Navigating COVID-19 and chest binding

This guide gives 8 tips to look after your respiratory health for trans people, and non binary people who bind their chest.

If you bind your chest you are at much higher risk of complications from COVID-19. If you have asthma or respiratory illness, this is particulary important.

Share this with your friends and connections, it’s important that we look after each other in these times. 💜

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COVID-19 and chest #binding ⭐️ Binding while sick and coughing can cause fluid build up in the lungs and extra complications, so it's important to look after yourselves. These are just a few tips to help you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please feel free to share this post with your #trans families and networks. Look after yourselves, your loved ones, and your community. We've all known what it means to feel isolated and afraid. Now is the time to reach out and help to spread calm, kindness, and compassion. 💕

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