Therapies
Airway clearance technique
Coughing, huffing or applying vibration devices to the chest to help mobilise phlegm that can build up in the lungs.
Physical Therapy
Restores muscle strength and function through exercise.
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Exercise, nutritional
counselling, education and support to help people with chronic breathing problems improve their fitness.
Supportive care
Oxygen therapy
Providing extra oxygen to the lungs of people with breathing problems.
Medications
Bronchodilator
Helps open the airways of the lungs to make breathing easier.
Steroid
Modifies or simulates hormone effects, often to reduce inflammation or for tissue growth and repair.
Penicillin antibiotic
Stops growth of or kills specific bacteria.
Antibiotics
Stops the growth of or kills bacteria.
Preventative
Quitting smoking
Quitting smoking tobacco.
Influenza vaccine
A vaccine that is updated every year to protect against the latest
flu viruses. Often called a flu shot.
Pneumococcal vaccine
A vaccine that prevents a certain type of bacterial
lung infection (
pneumonia).
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