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Pulsing vest for asthma?


I learned asthma is because the heart doesn't have the strength to push blood. In most cases, I wonder if there is a pulsing vest that beats like the heart a person can wear to give the lungs more strength?

I'm sure it would have to be air-powered. I was told electric current is dangerous. I'm sure there's a cure for asthma.

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  1. Hi. Great idea about the vest. I think there are actually vests like that to help move secretions in some people. It can help them break up and bring them to their upper airways. Asthma is a condition that affects the airways. The disease you defined is heart failure. Although, some people may still think of heart failure as cardiac asthma. That term is no longer used. Does this help? John. Site Moderator.

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