Experts pointed out that chronic bronchitis has brought great harm to elderly patients and seriously threatened the health of patients. How to care for elderly patients with chronic bronchitis?
1. Proper exercise: physical exercise can enhance physical fitness, improve body immunity and adaptability to climate change. The intensity of exercise can vary from person to person, so as not to feel tired and comfortable, but also to carry out breathing exercises, chest exercises, abdominal breathing and other training.
Absolute smoking cessation alcohol: cigarette smoke can damage bronchial epithelium and cilia, reduce lung defense function, aggravate respiratory tract infection and induce acute attack. Alcohol can produce dampness and phlegm, stimulate the respiratory tract and aggravate the disease.
2. Rational drug use, prevention and treatment of "old chronic bronchitis" in remission period should focus on health and fitness, enhance the body's disease resistance. In order to take traditional Chinese medicine conditioning under the guidance of doctors, infection should be controlled and antibiotics should be used rationally in the acute attack period. Expectoration measures should be taken in time for bedridden patients to prevent airway obstruction and secondary infection.
3. The mood should be stable and optimistic: we should have a balanced psychology, always maintain a stable mood, be happy and optimistic in spirit, avoid the stimulation of tension, anxiety, depression and other adverse factors, establish the confidence to overcome the disease, actively cooperate with the treatment, and promote the recovery of the disease.