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Spacer for children: For successful inhalation with metered-dose inhalers or sprays

Inhalation with asthma sprays or other metered-dose inhalers in children is usually only successful with a spacer. The paediatric pneumologist Dr Franziska Stieglitz explains why this is the case and what to watch out for when using an inhalation chamber.

Mucus build-up in the lungs? An overview of exercises that shift mucus from the lungs

Mucus build-up in the lungs? These eight respiratory physiotherapy exercises can gently shift mucus from the lungs.

Living life to the full – interview with a cystic fibrosis patient

Don’t we all want to live life to the full? But how can you if a disease limits what you can do on a day-to-day basis and may also stop you following your dreams? Read how Denise Yahrling, who was born with cystic fibrosis, lives life to the full despite the illness and what “living life to the full” means for her.

The articles found on the PARI Blog are written by the PARI Blog editorial team. The editorial team consists of PARI employees as well as external guest authors and freelance editors, some of them suffering from severe respiratory diseases themselves.