How to treat mild pulmonary fibrosis

No matter what disease it is, people should actively seek treatment in the early stages of the disease, otherwise it will be very difficult to treat when the disease becomes serious. Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease that can be treated in the early stages. There are many treatment options available, and it can also achieve complete cure. Therefore, many patients will consider, if it is mild pulmonary fibrosis, what are the treatment options?

Can mild pulmonary fibrosis be cured?

In the early stages, most cases present with coexistence of alveolitis and partial fibrosis, and the alveolitis can be completely reversed. The repair process of alveoli invaded by inflammation is a process of absorption and fibrosis. Whether it restores normal lung tissue or fibrosis depends on whether the necrotic tissue fragments can be completely absorbed. If it cannot, it will be replaced by fibrous tissue. Therefore, when lung damage occurs, standardized treatment should be carried out as soon as possible to avoid the occurrence of more irreversible fibrosis tissue and damage to lung function. Therefore, patients with mild pulmonary fibrosis in general can be cured, regain health and resume normal life as long as they adopt appropriate standardized treatment methods.

How to treat mild pulmonary fibrosis

1. Oxygen therapy. Giving the patient oxygen inhalation can improve the decline in blood oxygen, which falls under the category of inhalation therapy. This therapy can increase arterial oxygen partial pressure, improve tissue hypoxia caused by decreased blood oxygen, and maintain the functions of important organs such as the brain, heart, and kidneys; it can also reduce the increased workload of the heart and lungs caused by increased heart rate and breathing during hypoxia. It has a better effect on hypoxia caused by decreased arterial oxygen partial pressure in respiratory diseases, but can only partially improve hypoxia caused by poor circulatory function or anemia.

2. Humidification and atomization therapy. Mainly refers to aerosol inhalation therapy. Aerosols refer to tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the air. Therefore, nebulizer inhalation therapy uses a nebulizer device to disperse the drug (solution or powder) into tiny droplets or particles, suspending them in the gas and allowing them to enter the respiratory tract and lungs to clean the airways.

Pulmonary fibrosis is extremely harmful to the body. Dyspnea is the most common symptom of pulmonary fibrosis. If the disease is not treated and controlled early, as the disease progresses, it will cause the lungs to lose function and lead to the patient's death. Therefore, during treatment, dietary adjustments in life are also very important. Not only do you need to drink plenty of water, but you also need to eat light and easy-to-digest food, avoid eating greasy and spicy foods, and especially abstain from smoking and drinking, in order to better control the disease.