| What is emphysema? | | | | thorax), demanding urgent surgical treatment. |
| The concept of emphysema of lungs unites the | | | | Diagnosis |
| raised lightness and the lowered mobility of a | | | | Besides survey, for diagnostics emphysema of |
| pulmonary tissue. | | | | lungs use: |
| More often all is amazed lungs (diffuse | | | | * Radiological research of lungs it is characteristic |
| emphysema). Sometimes bloated sites of lungs | | | | distention a pulmonary fabric and increase of its |
| are combined with a normal pulmonary tissue. | | | | lightness; |
| Such sites name as bullas, and emphysema as | | | | * the Computer tomography of lungs apply to |
| bullous. | | | | diagnostics and definition of a precise arrangement |
| How it occurrence? | | | | bulla is more often; |
| Principal cause of disease - a chronic bronchitis. As | | | | * Research of function of external breath — |
| a matter of fact, a total of a chronic bronchitis is | | | | allows to reveal a degree of infringement of |
| formation emphysema of lungs. | | | | function of lungs. |
| In development of bullous emphysema the | | | | Treatment |
| important role hereditary factors, and also the | | | | The basic methods of treatment emphysema are |
| transferred diseases of lungs (play a tuberculosis, | | | | oxygen therapy (inhalation of air with the raised |
| etc.). | | | | content of oxygen) and respiratory gymnastics. |
| Smoking, impurity of air various dust particles also | | | | These methods allow to suspend progress of |
| assist progress of disease. | | | | infringements of work of respiratory and |
| What occurs? | | | | cardiovascular systems. |
| It is as a result long current inflammatory process | | | | At bllous emphysema a surgical treatment is |
| (a chronic bronchitis) a tissue of lungs loses ability | | | | recommended. An essence of treatment removal |
| dynamically to be stretched and be fallen down | | | | bullas. Such operations can be carried out as by |
| according to breath that leads hyperextension of | | | | means of classical access with opening a thorax, |
| lungs and to increase of quantity of air in them. | | | | and endoscopic (by means of special tools, |
| Such superfluous air does not participate in breath | | | | through punctures of a thorax). Endoscopic |
| and the hyperinflate pulmonary tissue does not | | | | removal of bullas is more preferential: significantly |
| work is high-grade. | | | | the regenerative period after operation is shorter, |
| The basic complaint of patients with emphysema | | | | is absent extensive cicatrical tissue on a thorax. |
| a short wind significantly amplifying at physical | | | | Duly removal of bullas warns progress of such |
| activity. If the reason of disease a heredity the | | | | terrible complication as aeropleura hit of air in a |
| short wind appears already at young age. | | | | thorax owing to break bullas. |
| Without treatment emphysema progresses, that | | | | If the reason of emphysema is the chronic |
| leads to infringement of work of respiratory and | | | | bronchitis, the important role is played with the |
| cardiovascular systems. | | | | prevention of development of aggravations of a |
| Bullous emphysema can proceed imperceptibly, | | | | bronchitis. At development of an aggravation its |
| being shown already complication by development | | | | rational treatment under the control of the |
| aeropleura (break bullas and forcing of air in a | | | | doctor, including with application of antibiotics. |