Posts of category: Parents + Children

Does your child cough frequently or have phlegm? Are you wondering how to encourage your child to use inhalers when they don't want to right away? Here you'll find many helpful tips and tricks for parents on the topics of inhaling with children, coughing in children, etc.

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.

Motivating children to use a nebuliser part 1

In a four-part series we answer the question: How can I motivate my child to use a nebuliser? To start off, we talked to Ramona L, whose daughter has cystic fibrosis. She shares her experiences and she also tested out the PARI inhalation passport for us.