What about respiratory failure

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My husband is the youngest brother in the family. His parents are very old. They used to live in their hometown. Now they are in poor health, so we brought them to us. After a few months, I found that my father-in-law always couldn't sleep well and didn't eat much, especially he often couldn't breathe. He usually felt very tired, very weak, and his hands and feet were a little swollen. My husband is not at home now. I want to take the old man to the hospital for examination, but what's wrong with such respiratory failure? I don't have a clue. Here's what to do with respiratory failure.

What about respiratory failure

First: in fact, respiratory failure is not a disease. It is a clinical syndrome caused by serious damage of lung function caused by various reasons, leading to a series of physiological dysfunction and metabolic disorders. Because the elderly respiratory tract mucosa atrophy, clearance function decline, cough, wheezing and sputum increase, the incidence is lower than young people.

Second: at present, from the condition you described to the patient, the main considerations are respiratory failure, chronic pulmonary heart disease, and possibly cardiac insufficiency. If the blood gas treatment indicates that the partial pressure of oxygen is low and the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is high, consider respiratory failure, if the shortness of breath is obvious, it is recommended to use the ventilator to assist the treatment for a period of time.

Third: there is the option of low flow oxygen, but in this case it is difficult to correct hypoxemia and hypercapnia, and carbon dioxide saturation is difficult to go up. In addition to these, also need to do anti infection, phlegm, diuresis, vasodilation and other symptomatic treatment. During the treatment, we should pay attention to observe the patient's condition.

matters needing attention

This situation of the elderly is mostly caused by the function of body organs, often repeated attacks continue to aggravate, serious time can also appear dyspnea, mental disorder, manic, coma and convulsions and other symptoms, affect the quality of life of patients. Attention should be paid to the rehabilitation treatment of chronic respiratory failure.