JOHANÉ DE LA REY
JOHANÉ DE LA REY
Blog #3.2
1 Dec 2021, 06:39
- COPD's are a combination of different diseases that can have one common characteristic and that is that they a affect the lungs and leads to the degeneration of the airways in the lungs.COPD's all affect breathing and make it more difficult.
- Chronic bronchitis develops due to bacterial respiratory infections and the aiway becomes swollen and filled with mucus that results in structural changes in the bronchial walls and a chronic cough. Emphysema develops due to smoking and irritants and it leads tothe aveoli being dilated and damaged and air is trapped in the lungs and can not be exhaled. This causes the capillary blood vessels to stop gas exchange.
- Smoking cessation, bacterial infection treatreatment like immunization against influenza and antibiotic treatment like erythromycin, airway obstruction treatment like bronchodilators, secretions by diluting mucus (rehydration and steam), hypoxia treatment by oxygen inhalation and to increase poor lung capacity- regular light to moderate exercise.
- With asthma a anti-inflammatory drug is most suitable to relieve asthma and ipratropium effects are more directed to bronchodilation and decreased mucus production which are specific side-effects of bronchitis.
- Theophylline causes the contraction of the diaphragm skeletal muscles and this improves in COPD patients the ventilation response, and it reduces hypoxia and dyspnea.
- The role is to increase the oxygen levels at tissues where there may by a shortage of oxygen and treats hypoxia.