Pulmonologist named signs of lung recovery

Pulmonologist Babak spoke about the signs of lung recovery .ru three signs of recovery of the lungs after their defeat – the absence of clinical symptoms, X-rays and breath tests.

“The first signs of recovery are the disappearance of the clinical symptoms of the disease. These are cough, phlegm, and shortness of breath. They should be completely absent from the patient. If they persist for a long time, or wheezing, wheezing and wheezing join, you should immediately seek medical help, “the specialist said.

The second symptom is associated with radiological changes in the lungs. The physician emphasized that frequent use of CT diagnostics should be avoided. If done recently, it should be replaced with an X-ray. According to the doctor, with age, a person accumulates signs of postponed inflammatory processes in the lung tissue.

Breathing tests are divided into three components. Thanks to spirometry, lung volume can be measured. Plethysmography will show residual volume. In the case of its accumulation in large quantities, shortness of breath increases. The diffusion test is the ability of oxygen to pass through the alveoli and dissolve in arterial blood and shows how much alveoli in patients may have been affected.

Previously, Anna Ermund, a member of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Cell Biology at the University of Gothenburg, revealed that in some diseases, a person begins to suffocate during a cough. The specialist named the signs of a dangerous cough, in the presence of which it is necessary to consult a doctor. So, the combination of a cold with a wet cough is very common. Fever can be added to them.

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