Suggest treatment for a Laryngospasm patient
Patient: My father is a patient of dementia for last few years. A recent persistent failure of response made him hospitalized. He has been released with Ryles tube and catheter. We had to hospitalized him again for. Laryngospasm Presently, he is at home under nursing care but his general health is deteriorating very fast. He has lots of secretions/cough, stomach cramps and a simultaneous fall of oxygen saturation. He is completely bed ridden and very hard to move anywhere. I was wondering what could be done for him! Doctor: Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Best way is to take your father to hospital because possibility of pneumonia is more in his case. Dementia causes aspiration of food content in the lung and this causes aspiration pneumonia. If you want to treat him at home than tracheostomy is an option. In this trachea is opened in front part of neck and tracheostomy tube is inserted in it. Through this tube sectioning should be done to remove secretions in the chest. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your father. Thanks.