The online British Lung Foundation Breath Test provides an opportunity to study the relationship between breathlessness, common sociobehavioural risk factors and interaction with healthcare. We ...
Chronic and pathological (refractory) breathlessness is debilitating for millions of people in the UK. Despite attempts to define breathlessness to capture its complex subjective nature (ATS statement ...
Introduction Breathlessness is a distressing, disabling symptom of advanced disease with considerable impact on informal carers. We know that carers experience anxiety, isolation, restriction of ...
Introduction Breathlessness is the most common and frightening symptom in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Short-acting morphine (Oramorph) has traditionally been used to treat ...
Ian Graham, 68, has lived with breathlessness for over a decade. He explains how he’s learnt to manage his symptoms and how practising controlled breathing helps him in stressful situations. Ian lives ...
Adapted from systematic review findings of Solano et al. 1 This article provides a summary of symptom assessment tools and reviews the management of four common and distressing symptoms frequently ...
Manyaku Mashilo was born in 1991 in Limpopo, South Africa, and is currently based in Cape Town. Her multidisciplinary practice encompasses mixed media painting, drawing, and collage, addressing ...