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Asthmatics or anyone else who requires medical treatment or breathing therapy are usually prescribed medication that involves a nebuliser, inhaler, or an oxygen concentrator.
Regardless of the type of device prescribed by your doctor, all patients require training in the correct inhaler technique, which should also include a physical demonstration. It’s also common for inhaler technique to worsen over time, so patients should have their inhaler technique regularly checked to ensure they’re being used correctly.
Inhaler
An inhaler or pocket inhaler is a handheld puffer or pump which is used to deliver a spray of medication via a mouthpiece into the lungs. This method of application has much fewer side effects than conventional methods of taking medicine including pills or injections.
The generally three main types of inhalers, which are:
- Pressurised dosage and manually activated puffers or inhalers
- Pressurised dosage and breath activated puffers or inhalers
- Multi dosage and capsule-type dry powder puffers or inhalers
Nebuliser
A nebuliser is a battery-powered or electric compressor connected to a piece of tubing that converts liquid medication into mist form using pressurised air for easy administration via breathing normally into a mask. This can make nebulisers easier to use than inhalers for some, especially anyone with more severe cases of asthma or children not old enough to use inhalers.
Oxygen concentrators
An oxygen concentrator is a method of supplying purified air to someone with respiratory conditions via a nasal cannula or mask. They draw in the surrounding air, before compressing it, and then filtering out nitrogen content. This purified oxygen can either be supplied continuously or by a pulse according to their rate of breathing.
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