Marcel Proust finished his magnum opus “In Search of Lost Time” from bed.
When breathlessness set in , he’d burn powders that filled the space with smoke and fumes.
For a quick fix , he’d smoke a doctor-recommended anti-asthma cigarette.
Smoking and fumes bring damaging, carcinogenic toxins into your lungs.
Inhalers deliver lung medications straight to the source and without the nasty side effects of smoke inhalation.
Rescue inhalers are great in an emergency, but using them regularly can be dangerous.
When you take a breath, air travels through your lungs using tubes called airways , or bronchi.
The airways funnel to sacs, called alveoli , where red blood cells absorb oxygen.
The muscles may tighten, the lining of the airways may get inflamed , and the lungs may make too much mucus.
Rescue inhalers deliver a medication called a bronchodilator that quickly relaxes these muscles.
COPD is a catch-all term to describe common breathing conditions like emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Less oxygen makes its way to your bloodstream, causing you to constantly feel out of breath .
Inhalers work by suspending, or aerosolizing , medications into the air to be easily inhaled.
This medicine is dissolved in a fluid called a propellant , and it’s under high pressure.
A soft mist inhaler administers doses at lower speeds, without the use of a propellant.
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