Patient's question:
My mother has been feeling a bit stuffy at the intersection for the past two days and often struggles to catch her breath. After a thorough examination, it was diagnosed as pulmonary fibrosis. I would like to ask how pulmonary fibrosis is treated?Doctor's answer:
Pulmonary fibrosis is a tissue structure destruction caused by the aggregation of fibroblasts, deposition of extracellular matrix, accompanied by malignant reactions and damage. Maintain good nutrition and proper weight: Good nutrition is highly beneficial for maintaining an ideal weight. Western medicine treatments include corticosteroids, immunosuppressants or cytotoxic drugs, antioxidants, antifibrotic drugs, receptor inhibitors, autoimmune modulators, etc. Chinese medicine treatment methods Chinese characteristic therapies (herbal intravenous infusion, acupoint plaster application, herbal atomization, auricular therapy, and several other characteristic therapies); Pay attention to preventing colds, avoiding colds, and preventing infections.