There are tons and tons of conventional and unconventional airway clearance techniques around the globe. In fact depending on who you ask, you will be told which airway clearance technique is the absolute best especially those with primary ciliary dyskinesia. However there are absolutely no studies that prove that one type of airway clearance technique is better than another, even in cystic fibrosis care. There is even less data for primary ciliary dyskinesia patients. What data is available for airway clearance techniques suggests that the best airway clearance technique for any respiratory patient is the airway technique that the patient will actually do. Let’s face it, you might think blowing bubbles is a fun and easy way to get in PEP airway clearance but if your PCDer is afraid of bubbles then you are facing an uphill battle to get in airway clearance time. Exercise is another way to open airways (bronchodilation effects) but you have to apply active cycle breathing or huff cough to the exercise to get airway clearance treatments done. This is why using exercise alone is discouraged for airway clearance. You need the coughing to get the desired effect.

If you’re struggling to get your child engaged with their airway clearance techniques try turning airway clearance into play, it could help lessen the burden of persuading your child to do their treatments. If you’re an adult, remember that the best airway clearance technique for you is the one that you will actually do. There are tons of airway clearance techniques and tons of outside the box ideas as well. Experiment today and put the fun back into your life. Remember airway hygiene is an important part of primary ciliary dyskinesia care and the best airway clearance technique that a person with PCD can do is the one that they will actually do.

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Turn treatment-time into play-time with a dance party! Dancing is a great way to open those airways and encourage coughing. Make it a family competition to better engage your PCD loved one. When you are competing, it’s easy to forget that this is treatment time. Turn on the tunes, get moving, and get coughing. If you’re an adult, remember that the best airway clearance technique for you is the one that you will actually do. There are tons of airway clearance techniques and tons of outside the box ideas as well. Experiment today and put the fun back into your life. Remember airway hygiene is an important part of primary ciliary dyskinesia care.

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Breathing exercises are a great way to exercise your lungs. Your lungs are just like any part of your body, they need worked and ran around the block so to speak. The type of breathing exercise you chose should be based on your overall health picture. Ask your clinic respiratory therapist for an evaluation today. Your clinic respiratory therapist can be great resources for not only breathing exercises but for breathing exercises tailored to your treatment plan. Remember the most important thing at our disposal today for treating the effects of PCD in the airways is to clean them manually by coughing.

If you’re struggling to get your child engaged with their airway clearance techniques try turning airway clearance into play, it could help lessen the burden of persuading your child to do their treatments. If you’re an adult, remember that the best airway clearance technique for you is the one that you will actually do. There are tons of airway clearance techniques and tons of outside the box ideas as well. Experiment today and put the fun back into your life. Remember airway hygiene is an important part of primary ciliary dyskinesia care.

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Remember strengthening your lungs doesn’t help mobilize secretions. The big thing in PCD care is to get that mucus that your body makes everyday without fail out of your airways. Your airways need mucus to moisten, hydrate, and coat them to protect delicate lung tissue from drying out and being invaded by bacteria. Cilia are part of the mucociliary escalator that naturally moves the mucus bed that coats your airways. In PCD we retain our cough clearance, coughing helps mobilizing secretions. Any activity that gets you coughing is great for PCD..

Physical activity has a bronchodilator effect on the airways and opens them up making mobilizing secretions through airway clearance techniques easier. Swimming is a great way to open the airways by the physical activity and then using active cycle breathing or another airway clearance technique to mobilize the stuck mucus in our lungs from having PCD. Swimming is amazing if you remember not to stifle that cough. Get swimming and get coughing today! There are tons of airway clearance techniques and tons of outside the box ideas as well. Experiment today and put the fun back into your life. Remember airway hygiene is an important part of primary ciliary dyskinesia care.

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