The Many Healthy Lungs project is looking at using breathing tests to help Aboriginal people who have sick lungs get the right medicine to feel better.
Our lungs get the good air called oxygen into our body. When your lungs are sick, you can’t get all the oxygen you need to have energy. When lungs don’t work properly it can make people cough or get short wind. Some lung sickness you might know is asthma, COPD or pneumonia.
Having sick lungs is one of the main reasons why Aboriginal people need to go to hospital. It is important for people who have sick lungs to do breathing tests. This will help doctors to give the right medicine to make kids and adults feel better.
The Many Healthy Lungs project tested the lungs of over three hundred people from the Perth and Kimberley regions. We are now working with other teams around Australia to learn as much as we can about how these tests can help doctors pick up lung sickness in Aboriginal people.
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