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COPD is similar to asthma, but it is not the same disease. Medicines can usually reverse the affects of asthma, but COPD is progressive disease, and medicines cannot reverse the effects of COPD. The only way to be sure you have COPD rather than asthm...
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COPD consists of a group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Common symptoms include obstruction of air flow, shortness of breath, chronic cough, and wheezing. When detected early, COPD can be controlled.
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Do not give more that two treatments per day. In this case more is not better, and overuse can cause irritation to the airways. This is different that our early recommendations of three times per day. We found that the animal needs more time to clear out the loosened mucus and more time to heal.For acute conditions, such as pneumonia, around 10 days of treatments will clear up the congestion.For chronic conditions, such as heaves in horses, RAO, COPD, chronic bronchitis or asthma, generally it will take about a month of regular daily treatments before you can go to a maintenance schedule of once or twice a week. You start with two treatments a day if possible and as the time goes along you will use a higher frequency mode, and then begin to space out the treatments more and more. For each treatment choose the appropriate automatic seven minute treatment, i.e., Low, Medium, or High mode, followed by the two minutes Massage mode. If you are short on time, one or two of Massage mode treat
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As the VibraVM relieves congestion in the lungs, oxygen delivery to the red blood cells is elevated thus more oxygen is delivered to the tissues. With elevated oxygen levels in the cell, the cell releases endorphins to the system affecting the brain....
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Exercising increases respiration:
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You are no more likely to catch swine flu than anyone else. However, if you do catch a respiratory infection, including swine flu, it may add to the breathing difficulties you may have.
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Any patient who has thick secretions, or presumed thick secretions, with the inability to expectorate them. Usually, you'll have a patient who has a non-productive cough but you know they have thick secretions in their lungs either by history (cystic...
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The WALK™ clinical trial tests the effectiveness of the ROX Anastomotic Coupler in patients suffering from severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The coupler allows oxygen rich blood to pass from an artery to a vein in the p...
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