When a person develops Quincke's edema, treatment should be started as soon as possible. It goes through in several stages.
First aid
To begin with, before the arrival (arrival) of specialists, it is necessary to alleviate the patient's condition. The first step is to give a diuretic, potassium, vitamin C and any anti-allergic drug. It is best to use syrup for this, because it acts faster than a tablet. It is necessary to fully open the window or window, and also turn on the fan next to the patient.
The next point is the creation of air humidity. To do this, in the bathroom, you can open the faucet with hot water to create the effect of a steam room. If this is not possible, then boiling water must be brought to the patient’s room with the addition of eucalyptus leaves or camphor.
The patient needs to calm down. To do this, you can give him Corvalol, Valocordin or Novopassit. In addition, he needs to take an antihistamine, which he usually uses for treatment.
The patient needs to provide alkaline drink. This can be heated milk with soda dissolved in it or mineral water without hydrocarbonate gas.
In the form of distracting procedures, hot baths lasting about 10 minutes are used for the legs and hands. To swollen places you need to apply a cold compress. This will prevent the development of an attack, reduce itching and swelling.
Treatment of edema by the arriving medical team is carried out by the introduction of an antihistamine. In the case of the rapid spread of edema, when respiratory failure is observed, glucocorticoid hormones are introduced.
Quincke edema treatment
The patient is taken to a hospital, in a special ENT department, where examination and treatment are performed. After diagnosis and diagnosis of Quincke’s edema, the treatment will be carried out under the strict supervision of a physician. When the cause of the disease is unknown, prolonged use of antihistamines is prescribed. If there is a risk of asphyxiation due to laryngeal edema, then the use of glucocorticoids and adrenaline is required.
The patient is prescribed a hypoallergenic diet. From the diet you need to exclude fish, chocolate, tomatoes, milk, eggs, citrus fruits, nuts, wheat and other products that are considered the most allergenic.
With the hereditary form of the disease, “Quincke's edema,” treatment will consist of the use of drugs that make up for the lack of a C1 inhibitor in the body. This type of drug is prescribed only by a specialist.
Folk remedies
Many people ask themselves: if the diagnosis is “Quincke's edema,” is treatment with folk remedies permissible or not? Perhaps, but not at the stage of an exacerbation disease. In this case, the only treatment will be medications. Traditional medicine will come to the rescue only to prevent the disease, to remove allergic manifestations, to improve the metabolism and intestinal tract. For this, the following herbal preparations are applied:
- licorice root, succession, roots of Manchurian aralia, horsetail, rose hips, immortelle flowers, gray alder fruit, roots of elecampane, medicinal dandelion and big burdock. All of the listed dried and ground herbs are mixed in equal amounts. Then pour 10 grams of the mixture with a glass of water and heat in a water bath. The broth is taken orally after a meal three times a day, one quarter glass;
- dandelion root, St. John's wort flowers, centaury, rose hips, corn stigmas, field horsetail are mixed and prepared in the same way as in the first recipe. A decoction after eating three times a day, one quarter cup is used.
Quincke's edema, the treatment of which can occur with the help of medications, and with the help of traditional medicine, can be cured.