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What is lung clearance?

• ctack 7y ago
  From GP's linked comment: "9. Lung clearance is a standard means to treat serious lung conditions and keep airways open. A simple means to do this is stand in the shower with your feet about shoulder width apart, bend over as far as you can and cough hard."
• DoreenMichele 7y ago
  From my previous comment linked above: 9. Lung clearance is a standard means to treat serious lung conditions and keep airways open. A simple means to do this is stand in the shower with your feet about shoulder width apart, bend over as far as you can and cough hard. In other words, anything that helps get phlegm and fluid out of the lungs. If you are doing lung clearance at home, you don't want to, say, mechanically suction out the lungs because you probably don't have the means to properly sterilize the equipment. Non invasive methods that don't require equipment are best for home care. Lots of people with lung issues end up very sick or dead because their home care equipment is not adequately maintained and grows nasty stuff which then gets delivered directly into the lungs.