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Shortness of breath. Coughing fits. Fast fatigue. These can be first symptoms of a serious lung condition. Asthma or chronic-obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common conditions. COPD in particular can lead to serious outcomes if diagnosed at a later stage. However, most people are unfamiliar with the disease or do not want to admit suffering from COPD.
In order to raise awareness about respiratory diseases and to advocate the importance of early diagnosis Chiesi GmbH has started “Hamburg atmet auf (Hamburg breathes deeply)”. The campaign is built around the so-called LufuMobil run by the non-profit organisation Ethos gGmbH. The caravan has been altered and equipped with pulmonary function meters. The testing is for free, takes only 10 minutes and is conducted by experienced staff. They run and explain the tests and hand-out the results. These results are valuable for the general practitioner or pneumologist who will diagnose further.
Since the start of the campaign in May 2019 more than 800 tests have been run. And it continues: The LufuMobil will be touring across Hamburg until November 2019. For further details, dates, news and information on respiratory diseases please visit www.hamburg-atmet-auf.de.
Support science with your pulmonary function testing
All data will be rendered anonymously and will be part of a long-term trial to show incidence of pulmonary diseases. The trial is conducted next to others by Prof. Dr. Rainer Wiewrodt, Head of pneumology at Universitätsklinikum Münster and associate of Ethos gGmbh. The non-profit organisation has been running the LufuMobil since 2011. Roland Kaiser, one of Germany’s most famous singers, has been patron of the LufuMobil ever since. Kaiser used to suffer from COPD and has been living with a transplanted lung since 2010. That is why he is so engaged with early diagnosis of respiratory diseases.
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