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Bronchial congestion
Hello, My 18-months old CF boy has presented a rhinitis last week (this was a loose cough with a clear runny nose). Our physiotherapist said that supplementary sessions of physiotherapy were not necessary because the bronchi were symptom-free. On the other hand the physiotherapist of my friend, ...
20.01.2014
Query
I would like your opinion about my baby. He is 9 months old and weighs 9.6 kg and is 71 cm tall. Since a month ago he has wet cough. My pediatrician said it was just a viral infection. He administered mucosolvan® (substance: ambroxol to losen the mucus) and spiropent® (substance: clenbuterol, a ...
30.12.2013
smoking passively
Dear questioner, We have an 8-year-old son with CF. We are both non-smokers. But my father lives since recent time with a smoking woman. Because he takes care a lot of our son, I worry because every time he comes back from my father, our son smells like cigarette smoke allover. We have spoken ...
17.12.2013
Bronchitol® and NaCl 5.85%
Dear expert team, I (26, CF, FEV1 about 65%) inhale for years a lot with NaCl 5.85% (20 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes in the afternoon and 30 minutes in the evening) as I can cough up my suptum very well with this and I breathe easier after this. For a few months, I inhale after that in the ...
11.12.2013
Milk and milk derivatives
Hello, for a child with high sputum production, is it better to avoid or to forbid cow's milk and its derivatives (cheese - yogurt). I've heard that it promotes the production of mucus. Thank you for your reply
09.12.2013
Daily colored sputum
Hello, my 5 year old son has colored sputum (green - yellow) daily. Is it due to chronic colonization by staph? He takes Pulmozyme® daily and has respiratory physiotherapy every day also. He has daily sputum that we are trying to evacuate every day. Does this mucus affect his lungs? Even after ...
09.12.2013
hyperinflation
Hello, my son's chest xray at age 6.5 months showed "hyperinflation", which his CF doctor described as too much air in the lungs? I was hoping for anymore information on this condition and how it relates to CF. Is it cause for concern that he is such a young age with hyperinflation? Thank you so ...
21.10.2013
CF yes or no?
Hello, my 8-year-old daughter has health problems since birth (croup, bronchitis, pneumonia etc.). She is 119cm tall and weighs 18.5 kg. Allergy tests, blood investigations, bronchoscopy, ciliar diagnostics, x-rays etc. have already been done. She takes Viani 125® (fluticasone and ...
26.09.2013
Pulmonary rehab for CF patients
Can you send me the latest guidelines or focused reviews on pulmonary rehab and CF patients? Or just plain pediatric pulmonary rehabilitation.....
31.07.2013
Flight duration
I had 2.5 years ago a pneumothorax, can I nevertheless go on an 11-hours flight without fear?
15.07.2013
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