Huff coughing uses force to loosen mucus in the airways. It is more gentle than traditional coughing. People with respiratory conditions such as COPD and cystic fibrosis benefit from huff coughing.

If you have COPD, coughing is often necessary to clear mucus from your airways, allowing you to breathe more easily. Doctors may recommend a specific technique. Coughing may seem like a symptom ...

Breathing exercises can help you manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms like shortness of breath. Exercises to try include pursed lip breathing and the huff cough. Chronic ...

Many people with COPD have success with huff coughing. While seated in a chair or on the side of a bed, lean your chest forward and take a deep breath in. As you exhale through your mouth ...

The breathlessness, cough and sputum scale (BCSS ... tool to quantify efficacy of treatment following a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation; however, little work has been ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for lung conditions that block airflow. For people with COPD, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, physical activity ...

Common to both conditions is coughing up phlegm. Tobacco smoking accounts for over 70% of COPD cases in high-income countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Women are more ...

shortened version of the CCQ containing six items on dyspnoea and cough to screen for exacerbations. To develop a questionnaire that measures the full range of clinical impairment related to COPD ...