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Aerosols, when, why
Hello, What motivates the prescription of aerosols? Age (e.g. from 3 years)? Are they prescribed as a preventive or curative treatment? Or both? Thank you for your answer.
04.02.2013
Sinus pulsating aerosolsystem
Are there clinical studies about using the pari-sinus with CF with principally sinusitis problems? Is there somebody with experience with the pari-sinus?
04.02.2013
Bicarbonate preparation for inhalation
Dear expert team, Is there a ready-to-use preparation for inhalation with bicarbonate on the market? [The question was originally asked on the German platform of the expert advice] I would like to inhale it with a jet nebuliser. If there is no such preparation on the market can I just add a ...
24.01.2013
Hoarseness with Pulmozyme® (rhDNAse)- what to do?
Dear expert team, For 2 days I inhale one time daily with Pulmozyme® (rhDNAse). From today on, a strong hoarseness has begun. If it should continue to such an extent, I will be forced to discontinue Pulmozyme®, as in my case the voice is all alone important for my profession. Pulmozyme® ...
22.01.2013
Aerosol in an 18 months-old child
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been found for the first time in the sputum of my 18 months-old son. The CF Centre physicians have decided to treat him with twice daily nebulized antibiotics (15 minutes per nebulization). He totally refuses the nebulization and when I force him to do that, of course ...
21.01.2013
N-acetylcysteine (Mucomyst®)
Why my 16-year-old CF boy has never received a treatment with N-acetylcysteine? Is this drug not indicated in such a disease? My daughter suffering from a viral bronchitis has been treated with N-acetylcysteine. Thanks for your response.
14.01.2013
Complementary inhalation with alkaline solutions sensible?
Paul McGray in Iowa was recently able to show that inhalatoin with alkaline solutions normalizes the PH value of the lungs (e.g. McCray P. Inflammation and infection, lessons from the CF pig model. 35th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 6–9 June, 2012). Are any corresponding ...
10.01.2013
Hypertonic saline solution – study results for small toddlers
Dear expert team, Our daughter (now 15 months old) has been inhaling hyptertonic saline solution for 10 months (currently 3ml 3% twice a day, planned to increase to 6%). Now I came across the results of the following study: “Inhaled hypertonic saline in infants and children younger than 6 ...
13.12.2012
Cause of cough?
Dear expert team, my son (CF, 4 years old, 1.07m, 16.5kg, mild progression so far) rarely coughs when he does not have infections, only during strong physical action and sometimes after inhalation. For some time now, he has also been having a continuous cough (dry nervous cough) that starts ...
13.12.2012
Follow-up question on nasal irrigation
Hello, I understand the problem of tap water potentially being contaminated with bacteria. What do you think about the following alternatives to boiling water: 1) distilled water 2) non-carbonated bottled water Can I use these two alternatives instead of tap water for nasal irrigation or ...
13.12.2012
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