Deal with haze active cough

Xi 'an jiaotong university first hospital of doctor of medical director of breathing Sun Zhongmin

Source: health

        Recently, much fog haze, air pollution is serious, make more and more people have been coughing, sore throat, eye discomfort. When it comes to cough, many people regard it as the precursors of the disease. Actually, cough is caused by irritation of the respiratory tract mucous membrane after a defensive reflex action, is a person after suffering from respiratory diseases of a protective response. Tracheal and bronchial cough can timely remove sputum and protect respiratory tract unobstructed, to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis and other respiratory disease sufferers, discharge sputum, cough will harmful contamination eduction body outside, keeping respiratory tract unobstructed are extremely important.

        When severe atmospheric pollution, inhaled particles of dust, and toxic substances in the waste gas of lung deposited, cause bronchial and alveolar inflammation, poisoning, even canceration. And cough (i.e., no disease also cough) actively, make the respiratory tract have a huge airflow, can play the role of timely cleaning, protection of the lungs. Violent cough also increases the pressure of thoracic internal and, in turn, increase lung capacity, improve lung immunity, and protect the lungs.

        Here to teach you a simple and feasible method: every day wake up in the morning or at night before bed, choose a place where the air is fresh (best to in the outdoor air pollution is not serious, but should be avoided in the thick of the tree) to do deep breathing. Inhale to raise his arms slowly, and then take the initiative to cough, rapidly lowered his arms at the same time, make the air flow out from the mouth, nose, cough up phlegm, so if you do this ten times. To make cough is better, to drink a cup of warm boiled water, dilute sputum role in order to achieve. It is important to note that every time do normal breathing several times during the break. To prevent hyperventilation. Bone fractures, emphysema, asthma, chest syndrome and frail elderly people are not suitable for active cough.

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