More than one million people in Florida are affected by asthma. Joseph Scott, Chief of Emergency Medicine at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says if you are an asthmatic, you probably know what your triggers are. "The weather is changing, there is dirt out there, leaves, dust, people with chainsaws, burning issues, so asthma is a…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains pulmonary hypertension happens because of the lack of oxygen in your blood. He also says other cause of pulmonary hypertension is when the vessels are thicker than normal and the area where the blood goes through becomes…...

Dr. Rodney Benjamin, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with South Miami Hospital, says Bronchial Thermoplasty is a way to induce high degrees of thermal energy into the bronchial tubes and shrink the smooth muscle that constricts in the airways. "We use a bronchoscope to go through the nose under some anesthesia. We blow out…...

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains pulmonary fibrosis is a spectrum of diseases and it means your lungs have advanced aging significantly. "They are older than what they should be and with more wrinkles. They get less elasticity, less ability to get the…...

Every patient that presents symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and limitations in their abilities to do things qualifies for pulmonary rehab. Mikki Thompson, Director of Respiratory Services, explains rehab program and which lung conditions they treat...

What you might see in a therapy session of pulmonary rehab? Mikki Thompson, Director of Respiratory Services, explains how breathing retraining, lung health education, stretching and balance exercises, among others, work for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients...

Shortness of breath, dry cough, gradual unintended weight loss, tiredness, aching joints and muscles, and clubbing of tips of the fingers or toes are some of the symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis. Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says many of these symptoms can happen…...

The goal of pulmonary rehabilitation is to show people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) what level of capacity they have left and help them do exercise. Dr. Keith Jamal Robinson, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains how pulmonary rehab reintroduces activity for sedentary people...