How long can a person with stage 2 pneumoconiosis live?

The damage caused by stage II pneumoconiosis is also relatively large. Therefore, in order to reduce the adverse effects and life-threatening risks, timely symptomatic treatment is necessary. Current treatments include drug therapy and surgical intervention. You must follow the doctor's advice.

1. Symptomatic treatment and treatment of complications After the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis, the patient should be transferred away from the dust-exposed job. Those with serious illness should rest or arrange for recuperation. In winter and spring, attention should be paid to preventing respiratory infections. Patients should work or rest under medical supervision, and organize health exercises, Tai Chi and other activities to enhance their physical fitness. Provide symptomatic treatment to relieve symptoms and alleviate pain. Actively preventing, detecting and treating complications, especially preventing and treating tuberculosis, is extremely important.

2. Drug treatment (1) Commonly used drugs such as sildenafil, tetrandrine and aluminum preparations can slow the progression of pneumoconiosis. (2) Traditional Chinese medicine treatment mainly has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing the lungs and moistening dryness, improving the body's immunity, increasing lung ventilation function and delaying the progression of pulmonary fibrosis. Commonly used drugs include ligustrazine, tanshinone injection, ginkgo leaf preparations, Tanreqing, etc.

3. Surgical interventional treatment of pneumoconiosis pathology is diffuse fibrosis of lung tissue and decreased lung function. For patients with pneumoconiosis combined with tuberculoma and mild fibrosis of other lung tissues, surgical removal of tuberculoma can be considered; for patients with diffuse fibrosis of lung tissue, bullae, and severe impact on lung function, surgical treatment is not suitable. In recent years, many medical institutions have carried out lung lavage. Lung lavage is suitable for patients who have recently been exposed to a large amount of dust and have silicosis stage I or below, but not suitable for patients with silicosis stage II or those with serious complications.