What is emphysema

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Now the air quality is not particularly good, a lot of dust and bacteria will enter our lungs, leading to emphysema. Next, I will explain to you what kind of sputum will cough after emphysema.

What is emphysema

First of all, emphysema is a common lung disease. After suffering from emphysema, the sputum that people cough out is usually thick sputum, and the color of sputum is yellowish.

Secondly, the signs of mild emphysema were normal. When emphysema aggravated, the anterior and posterior diameter of chest increased, the appearance was barrel shaped, the spine was kyphosis, the shoulder and clavicle were raised, the intercostal space was full, and the activities of ribs and clavicle were weakened. The voice tremor was weakened, the percussion was clear, the boundary of heart murmur was reduced or disappeared, and the boundary of liver murmur was decreased. The breath sounds and speech tremors were weakened, and the exhalation was prolonged. Sometimes dry and wet rales can be heard at the bottom of lung, and heart sounds are far away. Patients with severe emphysema, even at rest, will also appear shallow and fast breathing, almost no breathing sound. Cyanosis, right heart failure with cor pulmonale, jugular vein distention, ascites, hepatomegaly, depressed edema and other signs may appear.

Finally, surgical treatment: Patients with end-stage emphysema have poor quality of life and limited survival. For a long time, various surgical methods have been used to treat patients with poor drug response.

matters needing attention

Suffering from emphysema, this disease in daily life must be reasonable to arrange their own diet, usually pay attention to their indoor air circulation, try to wear a mask when going out, to avoid bacteria invading the lungs, leading to the aggravation of emphysema.