On Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Jonathan B. Britten wrote:
I have one tip: several years ago I read a series of articles about a
gadget that CF patients use to breathe in ordinary air. The device in
some manner caused the air to enter the lungs in a pattern or manner
that breaks up mucous.
I do not recall all the details, but a Google search might turn up this
information. The device was not expensive, simple to use, and
according to the claims, very effective. It saved parents from having
to pound on their childrens' backs to break up the mucous, and was much
more effective.
Hope this helps.
JBB
http://www.bearstreetpharmacy.co.uk/flutter.htm
The user simply exhales a number of times into the mouthpiece of the
FLUTTER - causing a steel ball to vibrate inside the casing. The
pressure of blowing against this steel ball, and the vibrations that it
makes, travel back into the lungs where they start to have a positive
effect.
The vibrations affect all the branches of the airways, and like "shaking
apples from the branches of a tree", mucus is loosened.
Shiona
