Dr. Stefan Cristian Stanel
In this 4th episode of the podcast I discuss about restrictive lung disease. Restriction means that the lungs cannot expand fully, therefore they cannot be fully inflated with air. I go over the many potential causes for restrictive lung disease,…
Episode No. 3 of the podcast. Today I am answering a question received on my YouTube channel about whether someone could have a mild form of asthma without knowing it or having a formal diagnosis. This is actually a common…
In episode No. 2 of the Top Lung Health podcast I try to raise awareness of occupational lung diseases. These conditions are generally preventable if respiratory protection is used (i.e. particulate filter masks, good ventilation in the workplace). Many people…
This is the first episode of the Top Lung Health podcast. I this episode I reflect on the fact that some medical problems unfortunately cannot be fixed and it is important to live a healthy life to the extent possible.…
There has been a lot of COVID vaccine hesitancy in Romania (my home country) which has lead to many unnecessary deaths and complications. Many people in developing countries are sometimes afraid or flat-out refuse to have COVID vaccines, even though…
Asthma and COPD can sometimes behave as very similar respiratory conditions. They both affect the small airways of the lungs (bronchioles) and therefore the symptoms can be the same: cough, wheeze, chest tightness, breathlessness etc. Asthma is an inflammatory condition…
Antibiotics (like azithromycin) can sometimes be prescribed long-term to patients with chronic respiratory diseases. This is to try to reduce the number of flare-ups of conditions such as asthma or bronchiectasis. In this case the antibiotic is not used to…
Symbicort is an inhaler which in the case of asthma can be used as both a controller and a reliever. This is because one of the medications contained in Symbicort, called formoterol, has a quick onset of action, usually 5-10…