Pleural adhesions, pleural thickening prevention and treatment

Condition analysis:
Tuberculosis, pleurisy and pleural cavity of the chest injury patients often have exudative effusion, once the fluid in the pleural fibrin calm, can cause pleural thickening, if fibrin constantly calm, two layers of pleura relative gradually adhesion, or pleural cavity granulation tissue, can also lead to pleural thickening and even adhesion. A large number of pleural thickening and adhesions can cause intercostal space narrowing to ipsilateral mediastinal shift to the opposite side of the spine scoliosis, diaphragm rises. Extensive lesions on patients who can suffer hilar mention tracheal shift to the affected side.

Instructions:
Most do not require treatment of pleural thickening, a slight tightness, Over compensatory and will gradually reduce or disappear. Strengthening exercises, chest movement, deep breathing is the best method of treatment. Extensive pleural thickening respiratory function affects the lungs, pleural adhesions severe symptoms, should surgery, do decortication. Long-standing practice shows that surgery can not make both doctors and patients satisfaction, not only the patient great pain, and easy to create a new pleurodesis and pleural calcification.

Suffering from exudative pleurisy, pleural effusion patients to enhance nutrition, increase appetite, given high-protein, high-calorie, vitamins digestible diet. Promptly to the hospital for treatment, otherwise it is easy to produce pleural thickening. Once the pleural thickening, there is no way to rely on medication to solve the fundamental problems in the future only through surgery lysis of adhesions, as it is absorbed by left pleural effusion after fibrosis sequelae. The main emphasis is on weekdays and exercise to prevent lung infections, protect your lung function. Pleurodesis is also a chronic illness, the treatment of this disease is to prevent the main approach.