Symptoms of asthma in the elderly?

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As we all know, once asthma attacks, it's very painful. If the elderly suffer from asthma, it means that they have to suffer from persistent cough every day, which makes them unable to enjoy their life. The elderly must prevent asthma as soon as possible. Then, let's take a look at the symptoms of asthma in the elderly.

Symptoms of asthma in the elderly?

After the elderly suffer from asthma, they often have the disease all the year round, and the disease lasts for a long time. Especially in cold winter, because of low temperature, and the elderly patients with asthma are less tolerant to cold, the incidence rate of winter is significantly higher than that of other age groups, and higher than that of other seasons. The remission period of asthma in the elderly is relatively short, especially the self remission rate is lower, which needs the help of certain medical means.

The most obvious symptoms of asthma in the elderly are cough and expectoration, shortness of breath and paroxysmal wheezing at night. More than half of the elderly friends will have the performance of wheezing, and it is often accompanied by wheezing and shortness of breath. Most of the elderly patients with asthma have cough history for several years to decades before the onset, so the elderly will not be sensitive to the cough when asthma attacks, which leads to the timely and correct diagnosis and treatment of asthma.

Because the human body is an organic whole, so the onset of asthma will be accompanied by a variety of other complications, such as hypertensive heart disease, coronary heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, arteriosclerosis and so on, these complications will increase the difficulty of diagnosis of elderly asthma, is not conducive to the treatment of the disease. At the same time, elderly patients are also prone to COPD, which often leads to misdiagnosis and prolongs the treatment time.

matters needing attention

Improving the air quality of breathing, placing some plants that can generate negative ions in the room, and increasing the content of negative oxygen ions in the room have a very obvious effect on the prevention of asthma.