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Physiotherapeutic approaches
Hello, I keep reading in American CF forums about therapeutic approaches that are not practiced in Germany (anymore?), as for instance using the Vest® or tapping patients with special percussion cups. Upon inquiry, I was told that autogenic drainage was known but considered by far not as ...
01.08.2012
Physiotherapy with Asthma and CF
Hello, When would you inhale Pulmozyme®? I feel that the secretion gets looser more easily if I inhale Pulmozyme® first and then wait for an hour before I do physiotherapy. 1. NaCL 0.9% and 4 dr. Ventolin® (salbutamol) 2. Pulmozyme® (DNAse) 3. Symbicort® (budesonide and formoterol) ...
19.07.2012
Sequence of inhalation and sports
I have a question on the sequence of the therapy building blocks: I first use the Flutter®, since the mucus is rather easy to loosen in my case. Which sequence is more sensible afterwards: First inhalation (with Mucoclear® and colistin or Tobi®, respectively) and then sports? Or first ...
10.07.2012
Inhaling more quickly
Our daughter is whining and crying each time during the therapy because she is bored. She does not want to do her therapy and this is really troubling our everyday life. Therefore, my partner had the idea to mix the drugs to make inhalation quicker. She needs Colistin and Pulmozyme® (Dornase ...
08.05.2012
Thoracic hyperinflation
Hello, The last thoracic X-ray of my 3.5 years-old daughter revealed a thoracic hyperinflation. What does that exactly means? Is it temporary or permanent? My physiotherapist told us that a belt could help her. How considering the follow-up when such a hyperinflation is observed at a such young ...
07.05.2012
Physiotherapy and inhalation with asthma and CF
[Note: below are two similar questions asked by the same person – the answer refers to both of them.] Physiotherapy with asthma and CF Hello, In the morning, I (female, 43 years old) first inhale Symbicort® (budesonide and formoterol) to open up, then Spiriva® (tiotropium bromide), then ...
07.05.2012
Physiotherapy and pneumothorax
Can you practice physiotherapy sessions in case of a pneumothorax drained? If so, can it have adverse effects (make the drain bubble)?
22.03.2012
Furniture of the treatment room
We would like to make our physiotherapeutic section more suitable for CF patients. What do we have to take into account and where do I find information about his? How many rooms do we need? Many thanks!
22.03.2012
Progress of CF, stomachache & physiotherapy
I follow all the instructions, but I do not know if the physiotherapy I do to my child is enough or correct. What are the symptoms before the health of my child is severely affected? Is it true that stomachaches is a major symptom? It does not happen often and I am not sure if it truly happens, or ...
20.01.2012
physiotherapy for a 15 year old teenager
I would like to know which is the most effective and safe physiotherapy technique for a 15 year old boy with CF. I read somewhere that we must not perform clapping and shaking because they may cause pneumothorax or several other complications. Do breaths suffice? Which is your opinion about the ...
10.01.2012
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