Symptoms of pulmonary encephalopathy, treatments for pulmonary encephalopathy

Pulmonary encephalopathy is a common type of brain disease in clinical practice. After suffering from this disease, patients should observe their own symptoms more often and take timely measures to deal with it.

Symptoms of Pulmonary Encephalopathy:

In the early stages, symptoms may include headache, dizziness, memory loss, lack of energy, and reduced work ability. This may be followed by varying degrees of consciousness disturbance, ranging from drowsiness and lethargy in mild cases to coma in severe cases. It is mainly caused by carbon dioxide anesthesia caused by hypoxia and hypercapnia. In addition, there may be various movement disorders such as increased intracranial pressure, papilledema, and flutter tremor, myoclonus, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Mental symptoms may include excitement, restlessness, increased talking, hallucinations, delusions, etc.

Treatment of pulmonary encephalopathy:

1. Various chronic respiratory diseases should be treated first.

2. Control respiratory tract infections and use antibiotics rationally.

3. Improve respiratory function, hypoxia and carbon dioxide retention.

4. Correct acid-base balance disorders.

5. Provide symptomatic treatment for neurological and mental disorders.