How atelectasis can affect your health?

What is Atelectasis?

Atelectasis is a condition of the lungs that occurs when a small sac at or at the end of the airways does not expand properly during respiration. The lungs are where the body takes in oxygen and excretes carbon dioxide. When inhaled, the air enters the trachea or trachea. The trachea is divided into two channels called bronchi, with each bronchus going to the lungs.

Symptoms of Atelectasis

Symptoms can range from nonexistent to very severe, depending on how affected the lungs are and how quickly the lungs develop. If the number of alveoli is low or slow, there may be no symptoms.

When atelectasis covers many alveoli or develops rapidly, it becomes difficult to supply enough oxygen to the blood. Decreased blood oxygen levels can cause the following:

• Breathing problems
• Sharp chest pain, especially with deep breathing and coughing
• Rapid breathing
• Increased heart rate

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Pneumonia may occur in the affected area of the lungs. When this occurs, typical pneumonia symptoms such as cough, fever, and chest pain may appear.

Treatment of Atelectasis

 Atelectasis treatment depends on the main cause and serious symptoms.

If you feel breathing or feel that you don’t get enough air, please refer to the immediate treatment.

You may need a cavity while your lungs are not able to recover and cause processing.

Treatment includes:

• Bronchoscopy to relieve mucous-like constipation
• Drugs inhaled with an inhaler
• Physical therapy such as tapping the chest to absorb mucus, draining mucus on one side of the chest or with the head down, exercise to improve breathing
• Respiratory tract or device for constant positive airway pressure (CPAP)

What is Outlook?

 It rarely threatens life, and, as a rule, disappears as soon as the reason works.

Most of your lungs affect or quickly attempt when life, such as the main occlusion in airways, and a large amount of liquid or air compresses one or both lungs most of them are almost always caused.

Atelectasis is the complete or partial collapse of a lung. It is sometimes referred to as a “collapsed lung,” although a collapsed lung can also mean a condition called pneumothorax. Atelectasis is usually reversible and not life-threatening. You can read more about it on veryhealthline.com

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