We should ensure enough rest and keep warm to avoid catching a cold and prevent various infections. Pay attention to climate change, especially in winter and spring, when the temperature changes drastically, and increase or decrease clothes in time to avoid aggravating the illness after catching a cold.
Everyone should have a comfortable living environment, the room should be quiet, clean and sanitary, the air should be fresh, moist and circulated, and it is necessary to avoid inhaling air that is too cold, too dry and too wet.
4. Eat a balanced diet, eat more fruits and vegetables, drink more water, and avoid spicy, sour, hemp, spicy, fried foods and foods that are easy to induce asthma, such as eggs, fish and shrimp. Generally speaking, the dietary characteristics should be diversified, reasonably matched, nutritious and easy to digest and absorb. We should also pay attention to the amount of food we eat. Eating less will lead to malnutrition, which will make respiratory muscle weakness, thus aggravating shortness of breath. In addition, eating more and being overweight increases the burden of oxygen supply from the heart and lungs to the whole body, which also leads to shortness of breath. Being overweight will also increase the pressure on the diaphragm and make breathing inadequate.
5. Keep a cheerful and optimistic mood mentally to prevent mental stimulation and stress. Patients with chronic lung disease generally have anxiety and pessimism, which makes their condition worse; Shortness of breath, reduced activity and pessimism are also bad for the disease. This requires patients to have an open-minded and cheerful attitude towards life, cultivate the idea of "contentment is always happy" and learn to relax to help control the fear caused by shortness of breath; Relaxation can avoid consuming too much oxygen due to muscle tension.
6. Stay away from exogenous allergens, especially people who are allergic to pollen, avoid contact with some flowers and plants, try to avoid using items that are easy to cause allergies, such as quilts and pillows filled with feathers or old cotton wool, and keep as few animals as possible. There will be some dust in wood processing and sucrose processing, and fine powder inhaled into the lungs will also aggravate pulmonary interstitial fibrosis. Mushroom farming, cheese and wine processing will all be exposed to moldy straw, which will increase the possibility of pulmonary fungal infection. We try to avoid touching these.
7. Oxygen therapy: Many people worry that they will stop because of lack of oxygen after oxygen therapy, which is completely wrong. If oxygen is insufficient, the blood vessels in the lungs will contract and narrow, leading to pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale. Supplementing oxygen can reduce the tension of blood vessels and right heart, relieve the feeling of shortness of breath, improve sleep, and so on. If the doctor advises you to take oxygen, I suggest you follow the doctor's advice.
8. Regular follow-up visits can let doctors know the treatment effect, find out the changes of our condition and the adverse reactions of drugs in time, and adjust the treatment plan in time.
Finally, I remind you that patients with pulmonary fibrosis can slow down the process of pulmonary fibrosis and prolong their lives as long as they do these eight things well: quitting smoking, keeping warm, comfortable environment, diet and nutrition, being optimistic, staying away from allergens, oxygen therapy and regular follow-up.
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