How to treat asthma in the elderly
summary
The main attack group of asthma is mainly the elderly and children, because the resistance of the elderly and children is relatively low, and the recovery ability of the elderly is reduced. Therefore, the elderly asthma is a very difficult disease to treat, and asthma is still a recurrent disease. Therefore, during the treatment, the patients must understand the methods of nursing the disease. The main symptoms of asthma are wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness, The incidence rate is very high in the night and in the morning. In daily life, patients must quit smoking, exercise properly and enhance their resistance to disease. Then how to treat the elderly asthma? Here is a detailed introduction.
How to treat asthma in the elderly
The systemic resistance of the elderly is decreased, especially the renal function, so the responsiveness of antiasthmatic drugs in the treatment of elderly asthma is poor. Therefore, effective anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out in the treatment of elderly asthma, which can inhibit the frequent occurrence of cough in the elderly and reduce the number of diseases.
Most of the elderly asthma has a long history of cough, so chest tightness and chest tightness are relatively strong. In the usual diet, patients should try to light, do not eat too much salty food, try not to eat stimulating food, and do more exercise.
When the elderly patients with asthma cough, should rest on the spot, smoking and asthma attack has a great relationship, so patients with asthma must quit smoking, otherwise the disease can not be cured, should also try to avoid contact with smoke, if the patient has more sputum and viscous not easy to cough, should use smoking to stimulate cough in order to facilitate expectoration.
matters needing attention
Smoking is harmful to the health. According to the survey, the incidence rate of asthma among smokers is 2~3 times that incidence rate of non smoking friends. The treatment of asthma in elderly people should first clear the cause, insist on treatment, and eat more protein containing foods in daily diet.
