Side effects of cortisone sprays for asthma and how to reduce them
Cortisone spray, which is often used for asthma, can cause side effects such as hoarseness, cough and oral fungal infections. Read on for tips on how to avoid or reduce side effects.
Helpful breathing techniques everyone should know
Do you suffer from shortness of breath, a cough or a tight chest? We show you breathing techniques that can help with the common symptoms that arise when you have an infection or chronic lung disease.
7 tips to help children inhale asthma sprays / metered-dose aerosols
Children with chronic respiratory diseases often have to inhale asthma sprays or metered-dose aerosols. We have seven useful tips you should bear in mind.
Spacer for asthma & COPD sprays: How to use inhalation chambers properly & benefit from the advantages
An inhalation chamber, known as a spacer, has many advantages for spray inhalation for asthma and COPD. We explain these benefits and show you how to use an inhalation chamber with sprays properly.
Simple breathing exercises for COPD – help for shortness of breath, coughing & hyperinflation: Exercise 3 “Bow and Arrow while Sitting”
Physiotherapist Marlies Ziegler explains how respiratory physiotherapy for COPD works and every week for three weeks she will present a new breathing exercise that will help with shortness of breath, coughing and hyperinflation. Part 3
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.