What should I do if I have pulmonary fibrosis and infection?

Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and infection indicate that the situation is relatively serious, and patients must pay attention to understanding effective treatment methods, which include drug treatment, such as the use of hormones and various bronchodilators. Of course, Chinese medicine conditioning is indispensable.

1. Western medicine treatment

(1) Hormone therapy: 30-40 mg of prednisone, taken orally in 2-3 doses, gradually reduced to a maintenance dose of 5-10 mg, once a day.

(2) Treatment of complications: Anti-infection treatment, select antibiotics based on the pathogen.

(3) Bronchodilators: aminophylline, salbutamol, etc.

(4) Oxygen therapy: suitable for advanced patients.

2. Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine

(1) Lung Qi deficiency: low-pitched cough and wheezing, easy fatigue, spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, easy cold, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse. Treatment method: Nourish the lung qi, relieve cough and asthma. Prescription: 30 grams of raw astragalus, 10 grams each of raw white atractylodes, apricot kernel, aster, coltsfoot flower, earthworm, 6 grams of siler, 15 grams of pseudoginseng, 6 grams of roasted ephedra, and 6 grams of raw licorice. Chinese patent medicine: Yupingfeng Granules.

(2) Deficiency of both Qi and Yin, with phlegm and blood stasis blocking the lungs: dry cough with little or no phlegm, wheezing and shortness of breath, which worsens with movement, fatigue, dry mouth and throat, fever in the five parts of the body, sore waist and weak knees, pale red tongue with thin white fur or little coating, and a thin and slippery or weak pulse. Treatment method: Nourish the lungs and kidneys, resolve phlegm and promote blood circulation. Prescription: 15 grams each of Pseudostellaria baicalensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis, Chinese yam, and Poria cocos, 30 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 10 grams of Schisandra chinensis, 10 grams of Moutan bark, 10 grams of Alisma orientalis, 30 grams of raw Astragalus, 30 grams of Lilium, 15 grams of walnut meat, 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 10 grams of Aster tataricus, and 6 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa powder (taken with water). Chinese patent medicine: Shengmai Yin oral liquid, Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

(3) Spleen and kidney yang deficiency, blood stasis and internal obstruction: weak cough and asthma, aggravated by movement, more exhalation than inhalation, edema of lower limbs, cold body and limbs, gray face and purple lips, pale and fat tongue with thin white coating, deep, thready and weak pulse. Treatment: Strengthen the spleen and warm the kidney, resolve phlegm and activate blood circulation. Prescription: 10 grams of cooked aconite, 5 grams of cinnamon, 15 grams of cooked rehmannia, 15 grams of cornus fruit, 15 grams of yam, 15 grams of poria, 10 grams of moutan bark, 0 grams of oriental water plantain, 30 grams of raw astragalus, 30 grams of salvia miltiorrhiza, 10 grams of aster, 10 grams of apricot, 10 grams of earthworm, and 10 grams of epimedium. Chinese patent medicine: Ginseng Jianpi Pills, Jinkui Shenqi Pills.