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.
Cystic fibrosis patients are among those at increased risk of a severe COVID-19 infection. However, for Tobias the infection was harmless.
Eberhard Jordan has end-stage COPD. In the interview he explains why his life is active and happy despite the illness.
Life changes radically with a donor lung – overwhelmingly for the better. But there are dark sides as well. In this interview, Reiner Heske details what life is like after a lung transplant.
Hospitals across Germany are currently bracing for a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. We discussed the current situation with Hospital Director Prof. Dr Kamin.
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.
