General measures
- In acute cases:
- Increase breathing
- Non-invasive or invasive ventilation to improve respiratory acidosis, if necessary.
- In the chronic case:
- Bronchospasmolysis – resolution of bronchial muscle spasms.
- Secretolysis – solution of secretions
- Aim for normal weight! Determination of BMI (body mass index, body mass index) or body composition by means of electrical impedance analysis and, if necessary, participation in a medically supervised weight loss program.
- Review of permanent medication due topossible effect on the existing disease.
Conventional non-surgical therapy methods
- Use of extracorporeal procedures* for CO2 elimination (removal) and simultaneous oxygenation (oxygenation); indication: refractory respiratory acidosis despite invasive ventilation.
* Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): technical method of artificially oxygenating the blood of a patient with lung disease or failure using an external machine.
Regular checkups
- Regular medical checkups
Nutritional medicine
- Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
- Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
- A total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruit daily (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit).
- Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
- High-fiber diet (whole grain products).
- Selection of appropriate food based on the nutritional analysis
- See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
- Detailed information on nutritional medicine you will receive from us.
