Ashley F. Darlington

💡TL;DR: Asthma is chronic and noninfectious; acute bronchitis is usually a short-term infection with mucus. About 90% of acute bronchitis cases are viral, so antibiotics usually are not needed. Asthma often needs daily controller medicine plus a rescue inhaler, while acute bronchitis typically improves in 1–3 weeks with

💡TL;DR: Asthma is a chronic airway disease you manage long term; pneumonia is an acute lung infection you treat and usually cure. Typical clues: wheezing without fever = asthma; fever plus a wet cough = pneumonia. Doctors confirm asthma with spirometry and pneumonia with a chest X-ray; pneumonia leads to about

💡TL;DR: Hypertonic saline, dornase alfa (Pulmozyme), and inhaled mannitol thin CF mucus so you can clear it. Saline is widely used and relatively low cost, Pulmozyme has strong evidence but higher cost and device requirements, and mannitol is for adults only after a clinic tolerance test. In a 48-week

Thank you for purchasing Hypertonic Saline Solution from TruNeb™. We provide premium, medical-grade hypertonic saline manufactured in an FDA-approved laboratory. This guide applies to all concentrations of our hypertonic saline, as the usage instructions and general details are the same regardless of the Sodium Chloride USP strength (0.9%, 3%

There are two ways to charge your TruNeb Portable Nebulizer. You can use the included charging base, or you can connect it directly to the back of the device with a micro USB cable.

Respiratory support devices play an important role in managing and treating various illnesses and conditions. For specific types of patients in a clinical setting, these devices help people breathe more effectively. A large volume nebulizer (LVN) falls into this category. But what is a large volume nebulizer exactly? Let’s