CMS Education Articles — Asthma
Asthma: Stop making breathing harder for yourself!
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Stop making breathing harder for yourself, get an AeroChamber! What is Asthma? Asthma is a condition where the small airways in the lungs swell, narrow and increase mucus production leading to difficulty in breathing, exponentially increased exhalation time. It is often in conjunction with monophonic or polyphonic wheezing heard either by auscultation or by proximity. Are there different severities of Asthma? Yes. While for some Asthma can be a bit of a nuisance, for others it can mean the difference between life and death. Asthmatic bronchospasm frequency can progress and it can settle and be very well controlled...
Struggling with Puffers?!?
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A Simple Device to your Life and Breathing much Easier
Not to worry, we have a solution for this. It is called an Aerochamber or Spacer. Many people who use a Metered Dose Inhalers (MDI), or commonly known as “puffers”, have a difficult time coordinating the actuation and breathing simultaneously. Often, they end up spraying the medication on their tongue, cheeks or the back of their throat, resulting in fewer particles inhaled.