients breathe more and have to practice every day. Need to perform thorough preventive TB vaccine (BCG vaccine) for infants and for those who do not have immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If conditions permit, the vaccine should get some respiratory diseases as the vaccine pneumococcal disease prevention, Hemopilus influenzae ...
