Uptake Medical ’s InterVapor look like a soft-shell clam used to iron clothing . But it ’s really designed to deliver ablast of shriek hot steamto your lung , which they exact will actually help alleviate the symptom of emphysema and other lung conditions .
At first glance it certainly looks like the poster child for cures that are worse than the diseases , but it ’s not like you just deposit your mouth on the final stage of that tube and inhale .
The discussion has to be allot by a doctor who inserts a bronchoscope down your throat and deep into your lung . The InterVapor ’s catheter is then extend , where a small balloon inflates to seal the airway . A flak of whip hot steam is return for 3 to 10 moment , which is used to intentionally damage the lung tissue paper . As it heals , though , the scar tissue paper lease up more space inside the lung , reducing its capacity but also have it easier for the patient role to breathe afterwards .
So it ’s sure enough not a cure , nor is it something you could administer from the comfort of your own bed . But patients typically only require an overnight stay in the infirmary afterwards for monitoring , and antibiotics to stand off infections . And since there ’s no mention of plenteous amounts of anodyne , this handling might not be so ghastly as it sound . [ Uptake MedicalviaThe Daily Mail ]
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