Is pulmonary edema serious in children?

Water accumulation in the lungs is usually pulmonary effusion, which is mainly caused by the accumulation of water outside the lungs. The causes of the disease include lung diseases such as pleurisy. The clinical manifestations are cough, chest pain, chest tightness, and low fever. It can also be caused by some autoimmune diseases. Pulmonary effusion is also called pleural effusion. If it is discovered early and treated in time, the prognosis is relatively good. What are the main clinical manifestations and treatments of pulmonary edema?

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, paroxysmalnocturnal dyspnea (PND), thopnea, 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 lead to acute pulmonary edema.

treat

The treatment of pulmonary edema mainly depends on the cause of the disease. Common causes include hypertensive heart disease, coronary heart disease, aortic valve disease and mitral valve regurgitation. Irregular heartbeat, severe anemia and excessive fluid infusion can also cause pulmonary congestion and fluid accumulation. Pulmonary effusion can be treated with diuretics, some vasodilators and morphine, which have a great soothing effect during the acute phase. These are symptomatic treatments. In order to achieve the goal of cure, treatment should be based on the underlying cause, such as controlling high blood pressure, improving coronary blood supply and promoting the heart's pumping function. Severe heart valve disease can be corrected with surgery, and drugs can normalize heart rhythm and cure anemia. In the early stages of the disease, if the underlying cause can be effectively controlled, it is not difficult to cure pulmonary edema; but if it is a late stage disease and the heart function has begun to fail, it is more difficult to cure.

Pulmonary hydrops can be treated with both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine treatments include: 1. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment. 2Acupuncture therapy. 3. Diet therapy. Western medicine treatments include: the principles of treatment are anti-tuberculosis drug chemotherapy and chest drainage. 1

Anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. 2. Thoracocentesis and drainage. 3. Application of adrenal cortex hormone. You can ask your doctor for details.

Treatment mainly uses diuretics to increase the excretion of sodium and water, which helps to reduce blood volume and reduce pulmonary vascular congestion; cardiotonic drugs to increase myocardial contractility, improve left ventricular function, and increase cardiac output; arterial vasodilators to dilate arterioles and reduce systemic vascular resistance; and venous vasodilators to reduce the amount of blood returning to the heart and reduce left ventricular filling pressure. Non-drug treatment includes correcting the inducing factors, limiting salt intake (less than 2 grams per day), limiting water intake (less than 1200cc per day), and appropriately limiting the amount of activity.

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, and 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.