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Chest physiotherapy

1. Introduction The need for early intervention physical therapy in respiratory disorders of children, the more justified by its effectiveness. Incidence of childhood respiratory disease to grow by several factors: the pathogen evolved and become more viruses and bacteria, at least, pollution advances in neonatal resuscitation, environmental factors (, lead in the air, passive smoking) and the style of life (living communities encourage the spread of disease, type of domestic heating, overcrowding). The structure of their respiratory system is being developed, along with genetic predisposition, that children more susceptible to respiratory infections, more frequent and severe, often bronchiolitis and pulmonary disease. Main objective is chest physiotherapy against bronchial obstruction and lung distension, not including structural or anatomical malformations or tumors of origin.

2. Bronchial obstruction Definition: consisting of a reduction in the light of the airways that affects air circulation and debit cards. Partial or total, reversible or irreversible. The Physiotherapist works in the pathology can be reversible and the type, location and degree of obstruction. Read the rest of this entry »