Lung Fibrosis
Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred, this thickened stiff tissue makes it more difficult for your lungs to work properly.It is a serious lifelong disease if not treated properly.
Causes:
- COPD
- Post COVID infection
- Smoking
- Work in mining and farming
- Long term exposure to certain toxins
- Radiation therapy
- Occupational and environmental factors
- Genetic factors
- Dust particles such as silica, hard metal dust, coal dust, grain dust
Signs And Symptoms:
- Shortness of breath (dyspnoea)
- A dry cough
- Fatigue – Extreme tiredness
- Unexplained weight loss
- Aching muscles and joints
- Widening and rounding of the tip of the fingers and toes
What Are The Complications Of Pulmonary Fibrosis?
Scarred lung tissues have a hard time getting oxygen to the rest of the body. This strains the right side of the heart. It may lead to high blood pressure in the lungs (called pulmonary hypertension). In severe cases, it can cause heart failure.
Homoeopathic Approach :
The aim of homoeopathy is not only to treat lung fibrosis but to address its underlying cause. Homoeopathy prevents further damage to the lung tissues and improves the overall immunity of the patient.
Medicines
Homoeopathic Medicines For Lung Fibrosis :
Arsenic Album :
Burning in chest. Suffocative catarrh, cough worse at midnight. Expectoration is scanty and frothy.
Bryonia :
Soreness in the larynx and trachea. Dry hacking cough, cough dry at night, must sit up, worse after drinking or eating. With stitches in the chest.
Drosera :
Spasmodic dry cough, like whooping cough, cough very deep and hoarse, worse after midnight, breathing difficulty while talking.
Antim Tart :
Hoarseness. Great rattling of mucus but very little expectorated. Burning sensation in the chest. Rapid short, difficult breathing seems as if he would be suffocated.
