The 25 September 2020 is International Lung Day. According to Dr Uta Butt from the German Respiratory Health League (Deutsche Atemwegsliga e.V.) and Managing Director of AG Lungensport (AG lung sport) this is a good day, as it offers “a wonderful opportunity to find out about the subject in hand”.
Brigitte Schmailzl, physiotherapist for the German bobsleigh team and for the Reference Centre for Respiratory Therapy in Sport talks about how inhalation therapy is an important factor in virus protection.
Richard has had pulmonary emphysema and COPD for the past 20 years. In March 2020, the 64-year-old was infected with coronavirus. In an interview, he talked about what it was like for him to have COVID-19.
Mukoviszidose-Patienten gehören zu denjenigen Menschen, die ein erhöhtes Risiko für einen schweren COVID-19 Verlauf tragen. Die Erkrankung kann aber auch harmlos verlaufen – wie zum Beispiel bei Tobias.
Eberhard Jordan has end-stage COPD. In the interview he explains why his life is active and happy despite the illness.
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.
