Many people have asked me, "Dr. Lee, can oxygen treatment for COPD?" ”
I usually answer like this:
"Oxygen inhalation can alleviate the symptoms of dyspnea, chest tightness, and shortness of breath in COPD patients, but it is basically delusional to want to get a cure."
More importantly, long-term oxygen inhalation will also cause many side effects.
Inhaling high concentration of oxygen for a long time will cause toxic damage to the alveolar membrane and lung capillaries, and there will be symptoms such as burning pain and dry cough in the chest, which is a high concentration of oxygen caused by oxygen radical damage to the respiratory epithelium, causing inflammatory changes in the respiratory tract, which is also a manifestation of oxygen poisoning.
If you have to inhale oxygen as a last resort, it is recommended to continue to inhale oxygen at a low flow rate, with a flow rate of 1-1.5 liters per minute. The oxygen concentration is controlled at 25%-29%, otherwise it is very easy to cause harm to the body."
Mr. Deng, a 51-year-old middle school teacher in Beijing, has suffered from the dilemma of oxygen poisoning.
Mr. Deng has been suffering from chronic bronchial asthma for more than a decade, and last spring, due to difficulty breathing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, he chose oxygen.
One morning half a year later, when Mr. Deng was washing and looking in the mirror, he suddenly noticed that his lips were obviously purple—it was a dark purple, without a trace of ruddy and luster.
This obvious change made Mr. Deng suspicious and afraid, on the one hand, he began to reduce the amount and frequency of oxygen inhalation, on the other hand, he asked to be the son of the Internet industry and help him check what the cause of this symptom was.
Mr. Deng's son met me in the process of network search, and after several communications, there was the following video consultation:
I looked at Mr. Deng, who appeared in the video, first told him that his purple lips were a sign of oxygen poisoning, and told him the possible harm of continuing, and then began to see him.
Mr. Deng's symptoms at that time were as follows: because of those days, he felt cold, headaches and body pain, fever and sweat, shortness of breath, wheezing in the throat, cough chest tightness, could not lie flat, cough bursts, phlegm sticky yellow, not easy to cough out, face red and bored, thirsty and happy to drink, red tongue, and, also, lips bruised.
Based on the above information, I resolutely judged that this was caused by hot sputum obstruction and lung inadequacy. The corresponding treatment method is: clear lung heat, polyester phlegm and asthma.
Prescription: More than 20 chinese medicines such as Amaranth, Aster, Winter Flower, Hot Qianhu, Suzi, Half Summer, Hot Loquat Leaf, etc. 15 doses, decoction. After drinking 15 doses of medicine, Mr. Deng was short of breath, his chest was suffocated, and the amount of phlegm was reduced, and he could sleep lying flat at night.
When the second diagnosis was made, I slightly added or subtracted from the initial diagnosis formula, and it was still 15 doses.
After the 15 doses of medicine in the second diagnosis, the frequency and degree of Mr. Deng's cough decreased sharply.
After three consultations and 15 doses, this time Mr. Deng's bruised lips began to become rosy, with blood color and luster.
The gradual reduction of symptoms made Mr. Deng feel relaxed, and once he jokingly said to his wife, do you see my appearance, like a young guy?
After more than two months of consolidation and conditioning, the symptoms were basically cured, and no recurrence was seen in the follow-up clinic so far.
Patient Mr. Deng chronic bronchial asthma for more than 10 years, there is a root "phlegm" hidden in the lungs, recently because of feeling cold evil, trigger phlegm, so headache pain, fever and sweat, also see asthma symptoms, phlegm heat contains lungs, obstruction of airway, lung loss.
Fangzhong ephedra, hard, slightly bitter, warm, Xuan lung asthma;
Raw plaster, spicy, sweet, cold, unsponstructed;
Amaranth, hard, bitter, cold, should be lung asthma, can be treated to open the mouth to raise the shoulder, can not lie flat;
Aster, hard, bitter, sweet, slightly warm, moisturizing the lungs, dissolving phlegm and coughing, treating cough and asthma, coughing up blood;
Hot winter flower, spicy and warm in sexual taste, with moisturizing lung qi, phlegm and coughing;
Almonds taste bitter, warm, should be lung cough, reduce breath and asthma, moisturize the intestines and laxatives, insecticidal detoxification, indications for cough, wheezing chest fullness, larynx sore throat, dry bowel constipation, insect poison sores.
Burning front beard, xin, warm, expectorant cough, through the nose, detoxification and swelling;
Mulberry white skin, sweet, cold, good at clearing heat and phlegm; The skin of the earth bone is cool, slightly bitter, the main treatment of cool blood in addition to steaming, clearing the lungs and reducing fire;
Suzi, half summer, orange red, Suzi descending reverse phlegm.
The whole party plays the effect of clearing the heat and promoting the lungs, dissolving phlegm and relieving asthma.
I am Li Shuxiang, Chinese medicine practitioner, no matter what confusion or questions you have about asthma, please leave a message in the message area. I will do my best to answer your questions and questions, and I wish you a speedy recovery.
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