If you have a child and have already provided aerosol treatment, you know the problem. No child likes breathing through a mask, let alone a mouthpiece. But technology and creativity have long since limited what may have seemed an insurmountable obstacle. Would you like to learn a few simple tricks to help your child see aerosol treatment as a game?

If you're about to turn on the nebulizer, wait just a moment. There are some things you need to learn to do first, like breathing through your mouth if you have bronchitis, for example, as well as some you must absolutely avoid, like sterilizing plastic ampoules in boiling water.

Sinusitis, rhinitis, sore throat, laryngitis and ear infections: five different names to describe inflammation of your airways. What's the remedy? From a Turkish bath for the nose to treatment with antibiotics, we'll show you all the different choices you have to deal with these different forms of inflammation, which often occur in the winter. If you've got an infection, though, you'll need to see the doctor.

We all know that we need to take good care of our airways, but what's the best thing to use? Let's find out together what choices there are, based on the condition: from nasal rinsing to guard against colds, nasal washing for rhinitis, to nebulizing for more serious inflammation and asthma.

All nebulizers come with a connecting tube, a chamber or cup for holding the medication, and the accessories needed for inhaling it, which can include a mouthpiece, face mask, nosepiece and nasal wash. Let's have a look together at their pros and cons.

So you want to buy a nebulizer? There are a lot of different models on the market: some are quicker, some more efficient, while some make more noise and some are less costly. Let's choose the right one for you together.

Asthma isn't a psychosomatic condition, or simply the manifestation of a mental disorder; it's a proper and very real respiratory disease. Over the last 10 years, however, scientists have continued to research the link between asthma and certain behavioural problems like common and well-known panic attacks.

So asthma and sports can't go together? Until the Seventies, any sort of physical activity was out of bounds for people suffering from this respiratory condition, whereas nowadays, even some Olympic champions are asthmatic. Here's the story about a difficult, but not impossible, relationship.

Nebulization therapy is a technology that has changed medication for respiratory conditions: compared to taking it orally, it provides complete absorption of the drugs, almost 100%, and it's less invasive than an injection. However, the effectiveness of nebulizing depends largely on the type of medication being used.