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Bronchiectasis: New Diagnosis

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Apr 15, 2023 | Replies (382)
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@windwalker

Hi Kathy, Nebulizing opens airways (w/albuterol) and the saline moistens and thins the mucous and sometimes helps to induce coughing. The,aerobika and acapella, are flutter type devices that help by using vibration to dislodge mucouse from the bronchial walls and from scarred areas of the lung.

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barbb | @barbb | Sep 15, 2020

@windwalker Hi Terri, Okay to call you by name rather than moniker? This is the best - and really only explanation that I have ever heard as to why I have to blow into the Acapella (whose name unnerves me because I use to love listening to a capella singing - before hearing loss). I'd like to plant you in my doctor's office (and probably many other offices) to talk to patients about their condition and the Acapella and similar items! 🙂

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