Lip brake

As a pursed lip (also dosed pursed lip) a special breathing technique is used for disease of the bronchial system ( bronchial asthma , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)), respectively. Here you exhale against the loosely lying lips. The resulting increased resistance during exhalation ensures a backlog of air, which increases the air pressure in the bronchi and prevents the airways from collapsing. This also enables increased mucus removal.

The technique is specifically practiced in patient training courses and can be used as an emergency measure in addition to medication in the event of a shortage of breath, or it can be used to prevent a shortage of breath.

As a technical aid, there are devices for increasing to the exhalation ( p ositiv e xspiratory p ressure = PEP devices ) similar to the corresponding procedure in intensive care ventilation ( p ositiv e nd- e xspiratory p ressure , PEEP).

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Gerd Herold : Internal medicine . Cologne 2007.
2. ↑ Sabine Weise ( inter alia): Recommendations for physiotherapeutic respiratory therapy (PDF; 2.6 MB), 2nd edition 2008, Dustri Verlag, ISBN 3-87185-391-7

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