How to relieve pain from pleurisy?

Pleurisy is a very common disease in normal times. It is a chronic disease and is not easy to cure. It requires slow care. To relieve the pain of pleurisy, you first need to check whether there is tuberculosis. This is very critical. After suffering from pleurisy, try to be less angry and develop good living habits. Pay more attention to rest and participate in some outdoor sports appropriately.

How to regulate the diet for pleurisy

1. Eat more garlic. Garlic has the effects of dispelling cold and dampness, killing insects and detoxifying. Garlic contains allicin, which has a strong bactericidal effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and can prevent the formation of tuberculous pleurisy. It can be cooked and eaten as a condiment, or made into pickled garlic or salted garlic and eaten as a dish.

2. It is advisable to eat light food that is easy to digest and nutritious. When there is pleural effusion, the amount of salt intake should be limited, and low-salt, low-fat, high-protein foods should be eaten, such as meat, eggs, tofu, soybeans, peas, etc.

3. Give the patient a high-calorie, high-protein, full-vitamin diet. Usually, one egg or duck egg should be added to breakfast, and 100-150 grams of meat should be added to lunch and dinner. To ensure sufficient calories, 2-3 snacks, such as milk, cakes, biscuits, etc., can be added to the main meals.

4. Eat more green vegetables, such as cabbage, lettuce, spinach, water spinach, etc.

5. Eat more beef, milk, eggs, animal offal, poultry and soy products.

6. Eat more fruits, such as oranges, tangerines, pears, apples, bananas, etc.

How to effectively prevent pleurisy

Prevention of pleurisy Active and thorough treatment of diseases inside and outside the lungs is of great significance in preventing the occurrence of pleurisy. Exercise, strengthen your physical fitness and improve your disease resistance.

The prevention of tuberculosis focuses on protecting and enhancing the body's resistance. The specific measures are:

① Live a regular life, that is, rationalize and regularize your lifestyle, be careful in your daily life, avoid wind and cold, quit smoking and drinking, stay away from sex, and maintain a proper balance between work and rest.

② Eat in moderation, eat nutritious food, and avoid spicy food.

③Breathe fresh air frequently.

④ Patients with pleurisy should maintain an optimistic mood, because negative emotions can affect the body's resistance.

⑤ Regularly participate in sports, exercise and enhance physical fitness.

⑥Since infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the direct cause of the disease, contact with patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, especially those with active pulmonary tuberculosis, should be minimized.