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Object Stuck in a Child's Airway
Object Stuck in the Throat
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Fast Facts Find out what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is.
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Discusses causes and symptoms of COPD. Looks at chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two diseases that are usually a part of COPD. Covers quitting smoking. Includes treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Offers home treatment tips.
COPD
COPD: What Happens to Your Lungs Learn how COPD affects your lungs and makes it hard to breathe.
How Asthma Develops in Children
Asthma in Children Discusses causes and symptoms of asthma in children. Looks at treatment with medicine such as inhaled corticosteroid and albuterol. Discusses avoiding triggers and treating attacks. Covers using nebulizers, metered-dose with spacer and dry powder inhalers.
Obstructive sleep apnea: Fast Facts Learn what sleep apnea is.
Oxygen Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Covers oxygen treatment to increase oxygen flow to lungs and blood when you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that oxygen therapy may slow or prevent heart failure. Covers oxygen use during exercise, sleep, and travel.
Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Tracheostomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Discusses tracheostomy to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It's done only for severe OSA. Explains that a permanent opening in windpipe is created. Discusses possible complications, including lung infection, trouble talking, and scar tissue.
Sleep Apnea: Using CPAP Learn how CPAP works and how to use a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea.
Sleep Apnea: Having Trouble With CPAP? Learn ways to get past common problems with using CPAP.
Lung Problems: Ways to Clear Mucus Learn some ways to clear mucus out of your lungs so that you can breathe more easily.
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Information on uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea or snoring. Explains that UPPP is a procedure to remove excess tissue in the throat to make the airway wider. Discusses effectiveness and risks.
Sleep Apnea Focuses on obstructive sleep apnea. Discusses causes, including narrowed airways and obesity. Covers symptoms like snoring, gasping during sleep, and daytime sleepiness. Info on treatment with CPAP and oral or nasal breathing devices.
COPD Action Plan
COPD: Handling a Flare-Up
Sleep Apnea: How Is It Treated? Learn about treatment choices for sleep apnea.
Sleep Apnea: What Is It? Learn what sleep apnea is and why it's important to treat it.
COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better Covers ways to exercise and stay active with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that exercise makes muscles stronger and may improve shortness of breath. Provides step-by-step instructions and photos for how to do upper and lower body exercises.
Stages of Sleep Apnea
Avoiding COPD Triggers Learn how to avoid the things that make your COPD symptoms worse.
Using Oxygen Therapy at Home Learn how to safely use oxygen in your home.
Lung Problems: Breathing Exercises Learn some exercises for your lungs that can help make it easier to breathe.
COPD: Keeping Your Quality of Life Learn how you can stay as active and healthy as possible with COPD.
COPD Flare-Ups
COPD: Avoiding Your Triggers
Lung Function in COPD
Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking
COPD's Effect on the Lungs
COPD: You Can Still Be Active Commit to taking small steps to stay active with COPD.
COPD and Sex
COPD: Avoiding Weight Loss Guides you through ways to add nutritious calories and protein to your diet.
Asthma in Children: Knowing How Bad an Attack Is
COPD: Eating Well for Strength and Energy Learn how good nutrition can give you energy and help you stay healthy.
COPD: How to Use a Nebulizer Learn how to use a nebulizer correctly.
COPD: Keeping Your Diet Healthy Covers eating healthy foods when you have COPD. Offers tips to make eating easier and help you get necessary nutrition.
Bronchoscopy Learn what bronchoscopy is and how it is done.
Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Mask Spacer Learn how to help your child use a metered-dose inhaler with a mask spacer.
Asthma Action Plan for Your Child Learn how following an asthma action plan can help you control your child's asthma.
Long-Acting Bronchodilators for Your Child Learn why a long-acting bronchodilator might be added to your child's asthma medicine.
Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler Without a Spacer Learn how your child should use a metered-dose inhaler without a spacer.
Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Spacer Learn how your child should use an inhaler with a spacer.
How to Use a Nebulizer With a Mask Learn how to use a nebulizer, with a face mask, on your child.
Asthma's Impact on Your Child's Life
Sleep Apnea: Should I Have a Sleep Study? Guides through decision to have sleep study to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea. Includes pros such as diagnosis that can lead to treatment. Also offers cons such as cost. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
Breathing Problems: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer Covers helping a child use a metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer. Explains that a metered dose inhaler delivers a measured dose of medicine directly to the lungs. Includes pictures on how to use metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer.
Your Corticosteroid Inhaler: Making It Easier to Breathe Learn why you need to keep using your corticosteroid inhaler and how to make it easier to use.
COPD: Taking Medicines After a Flare-Up Learn how taking COPD medicines correctly helps prevent flare-ups and trips to the hospital.
COPD and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency
COPD: Take This Chance to Quit Smoking Find motivation to quit by comparing what you tell yourself about smoking and what the facts are.
COPD: Time to Decide About Smoking Learn how continuing to smoke will affect your COPD symptoms.
COPD: Clearing Your Lungs
Asthma: Peak Expiratory Flow and Personal Best
Asthma: How to Overcome Treatment Obstacles
Asthma: Keeping Your Child Out of the Hospital Learn ways to prevent a return trip to the emergency room for your child with asthma.
Asthma: Helping a Young Child Take Medicine Learn ways to encourage your young child to take asthma medicine with a nebulizer.
Helping Your Child Deal With Asthma Learn how to help your child deal with asthma and asthma treatments.
COPD: Try a New Quit-Smoking Strategy Hear how one man with COPD finally quit after many years of smoking.
Sleep Apnea: Should I Have Surgery? Guides through decision to have surgery for sleep apnea. Discusses problems like depression and high blood pressure associated with lack of treatment. Covers alternatives to surgery. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Breathing Problems: Using a Nebulizer
Swallowed or Inhaled Objects Briefly discusses the types of things that can be swallowed or inhaled, such as food, poisonous plants or chemicals, and disc batteries. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Breathing Problems: Using a Metered-Dose Inhaler
Breathing Problems: Using a Dry Powder Inhaler Covers using an inhaler to get needed medicine into lungs quickly. Describes dry powder inhalers, how they work, and why to use them. Includes pictures on how to use a dry powder inhaler.
Chronic Illness: Help for Caregivers
Asthma: Is Your Child Using the Quick-Relief Inhaler Too Often? Learn how to tell when your child is using a quick-relief inhaler too often and when to call a doctor.
Lung Problems: Learning to Breathe Easier
Sleep Apnea: How Treatment Can Improve Your Life Learn about the benefits of treating sleep apnea.
Oral Breathing Devices for Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home
Conserving Your Energy Learn how to conserve your energy when doing daily activities.
Sleep Apnea: Time to Get Checked Learn about the different ways that sleep apnea can affect the quality of your life.
Testing for Asthma in Children Learn about asthma tests for children.
COPD: Exercises for Building Strength Try a few gentle and safe exercises to build your strength.
Bullectomy for COPD
COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Fran's Story: Finding Support When You Have COPD
Cal's Story: Learning to Exercise When You Have COPD
Sarah's Story: Dealing With the Emotions From COPD
Asthma: Educating Yourself and Your Child
Ned's Story: Quitting Smoking
Child Safety: Air Pollution
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Sleep Apnea: Fiber-Optic Pharyngoscopy
Lung Surgery: Before Your Surgery Learn how lung surgery is done and what you can do to prepare.
Lung Surgery: Returning Home Learn how you'll feel after lung surgery and how to take care of yourself at home.
Tracheostomy Surgery Learn what a tracheostomy is and how it is done.
Tracheostomy: Returning Home Learn how to take care of yourself at home after a tracheostomy.
Lung Transplant Learn basic information about lung transplants, including why they are done, what to expect after the surgery, how well a transplant works, and what the risks are.

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