Symptoms of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis?

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Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis is the final outcome of a variety of lung diseases. According to the different causes, it can be divided into idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and secondary pulmonary fibrosis. Up to now, most of the pulmonary fibrosis have unknown etiology, pathogenesis and lack of safe and effective treatment drugs, so the mortality rate is high and the prognosis is poor. Let's talk about the symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis.

Symptoms of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis?

First, the acute exacerbation of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis belongs to the category of "lung obstruction" in traditional Chinese medicine. The basic pathogenesis characteristics of the acute exacerbation of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis are blood stasis in collaterals and obstruction of Qi and blood. It is often induced, aggravated and worsened by exogenous six evils. The most common symptoms are wind evil, phlegm, dampness, heat, blood stasis and toxin blocking the lung collaterals“ Therefore, in the treatment of acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis, it is better to choose the drugs with pungent taste as the main, and form the treatment methods such as Xinwen Tongluo, Xinrun Tongluo and Xinkai Sanjie.

Second, there is a clinical evolution process from lung obstruction to lung flaccidity from acute attack to chronic extension of pulmonary fibrosis. In the stage of chronic extension, we often see the complex pathological state of flaccidity in Bi, Bi in flaccidity and Bi flaccidity coexisting. The main pathogenesis characteristics are deficiency of Qi, excess of Qi, deficiency of collaterals, phlegm, heat, blood stasis and toxin blocking collaterals.

Third: pulmonary interstitial fibrosis occurs repeatedly, which is not cured, phlegm and blood stasis cementation, obstruction of lung collaterals, injury of body fluid and gas consumption, loss of essence and blood loss, insufficiency of Qi and blood, deficiency of collaterals and impotence. Clinically, in the late stage of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, the signs of "lung flaccidity" can be seen, such as atelectasis (lung volume reduction or atelectasis), disordered lung collaterals (pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, even honeycomb lung, damaged lung), flaccid lung lobes (severe damage of pulmonary ventilation function / diffusion function, even respiratory failure). Therefore, the treatment of late stage of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis should be based on flaccidity. Lung flaccidity is a chronic deficiency disease of the lung. In the stage of lung flaccidity, the patient's healthy qi is weak, his lung function is seriously damaged, his activity is limited, and his quality of life is significantly reduced.

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To sum up, in acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis, it is suggested to dredge the collaterals with pungent drugs; in chronic extension, it is suggested to dredge and replenish the collaterals; in late stage, it is suggested to treat from flaccidity; in early stage of secondary pulmonary fibrosis, it is suggested to treat from toxicity. This is the treatment ideas and countermeasures, and the specific prescription should be used carefully.