This year, 15 november, world lung slowness day, the theme of which is “live life in the lung, no time more”. On that day, the 2023 chinese conference on pulmonary disease prevention and control was held in beijing. Wang qing, a member of the chinese engineering institute and director of the national centre for respiratory medicine, stated that slow-retarding pulmonary disease was a serious hazard to human health, but that public awareness of the disease was low, as well as the proportion of patients with slow-retarded lungs who examined their function and received standard treatment。
Slow lung disease, commonly known as “old slowness”, has a “three-high” characteristic, namely, high morbidity, mortality and disease burden. To date, there are 99 million slow-retarded patients in the country. According to yang tin, deputy director of the respiratory centre of the china-japan friendship hospital, the rate of slow lung disease among people over 40 years of age is 13. 7 per cent, and one in four persons over 60 years of age is slow lung disease. Chronic pulmonary disease ranks third among single-disease mortality globally。
At the same time, chronic pulmonary disease is also characterized by a “three lows”Lung function checkThe rate is low. Epidemiological surveys have found that only 5-15 per cent of former lung function tests have been performed; and the rate of regulated treatment is low, especially at the grass-roots level. For example, the drug of choice for the treatment of chronic pulmonary disease is an inhalation drug, but the most commonly used at the grass-roots level is antibiotics, chemicals, and even oral hormones.” yang tin said。
Symptoms of slow lung disease include coughing, coughing, short gas, breathing difficulties, etc. Wang xie said that depression and anxiety are also more likely to be experienced by persons with chronic lung disorders。
“the early absence of visible symptoms of chronic pulmonary disease is known as the `silent killer', and a large number of patients with slow-retarded pulmonary disease are not identified.” yang tin stated that “the diagnosis of slow-retarded pulmonary disease is done through lung function tests. If the patient is not treated in a timely manner, the lung function will decline, and later pulmonary heart disease, respiratory failure and cardiovascular disease will be combined.”
“it is alarming to note that a study found that 40 per cent - 70 per cent - of lung cancer patients were slow-retarded”. According to the medical clinic for breathing and acute illness at the chinese-japanese friendly hospital, dr. Niu hongtao。
How to prevent slow lung disease? According to lufeng, the deputy chief of the integrated prevention and control section of the zhejiang center for disease control and disease control, which focuses on the risk factors involved, “first, distance from tobacco, the most important preventive measure against slow lung disease is cessation of smoke and avoidance of exposure to second-hand smoke; second, greater occupational protection for special occupational groups who are often exposed to dust, harmful gases or heavy metal particles; and, to avoid air pollution, less exposure to heavy oil and smoke and less out of the room when there is fog”
Luo feng province added that at-risk groups regularly check their lungs to develop healthy living habits。
How can those who slow down their lungs survive the winter when the climate is changing? Yang ting recommends keeping warm, during the period of respiratory disease, minimizing outing, protecting, washing hands home, ventilating at home, and continuing to use medicine to monitor changes by observing cough and cough。
In recent years, china has continued to implement the “happy respiration” project for the promotion of standardized treatment of slow-retarded pulmonary diseases in china, the national project for the improvement of the national capacity for early-screening interventions for diseases of the respiratory system at the grass-roots level, the national project for early-screening and integrated interventions for populations at high risk of slow-retarded pulmonary disease, and the gradual establishment of a system for the prevention and treatment of slow-retarded pulmonary disease。
“the difficulty and focus of slow lung disease control are at the grass-roots level.” oxyon indicated the need to raise public awareness of slow-retarded lungs, to improve the level of treatment for slow-retarded pulmonary treatment by primary medical staff and to equip primary pharmacies with slow-retarded lung-related inhalants。
