Dietary guidance for bronchiectasis

summary

Bronchiectasis is due to chronic suppurative inflammation and fibrosis of the bronchus and its surrounding lung tissue, which destroys the muscle and elastic tissue of the bronchial wall, leading to the deformation and persistent expansion of the bronchus. The typical symptoms are chronic cough, cough with a lot of purulent sputum and repeated hemoptysis. The main pathogenic factors were bronchial infection, obstruction and traction, and some of them were congenital genetic factors. Most patients had history of measles, pertussis or bronchopneumonia. So what do you know about bronchiectasis diet? What should I pay attention to?

Dietary guidance for bronchiectasis

First of all, it is suitable to eat the food of clearing heat and moistening lung, such as loofah, which is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear heat, resolve phlegm, cool blood and detoxify. Bean curd is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of generating fluid, moistening dryness, clearing heat and detoxifying.

Secondly, it is suitable to eat foods containing vitamin A and C and foods rich in protein. For example, tomatoes, carrots and so on.

Finally, it has the effect of nourishing lung yin and moistening lung dryness. Bronchiectasis patients with Yin deficiency, dry cough and hemoptysis is the most suitable food. Or porridge, or soup, or add rock sugar steaming can be.

matters needing attention

Attention should be paid to light food, in daily life to add enough water in time. Because each bronchiectasis patient's characteristic is different, also has the difference in the diet, chooses suits own food to carry on the recuperation. Pay attention to rest, breathing exercises and proper physical exercise during remission period.