What are the symptoms of pulmonary edema?

Pulmonary effusion is not a single disease, but a symptom of a disease. It is also called pleural effusion in medicine. It is a phenomenon of effusion caused by lung infection. For example, pneumonia and tuberculosis are often accompanied by symptoms of pleural effusion. It poses a great threat to health and often causes symptoms such as aggravated cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing in patients.

symptom

The initial symptoms of acute pulmonary effusion may be just coughing, especially coughing in the middle of the night and being unable to lie flat. It is often mistaken for tracheitis or a cold and not taken seriously. In fact, if you experience symptoms such as difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, or even having to sleep sitting down, do not take it lightly. These are all clinical symptoms of acute pulmonary edema.

Acute pulmonary edema also often occurs in the autumn and winter when the weather turns cold. The main causes are coronary artery disease, systemic hypertension, enlarged cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, myocarditis, uremia, etc. If blood pressure is not well controlled, heart rhythm is irregular, infection, fluid overload, anemia, stress or poor patient compliance, heart failure may be aggravated and acute pulmonary edema may occur.

Pay attention to nutritional balance in diet

⒈ Eat regularly, don't overeat, and eat on time. Eat light food, eat less spicy, fried, deep-fried, strong alcohol and other indigestible and irritating foods, eat more fruits, vegetables and fibrous foods, drink more water, especially bananas, apples, honey and other laxative foods.

⒉Keep a good mood and don't be pessimistic.

⒊Diet therapy plan

Usually, you should pay attention to eating more foods rich in vitamin A, carotene and vitamin B2; at the same time, choose foods high in phospholipids to strengthen the brain, such as egg yolks, fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts, etc.; you should also consciously choose more foods that protect the eyes, such as eggs, animal liver, kidney, carrots, spinach, millet, Chinese cabbage, tomatoes, day lily, water spinach, wolfberry.

In terms of diet, we should stay away from the three whites (sugar, salt, lard) and stay close to the three blacks (black sesame, mushrooms, black rice). From the perspective of nutritional value, four legs (pigs, cows, sheep) are not as good as two legs (chickens, ducks), two legs are not as good as one leg (mushrooms), and one leg is not as good as no legs (fish). Eating kelp, river fish, and fish oil regularly can reduce the rate of cell death.