Respiratory Treatments

💡TL;DR: Always keep your nebulizer, medications, and power in your carry-on so treatment stays with you during delays or lost bags. Medical liquids are exempt from the 3.4 oz (100 mL) rule when declared, per TSA, so bring what you need in reasonable quantities. Pack a compact battery-powered

💡TL;DR: Asthma rarely goes away on its own — it is a chronic airway disease — but symptoms can enter remission for years, especially after mild childhood asthma. About 25 million Americans live with asthma (American Lung Association), and remission is far less likely when asthma starts in adulthood (≈6% achieve

💡TL;DR: Most people with well-controlled asthma have healthy pregnancies. Asthma may improve, worsen, or stay the same; symptoms often peak around weeks 24–36 and usually return to baseline by about 3 months postpartum. About 4–8% of pregnancies are affected by asthma, and the biggest risk is from

💡TL;DR: Long-term oxygen therapy is prescribed when resting oxygen is low (SpO₂ ≤ 88% or PaO₂ ≤ 55 mmHg). Using oxygen for 15+ hours/day improves survival and stamina in people with proven hypoxemia. Clinicians usually aim for 88–92% SpO₂ to balance oxygen needs and CO₂ risk. Most people qualify

💡TL;DR: Hospitals use nebulizers to deliver rescue medicine fast when breathing is hard. You simply breathe the medicated mist, so it works during asthma or COPD flares and for children. Typical hospital choices include albuterol (often with ipratropium), steroids, and saline, including 3% or 7% hypertonic saline for thick

💡TL;DR: Black throat mucus is not normal and usually means soot, smoke, or old blood is mixing into your phlegm. It most often follows heavy exposure to smoke or dust; less often it signals infection (for example, TB) or bleeding from a lung condition. See a clinician if black

💡TL;DR: Budesonide inhalation suspension is a daily controller medicine nebulized to prevent asthma symptoms; each treatment takes about 5–10 minutes and full benefit may take 1–2 weeks. Do not use it for sudden breathing problems; keep a rescue inhaler for attacks. Jet nebulizers are effective and affordable

💡TL;DR: No, do not give albuterol nebulizer treatments every 2 hours on a routine basis. The usual home interval is every 4–6 hours as needed because the effect lasts about 4 hours; giving it sooner adds side effects (tremor, fast heartbeat) with little extra benefit (source: Mayo Clinic)

💡TL;DR: Humans breathe with negative pressure: your chest expands, pressure inside drops, and air is pulled in. When you need support, positive pressure devices like ventilators or CPAP/BiPAP push air in at a higher pressure than the air around you. In hospitals, positive pressure is standard for surgery