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Posted by Le Thi Huong - General Practitioner - Department of Examination - Vinmec Times City International Hospital
Advances in medical science research new therapies to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) such as shortness of breath, pneumonia, and chronic cough. Some of them have been put into therapeutic applications or are being tested for further research on a large scale.
1. Valve surgery
As the air sacs in your lungs get larger, the lungs can hold too much air each time you inhale. “In some patients with a remaining lung, if part of the lung is removed, they can feel a lot better. Therefore, the standard treatment is surgical removal of the damaged lung, but valve surgery is now another option. The respiratory surgeon may use a bronchoscope to place a one-way valve in your airway. This allows the over-expanded portion of the lung to release air out of the airways, but not air in. However, this surgery is not suitable for everyone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If there is damage to the right area of the lung for the valve to work. Other methods of blocking the airways and keeping the alveolar sacs from expanding excessively, such as placement of microscopic coils, are being tested to see if the benefits for people with COPD outweigh the risks. are not.
2. Combination therapy
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - COPD such as a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) and a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) can be used together to relieve symptoms. symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Both drugs relax the airways. It is possible to start with one LABA and then add another LAMA, and there should be no hesitation in initiating treatment with a combination of the two.3. Rehabilitation of respiratory function
If COPD symptoms are affecting your quality of life, leading to excessive weight loss, or becoming weak and less active, respiratory rehabilitation can be very helpful. During pulmonary rehabilitation, learn how to exercise, get vaccinated properly, and get nutritional advice. Maybe three times a week, usually an hour daily. You can exercise on machines and weights with a trainer.
Phục hồi chức năng hô hấp cho bệnh nhân COPD là việc làm hữu ích
Respiratory rehabilitation may also include visits with a respiratory specialist or technician to deal with stress or emotions, support groups with people with COPD, and training to learn how to save energy and breathe better. It's important to stay active every day, keep your weight under control, get vaccinated every year, and get regular check-ups or if you have any problems.
Besides, the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease needs to avoid smoking. Accordingly, those who care for you should understand that they should not smoke around you.
4. Drugs IL-5
Doctors can use blood tests to divide people with COPD into smaller groups to prescribe more specifically targeted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments. For example, one group includes people with high eosinophils, a number or percentage of white blood cells. Eosinophils are more common in asthma, but some people with COPD also have high eosinophils. A new class of biologic drugs known as IL-5 antagonists may be effective against eosinophilia. Currently applied to severe asthma and is being studied in patients with COPD.
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5. Stem cell therapy
In the setting of COPD, for many years your lungs are damaged and ventilation is limited. Alveolar dilation gradually increased. Connective tissue breaks down and causes severe breathing difficulties. Mesenchymal cell immunotherapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease involves taking stem cells from adipose tissue or taking immune cells from the blood and using them to regenerate new alveolar cells. Currently being tested to treat cancer and chronic lung diseases with good results, it is hoped that these experimental studies will be widely deployed in the future.
Bệnh phổi tắc nghẽn mãn tính cần được thăm khám và điều trị bởi bác sĩ giàu kinh nghiệm
Although it is impossible to completely cure chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but now there are many methods to treat and prevent the disease from developing effectively. For chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the specialist will aim to reduce the symptoms of the disease, reverse, slow the progression of the disease, improve exercise, and prevent and treat complications.
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