Breathing and respiratory health
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The feeling of pressure in the chest combined with shortness of breath is a very common symptomatology. As it is nothing specific, there are many conditions that can present these two symptoms at a time, making it very difficult to detect what condition you may have without the corresponding medical...
Pulmonary infarction, also known as lung infarction, refers to the death of a lung tissue segment that is caused due to lack of blood supply. The dead segment of tissue is medically termed as infarct. The reduction in blood flow is usually caused due to an obstruction in blood vessels that serve the lungs....
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There are ways to treat bronchospasm at home. Bronchospasm rather than a disease is a symptom that occurs when bronchi become temporarily clogged due to an internal swelling. Because bronchospasm provokes the narrowing of the airways, the main symptom is a difficulty in breathing normally, together with the...
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The lungs are one of the most important organs of our body and are affected daily by air impurities, pollution of towns, smoke from tobacco, lack of exercise or the type of work carried out in certain professions. To do so we must cleanse it from toxins as much as we can, and there are methods within...
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Whooping cough is a contagious acute respiratory disease caused by bacteria. These are human pathogens belonging to the Bordetella genus called Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. bronchiseptica and adenoviruses. Unvaccinated children are suceptible to whooping cough from birth. The most effective...
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When the lungs become inflamed due to a virus or infection you can suffer pneumonia, a condition that hinders breathing capacity and, in many cases, requires hospitalisation. Treatment may differ as it will always depend on the type of pneumonia that you have caught as well as the progress of the patient....
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Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs caused by infection, which causes the alveoli to become filled with pus, making it hard to breathe. It is a respiratory disease which is particularly prolific in winter and especially targets the elderly, children and people with weak immune systems. If you want...
Smoking as we all know is bad for the smoker’s body and also for those who breathes the same air in which the smoker exhales. As awareness is increasing about the bad effects of smoking lots of people are trying to quit this habit. Often one can see that if a person quits smoking he/she starts to cough...
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Learning to breathe correctly is necessary to prevent respiratory disorders and keep yourself in good health. And you have probably always been told that it is better to breathe in air through your nose rather than your mouth, but do you really know why this is?
The truth is that there isn't just one single...
Non invasive ventilation or NIV is a ventilation modality used to support breathing without applying any surgical airway or intubation. It is a popular method for managing respiration in adults as well as children, both in ICUs and emergency departments of healthcare facilities. Invasive ventilation has...
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If you practice sports, especially swimming or yoga, you'll know how important breath control is in preventing fatigue and maintaining energy. However, the face that you have an active life does not necessarily mean that you know how to optimize your breathing. Therefore, at oneHOWTO, we'll provide some...
You can tell you have Asthma, among other signs, by wheezing, cough and difficulty in breathing when in contact with an allergen. This condition affects the passage of air through the respiratory tract to and from the lungs. Though living with asthma is uncomfortable at all times, it tends to get worse at...
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Pulmonary edema, or what is also known as the fluid accumulated in the lungs, has its origin in heart failure. It is a serious disease because it is caused by a heart deficiency. Furthermore, it can also arise in other major diseases such as pneumonia. However, pulmonary oedema has a cure, on OneHowTo.com...
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