Can emphysema fly?
People with emphysema and pulmonary heart disease should not travel by air.
Emphysema is the bronchiole cavity expanding when inhaling, and the air enters the alveoli; When exhaling, the lumen contracts, the air stays, and the pressure in the alveoli increases, leading to excessive expansion and even rupture of the alveoli. When the plane is flying at high altitude, the air in the cabin cannot be fully replaced due to the air pressure. If the flight time is long, the carbon dioxide content in the cabin will increase and the negative oxygen ion content will decrease, thus making it difficult for emphysema patients to breathe.
At the same time, in high altitude areas, due to environmental changes, patients may be aggravated by gas expansion or cause breathing difficulties. Especially for patients with pneumothorax and pulmonary bullae, because they are not adapted to the environment, the gas expands during the flight, which aggravates the condition and may even endanger the patient's life.
Can emphysema run?
Emphysema can run, but not too fast. Jogging is appropriate.
Jogging is conducive to maintaining good cardiopulmonary function and preventing the decline of lung function. But if you want to nourish your lungs by jogging, you can't simply run two steps, but you should also pay attention to a certain breathing method, that is, "abdominal breathing."
Patients with emphysema have decreased diaphragmatic activity and respiratory function due to the increase of lung volume. The purpose of abdominal breathing is to use abdominal muscles to help the diaphragm move, thus increasing alveolar ventilation. Training abdominal breathing is helpful to increase ventilation, reduce breathing frequency, increase cough and expectoration ability, and relieve dyspnea symptoms.
To achieve the effect of moistening the lungs and keeping fit, it is best to run three times or more every morning for about 20 minutes to half an hour every day. The best intensity is to talk to people while running, without feeling uncomfortable and panting. The best choice is in the park, where there are many green plants and plenty of oxygen.
Exercise instruction for emphysema
1, please ask a doctor to make a comprehensive evaluation according to the examination results before physical exercise, including symptoms, physical examination, electrocardiogram, lung function, chest X-ray examination, etc. To determine the exercise mode and amount of patients with emphysema. Pay attention to the changes of the whole body and breathing state during the activity, and gradually increase the amount of activity from small to large.
2. For patients with mild emphysema, generally speaking, they don't feel uncomfortable, and they can do their daily work and participate in various social activities. They can choose walking, jogging, cycling, gymnastics, playing Tai Ji Chuan and dancing disco for the elderly according to their hobbies. These activities are simple and easy. You can also choose running platforms, power-assisted bicycles and other equipment for targeted exercise.
3. Patients with moderate emphysema generally have asthma, which is aggravated after exercise, limb fatigue, fatigue and poor endurance, and the pulmonary ventilation function is moderately reduced. The forced expiratory position of 1 s only reaches 40% to 60% of the normal predicted value. These patients are generally unable to continue their original work and their range of activities is greatly reduced. You can go for an outdoor walk, practice Qigong or Tai Ji Chuan, and the range of activities should not be too large to avoid aggravating asthma.
4. For those seriously ill patients, they usually have obvious asthma symptoms, even sitting still: extremely thin and weak, life is difficult to take care of themselves; the pulmonary ventilation function is seriously reduced, and the forced expiratory device 1 s only reaches 20% to 40% of the normal predicted value. These patients can be properly trained in limb muscle strength and strengthen nutrition.
Dietary taboo of emphysema
Don't eat spicy, salty and greasy food: Chinese medicine believes that foreign pathogens invade the human body and stay in the lungs, leading to lung heat lesions, so don't eat spicy, salty and greasy food such as pepper, pepper, star anise, garlic, ginger, kimchi, sauce, pickled pork and beef, because spicy diet can rob yin and help fire, help dampness and produce phlegm. Don't eat wine and foods that generate heat and help heat: wind pathogen warms the lungs, blocks lung qi, turns heat into depression, and burns body fluid and produces phlegm, so avoid or eat less food that generates heat and helps heat, such as hairtail, nail fish, chicken, glutinous rice, yellow wine, longan, red bayberry, jujube, maltose, wine, etc., so as to avoid wind pathogen warming into the stomach and aggravating cough and expectoration.
Avoid spicy and irritating foods: Irritating foods help to ignite, stimulate the respiratory tract, and spread lung abscess, so avoid foods such as pepper, pepper, ginger, garlic, and onion.
Avoid drinking tea and stimulating drinks: avoid drinking strong tea, coffee, wine and other stimulating drinks, because it can excite the central nervous system, speed up the pulse and raise blood pressure. In addition, patients with high fever, such as drinking these drinks, increase the consumption in the body. Alcohol, on the other hand, adds fuel to the fire, making the abscess bigger and even life-threatening.
What are the dietary taboos of emphysema? Don't eat spicy and greasy food: it is forbidden to eat spicy and warm food such as beef, dog meat, mutton, litchi, longan, peanuts, maltose, oranges and jujubes, because these foods can help fire to generate heat, produce phlegm and consume body fluids, which will aggravate pus and phlegm and aggravate the condition.