PNEUMOTHORAX- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Research Papers, Yoga & Pranayama

PNEUMOTHORAX

Pneumothorax (collapsed lung) is the condition in which the air leaks into the space between the lungs and chest wall.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • CAUSES OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • TREATMENTS FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • PROGNOSIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • COMPLICATIONS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • PNEUMOTHORAX AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR PNEUMOTHORAX
  • YOGA FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Breathing difficulty
  • Wheezing
  • cough
  • Shallow breathing
  • Chest pain
  • Increased heart rate

CAUSES OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Lung cancer
  • Pneumonia
  • Chest injury
  • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
  • Cystic fibrosis

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PNEUMOTHORAX

Due to the above-mentioned causes, the air leaks into the space between the lungs and chest wall. Sudden onset of chest pain and breathing difficulty are the premonitory symptoms.

DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  1. EXAMINATIONS

Auscultation – when listening to the chest with a stethoscope, the doctor may hear abnormal breathing sounds.

  1. INVESTIGATIONS
  • X – rays
  • Lung function tests
  • CT Scan – chest
  • Laboratory tests – to find out the underlying pathology

TREATMENTS FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Needle aspiration
  • Chest tube insertion
  • Oxygen Therapy
  • Medications and surgical interventions for the underlying pathology

PROGNOSIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Prognosis is based on the severity of the disease, duration and condition of the patient

COMPLICATIONS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Pulmonary oedema
  • Respiratory failure
  • Pneumohemothorax
  • Pneumopericardium

BRONCHIECTASIS AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, pneumothorax is considered a disease that occurs in the pranavaha srothas.
  • Pneumothorax can be symptomatologically correlated to urakshatha and swasa along with kasa.
  • Ayurveda has several formulations to treat the symptoms.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Exposure to dust and smoke
  • Residing in a cold place – seeta sthana
  • Use of cold water- seetambu sevana
  • Irregular meals
  • Injury to vital organs – marma ghata
  • Injury to chest – uro abhighata
  • Suppression of natural urges

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Pain in the chest
  • Aversion towards food
  • Restlessness
  • Pain in the flanks
  • Bad taste in the mouth

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Due to the causative factors, pranavata combined with kapha leaves its path and begins to move in the upward direction, giving rise to breathing difficulty, cough etc.

TYPES OF SWASA

  1. Ksudra swasa
  2. Tamaka swasa
  3. China swasa
  4. Maha swasa
  5. Urdwa swasa

TYPES OF KASA

  1. Vata
  2. Pitta
  3. Kapha
  4. Kshataja
  5. Kshayaja

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Ghurghuraka – Wheezing sound
  • Swasa – Breathing difficulty
  • Kasa – cough
  • Urasulam – chest pain

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Swasa and kasa roga is generally sadhya
  • Urakshata – krichra sadya (difficult to cure)

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

Ayurvedic local treatment for pneumothorax

  • Snehana using lavana taila and Svedam – local fermentation on the chest

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Thalisadi Choorna
  • Pippali Choorna
  • Haridra Khanda
  • Guduchi Satwa
  • Kantakari Ghrutha
  • Datri Loha
  • Kanakasava +Pushkaramoolasava
  • Tribhuvana Keerthi Rasa
  • Dashamoola Katuthrayam Kashaya
  • Shwasa Kutara Rasa

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Dasamoola nirooha basthi is best in vata kapha roga chikitsa
  • virechana

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

Internal administration

External application

  • Karpooradi taila application on chest region during breathing difficulty

HOME REMEDIES FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Heat application on the chest area with a towel dipped in hot water
  • Steam inhalation

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Avoid food items that produce kapha, vataa dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because kapha, vata imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume easily digestible food items
  • Avoid a heavy diet at bedtime.
  • Avoid drinking water immediately after food.
  • Avoid heavy exercises.

YOGA FOR PNEUMOTHORAX

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – cleans the respiratory passage

 The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, and the body relaxed. The patient has to close one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

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