Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (慢性阻塞性肺病) is a common, progressive lung disease. At the 慢性阻塞性肺病诊所 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, we provide information about 慢性阻塞性肺病, 如何治疗, and the things that you can do to feel better and live longer.
If you have questions for the 慢性阻塞性肺病 team or you would like to be seen in the 慢性阻塞性肺病诊所, please 接触肺部医学 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
什么是慢性阻塞性肺病?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (慢性阻塞性肺病) is a common, progressive lung disease. Most people with 慢性阻塞性肺病 are smokers or ex-smokers. 慢性阻塞性肺病分为两部分:
- 肺气肿: damage to the lungs, which makes you short of breath with activity
- 慢性支气管炎: inflammation in the airways, which makes you cough
Many people with 慢性阻塞性肺病 have both emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Breathing tests are used to confirm a diagnosis of 慢性阻塞性肺病. We grade 慢性阻塞性肺病 from 1 (mild) to 4 (very severe) based on your breathing test results. The most important thing to do if you are diagnosed with 慢性阻塞性肺病 is to stop smoking. If you have not already done so then you should quit as soon as possible. This will prevent further lung damage. 慢性阻塞性肺病 usually progresses very slowly once you have quit smoking, 所以你可以越早辞职, 更好的.
治疗 for 慢性阻塞性肺病 include inhaled medications, 如果你需要氧气, and regular exercise to reduce your feeling of shortness of breath. 了解更多 about 慢性阻塞性肺病 and treatments.
慢性阻塞性肺病综合护理
慢性阻塞性肺病综合护理 means doing everything possible to improve your breathing and your overall health. The right inhalers are important but so are lots of other things, 比如戒烟, 免疫接种, 氧气和运动. We work with you to make sure your breathing is the best it can be.
在你第一次去诊所的时候, 你会见到我们的护士, 我们的一位医生, 我们的呼吸治疗师. 我们将共同努力:
- Have you perform some breathing tests before we see you. These tests will help us understand whether your 慢性阻塞性肺病 is mild, moderate, or severe.
- 回顾你的病史
- Talk with you about what 慢性阻塞性肺病 is and how it can be treated
- Review the 慢性阻塞性肺病计划清单 and provide you with a personalized plan to take home with you. It may take more than one visit to cover everything on the checklist and not every patient needs everything on this list.
慢性阻塞性肺病计划清单
- 药物: Which medications are right for you?
- 预防恶化: What can we do to prevent a flare up?
- 生病的计划: What is your “Action Plan” if you get sick?
- 睡眠评估你需要睡眠研究吗?
- 先进的指令: Have you completed advanced directives?
- 戒烟你戒烟了吗? 如果不是，我们能帮什么忙呢?
- 肺康复: Would you benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation?
- 氧气你需要氧气吗?
- 免疫接种: Are you up to date with your 免疫接种?
- 肺癌筛查: Would lung cancer screening be right for you?
- Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) / transplant: Would lung surgery or transplant be helpful?
- 姑息治疗: Could palliative care be helpful?
- A1AT测试: Have you been tested for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency?
- 其他: Is there anything else we should be doing?
肺支持组
The pulmonary support group is a monthly meeting of patients with lung disease and their families. 许多患者患有慢性阻塞性肺病. We meet at 4:30 pm on the third Wednesday of the month at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
The support group is a great place to meet other people with 慢性阻塞性肺病 and to learn more about 慢性阻塞性肺病 and the lungs in general. 在一个典型的会议上, there will be a presentation by a physician or therapist with the opportunity to ask questions and talk afterward. 过去的专题包括:
- 慢性阻塞性肺病
- 免疫接种 and pulmonary function testing
- 间质性肺病
- Yoga for patients with lung disease
Coffee, tea, and snacks are provided.
Many members of the support group take part in the annual 呼吸新罕布什尔巡航.
For more information about the support group please call contact Heidi Pelchat at 603-650-5533 or 海蒂.a.pelchat@hitchcock.org.
研究
Our 慢性阻塞性肺病诊所 team members have a number of research interests including:
- Peak inspiratory flow rate testing
- 肺巨噬细胞功能
- 肺康复
To learn more about our current research studies and to find out if you might be eligible to participate, please ask one of the 慢性阻塞性肺病诊所 staff during your visit.