Factsheets

Read our factsheets about a variety of lung conditions and topics linked to lung health such as quitting smoking, exercise, and vaccination.

A atividade física e os seus pulmões

A atividade física e os seus pulmões

A atividade física e os seus pulmões

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Air quality and lung health – the risks – infographic

Aktywność fizyczna i Twoje płuca

Aktywność fizyczna i Twoje płuca

Aktywność fizyczna i Twoje płuca

Asthma and pregnancy

Asthma and pregnancy

Asthma is one of the most common conditions that co-exists with pregnancy. As well as asthma affecting your pregnancy, your pregnancy can also have an impact on your asthma symptoms.…

Asthma in elite athletes

Asthma in elite athletes

This page attempts to explain the increased occurrence of asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness among elite athletes, and give information about recommended treatment and testing regulations Back to: Asthma in adulthood

COVID-19-Easy-read-factsheet_website

COVID-19 – Easy read factsheet

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COVID-19 – Healthy Lungs during COVID-19 – Infographic

COVID-19 – Information for family/friends of those admitted to hospital with COVID-19

COVID-19 – Information for family/friends of those admitted to hospital with COVID-19

COVID-19 can cause minor to serious illness. Your family member/friend has been admitted to hospital with COVID-19 so that we can monitor their breathing. Their breathing may need to be…

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COVID-19 – Information for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

COVID-19 – Information for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

COVID-19 can cause minor to serious illness. You have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19 so that we can monitor your breathing. Your breathing may need to be supported with…

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COVID-19 – Managing breathlessness at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 Factsheet
Difficult-to-treat and severe asthma
E-cigarettes, heat-not-burn and smokeless tobacco products
Exercise and air quality: 10 top tips
Indoor air pollution and the lungs
L’activité physique est bonne pour vos poumons

L’activité physique est bonne pour vos poumons

L’activité physique est bonne pour vos poumons

L’attività fisica e i vostri polmoni

L’attività fisica e i vostri polmoni

L’attività fisica e i vostri polmoni

Le cancer du poumon

Le cancer du poumon

Le cancer du poumon est le cancer de la trachée, des bronches (voies aériennes) ou des petits sacs remplis d'air du poumon (alvéoles). Le cancer du poumon était une maladie…

Los efectos de la actividad física sobre sus pulmones

Los efectos de la actividad física sobre sus pulmones

Los efectos de la actividad física sobre sus pulmones

Lung cancer screening
Mould, damp and the lungs
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Outdoor air pollution and the lungs

Outdoor air pollution and the lungs

The average adult breathes over 15 cubic metres of air every day. Although pollutants in the air are often invisible, they can have serious effects on our health, including the…

Palliative care

Palliative care

Palliative care is provided to people who have a incurable illness. It is offered when a person’s illness is reducing their quality of life on a day-to-day basis. Although palliative…

Patient and public involvement

Patient and public involvement

As a patient or relative or carer, you have a unique perspective on the impact of a medical condition on life, work and family. This experience is invaluable to healthcare…

Protect your lungs: get vaccinated – Infographic
Quitting smoking: the benefits – Infographic
Rare and ‘orphan’ lung diseases

Rare and ‘orphan’ lung diseases

A rare disease is one that affects less than one person in every 2,000. This may sound like a very small number, but as there are 700 million people in…

Rare lung cancers

Rare lung cancers

There are several different kinds of lung cancer, often referred to as lung cancer subtypes. Some of these occur more often than others. In this factsheet we will specifically look…

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Sleep apnoea

Sleep apnoea

This factsheet has been written to help you understand more about sleep apnoea, what it is, what causes it, what the signs and symptoms are, how it can be diagnosed…

Smoking and the lungs

Smoking and the lungs

So wirkt sich körperliche Betätigung auf Ihre Lunge aus

So wirkt sich körperliche Betätigung auf Ihre Lunge aus

So wirkt sich körperliche Betätigung auf Ihre Lunge aus

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (sometimes called TB) is a disease caused by an infection commonly in the lungs, although it can occur in other parts of the body. The infection causes lots of…

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Work-related lung conditions

Work-related lung conditions

The term, ‘work-related lung conditions’ refers to conditions that have been caused or made worse by the materials you come into contact with at work. This factsheet will look at…

Your lungs and exercise

Your lungs and exercise

Regular physical activity and exercise improves quality of life, whether you are healthy or you have a lung condition. Many people associate keeping fit with maintaining a healthy heart, losing…

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Σωματική άσκηση και πνεύμονες

Σωματική άσκηση και πνεύμονες

Σωματική άσκηση και πνεύμονες

Χρόνιος βήχας

Χρόνιος βήχας

Όλοι μπορεί να εμφανίσουν βήχα σε κάποια στιγμή της ζωής τους. Τα υγιή άτομα βήχουν για προστασία, για να καθαρίσουν την αναπνευστική οδό από ουσίες που ερεθίζουν τους πνεύμονες, όπως…

Физическая активность и ваши легкие

Физическая активность и ваши легкие

Физическая активность и ваши легкие

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