In recent months there has been a proliferation of small stores selling electronic cigarettes, a new method of smoking cessation that is causing controversy in the scientific community regarding its effectiveness and safety. While the tobacco industry sees these electronic cigarettes as a future source of income, and is taking great pains to launch campaigns … Read more
With the cold weather many cases of what we can call: common cold appear. How it evolves and its most frequent complications are constant doubts in the consultations. To begin with, it should be remembered that a common cold usually lasts between four days and a week, although if it spreads to the bronchi causing … Read more
What is sleep apnea and does it have anything to do with snoring? Sleep apnea is a more or less prolonged and abnormal interruption of breathing during sleep. The patient stops breathing or decreases the intensity of his breathing, in which case we no longer speak of apnea but hypoapnea, and suffering from it causes … Read more
When I was commissioned to write a few lines on the possible efficacy of a novel treatment for coronavirus with the combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin proposed by Dr. Didier Raoult and his team of infectologists at the Mediterranee Hospital in Marseille (1) less than a week ago, it coincidentally became the subject of several … Read more
Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system. Most asthma attacks are preventable. The best way to prevent an asthmatic crisis is to make the stipulated control visits, to be free to have quick access to the Pneumology specialist, to be disciplined in the treatment and to avoid the triggers. Triggers are not always … Read more
What is a pulmonary nodule? A pulmonary nodule is a shadow or a rounded or elliptical opacity, in 2 dimensions we would see it as circumferential, in 3 dimensions we could imagine it as elliptical. And we usually detect it either by a chest X-ray or by a scanner. Nowadays with scanners we detect pulmonary … Read more
Bronchial asthma is a very common disease that we know a lot about, but from pulmonology we still do not know enough about it. To begin with, it should be pointed out that there is no asthma, but asthmatics, it seems obvious but it is practical. I always tell my patients: “all asthmatics are the … Read more
A pulmonary nodule is a more or less rounded image, smaller than 3 cm, (if larger it is called a mass), detected by radiology. In the past, the pulmonary nodule was detected by chest X-ray, whereas nowadays it is also detected by scanner (CT). The pulmonary nodule may be solitary or there may be more … Read more
What is COPD? COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and its hallmark is a spirometry that detects airflow obstruction; However, this is a functional fact of the lung and as such is due to numerous causes, the most important of which is tobacco, although other agents that penetrate the bronchi and alveoli can cause … Read more
Pulmonary emphysema is a type of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) that causes progressive and irreversible lung destruction. It is mainly caused by smoking. The intensity of emphysema is related to the number of cigarettes consumed and the number of years the person has been smoking. In Pneumology we study and try to find a … Read more