guide: pulmonary effusion is called pleural effusion in medicine. There are two most common causes of pleural effusion: one is tuberculous pleurisy , the other is cancer, the most common is pleural metastasis of lung cancer. Clinically, if a young person has pulmonary hydrops, the first consideration should be pulmonary tuberculosis. If a middle-aged and elderly person develops pulmonary edema, the tumor should be considered. What are the causes of pulmonary edema? Do you need to pay attention to your daily diet? Let's take a look.
There are many reasons for pulmonary edema:
1. Cough: Coughing is the most common cause of pulmonary edema. In the early stage, the cough is very light, without phlegm and dry cough, and the degree of impact on work and life is not obvious. If the cough is aggravated and accompanied by endobronchial tuberculosis, the cough will be aggravated and sometimes choking may occur. If the bronchus is displaced in a patient who has not been cured for a long time, the trachea will be pulled due to the adhesion of the lesion and will be compressed by the surrounding lymph nodes, causing the bronchus to deform. , it will lead to poor ventilation and irritating cough, which is like a choking cough caused by eating choked food, resulting in dyspnea.
2, expectoration of sputum : At first, the expectoration of sputum is not obvious or there is a small amount of white mucous sputum. After the lesion, it will expand and even the sputum volume in the lungs will increase. If infected by bacteria, the amount of sputum will also increase, yellow purulent sputum will appear, and even accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever chills and other phenomena.
3, chest pain : Chest pain is also the main cause of pulmonary hydrops. Generally, when the disease affects the pleura, especially the parietal pleura, chest pain occurs. Sometimes there will be dull pain in indeterminate parts, which is due to the effect of nerve reflex, and will not be affected when the lungs breathing exercise .If there is tingling in the fixed part, breathing and coughing will increase, inflammation will stimulate the pleura, and the patient will often feel pain in the shoulder or upper abdomen, this may be because the inflammation stimulates the diaphragm through the nerve reflex. To.
The following points should be paid attention to in the daily care of patients with pulmonary edema:
1. Patients with pulmonary edema should maintain a regular diet, do not overeating, eat on time, eat light food, and eat less spicy, fried, fried, spirits, etc. Indigestible and stimulating foods, eat more fruits, vegetables and fibrous foods, drink more water, especially bananas, apples , honey laxative foods.
2, eat more vegetables and fruits, supplement trace elements and various vitamins. Better choices are watermelon, winter melon , oranges, etc., which not only can well supplement the trace elements needed by the human body, but also have a certain effect of moisturizing the lungs.
3, stay away from sugar , salt, lard in diet. Nearly three black, black sesame , mushroom , black rice , from the perspective of nutritional value, four legs. Pigs, cows, sheep. It is not as good as two legs, chicken, duck, two legs are not as good as one leg. Mushrooms, one leg is worse than no legs. Fish, often eat kelp , river fish, fish oil can reduce the speed of cell death .
4. Avoid hot things such as chili and pepper, quit smoking, alcohol, eat less fried foods, and avoid phlegm and hot things.
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