The health of the elderly is the hope of the whole family. Cor pulmonale is caused by chronic bronchitis complicated with emphysema, which is often induced by respiratory infection. If the elderly with pulmonary heart disease can do health care to prevent recurrence?
1. Pay attention to nutrition. Pulmonary heart disease patients with nutritional disorders, more thin, but often poor appetite. In principle, we should eat less and more meals. We can also take some stomach tonic or digestive drugs appropriately. We should not eat too salty food.
2. Take part in more outdoor activities. Experts pointed out that patients with cor pulmonale should participate in more outdoor activities. When the weather is fine, you can go for a walk in the fresh air such as parks or woods in the morning, and do some exercises within one's ability, such as Taijiquan, qigong, and abdominal breathing exercise, so as to exercise the diaphragm function, and to persevere.
3. Pay attention to quitting smoking completely. Patients with cor pulmonale should keep away from tobacco and quit smoking completely. They should not even talk, play chess or play cards with smokers. Passive smoking is also harmful to patients with cor pulmonale. At the same time, pay attention to expectoration in time to keep the airway clean.
4. Keep your life regular. Every day when to get up, when to sleep, when to eat, when to defecate, when to go out for a walk, should be regular. At noon, it's better to have a nap. The mood should be comfortable and family members should live in harmony. Due to the long-term suffering from the disease, the patient with cor pulmonale is hard to avoid getting angry.
5. Keep indoor air circulation. The windows should be opened in the morning for fresh air. Burning charcoal or coal fire in the bedroom, especially in the absence of exhaust pipe, is unfavorable to patients with cor pulmonale and should be avoided as far as possible.