The Ryan Report Home Oxygen Guru – The HO2G Pen Question & Answer Do you know if you can use oxygen in the swimming pool? I know you can use a concentrator if it is 10 feet away in the shower, but I have never heard anything about using one for swimming. Would you please…
Fibrosis File Top Pulmonary Fibrosis stories of 2018 from Pulmonary Fibrosis News include: CDTChe reported that dentists and other dental healt hcare personnel may be at risk of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Esbriet and Ofev show significant benefits in slowing IPF A 12-week treatment with experimental drug PBI-4050 stabilized lung function both as a…
Ask Mark … An Arkansas EFFORTS member tells Mark she is walking 10 minutes daily and asks why exercise is so important for lung disease? Mark replies, Folks with COPD and other chronic lung diseases can become trapped in what we call “the vicious or downward spiral”: You have trouble breathing when you move about.…
Do you OR does someone you know live with COPD and Sleep Apnea? The COPD Foundation and American Sleep Apnea Association have partnered to develop a patient-centered study that will provide participants with peer support, a virtual classroom and feedback on how they are using their CPAP device through remote monitoring. The study intends to…
Calling Dr. Bauer … As we start the New Year, I would like to offer my Pulmonary Paper readers my top ten bits of advice for those living with lung disease. Write down the names of all your medications and inhalers. Keep a copy in your wallet, purse and on your refrigerator. Know the proper…
Love and Lung Disease Just in case you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask, we found articles for you on sexuality and lung disease! Maintaining Your Sex Life with COPD, www.verywellhealth.com/sex-and-copd-914978 https://tinyurl.com/ydet83hd Sex and Breathlessness, www.blf.org.uk/support-for- you/sex-and-breathlessness How COPD Affects Your Sex Life, www.healthline. com/health/copd/sex#1
Editor’s Note You may feel guilty for having smoked. You may think you need to lose weight or wish you had more money. There are many things we wish we could change about ourselves thinking it would make our lives better. If you can learn to live without expectations of others, you will take a…