Archive for October 2011
The Best Breathing Exercises For Asthmatics
October 29, 2011 | 
Author The Buteyko breathing technique was developed by Russian respiratory physiologist Professor Konstantin Buteyko to treat people with asthma and other respiratory diseases. The principle behind this method is the breathing, inhaling, most people with respiratory problems if inhaled, and the air so much the amount of carbon dioxide in the human body to lower.
Why is it important to carbon dioxide?
If your level of CO2 is not the required level, then the oxygen in the process to be carried around in the blood and is not responsible for the tissues and organs in the human body. These small amounts may cause an increase in breathing and reduced even more CO2, a classic vicious circle.
Second carbon dioxide expands the smooth muscles around the airways, arteries and capillaries, decreased amounts of Co2 induce these muscles to tighten. If the arterial blood vessels close to the potential to get the heart rate was higher, caused higher blood pressure and an increased level of respiration. Read the rest of this entry »
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Asthma and Some Interesting Facts About It
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that narrows and inflames the airways (the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs). These blocked airways cause breathing difficulty resulting in wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and chest tightness.
Asthma is basically divided in to two groups- allergic asthma and non- allergic asthma. The allergic asthma’s symptoms are usually triggered by an allergic reaction. This type of asthma is the most popular one. The factors that trigger the allergic asthma symptoms are dust mite allergen, pet dander, mold, pollen, etc.
The non- allergic asthma is the less popular one. It is not associated with an allergic reaction, instead it is triggered by factors such as stress, dry air, cold air, anxiety, exercise, smoke, hyperventilation, viruses or other irritants.
Some interesting facts and statistics about asthma:
- There are around 300 million people with the disease in the world, 20 million of them in the United States.
- There are around 7.4 million children with asthma, which is more than 9% of the children in the world.
- Workplace conditions are responsible for around 11% of all this disease cases in the world.
- Estimates show that the number of people suffering from it will grow by 100 million until 2025.
- Asthma was responsible for over 3000 death in the US in 2005, which means that more than 8 people died from the disease every day.
- In the past 10 years asthma rated among colored children has increase by 50%.
- Women are more likely to have it than man, but boys are more likely than girls.
- Asthma accounts for nearly 15 million school days missed each year and 25 million missed work days.
- If one of the parents has asthma there is a 30% chance that the child will also have asthma, if both parents have asthma the chances grow up to 70%.
- Asthma is estimated to cost Americans over 16 billion dollars every year.
Unfortunately traditional medicine has not yet discovered a cure for asthma. Instead there are ways to control the symptoms of asthma. Generally there are two types of asthma treatments- Long term asthma treatment and quick relief medications. The long term treatment is used to control asthma symptoms on a day by day basis while the quick relief medications are used whenever a flare-up occurs.
As I said traditional medicine has not yet developed a cure for asthma, but another type of medicine called homeopathy claims to fight the disease in its roots. It is not yet fully proved that it can help but there are more and more encouraging studies on the subject.
This is an article containing general information on asthma and some of the interesting statistics about it. For more on how to treat asthma follow the link in the resource box
Thank you for reading and good luck!
Reduce Asthma Flare-Ups – 3 Effective Ways To Manage Asthma
Asthma can not be cured but can be managed effectively. Here are three strategies you can use to reduce relapses and allow you to enjoy life despite this condition.
Identify triggers – this is easier said than done. Often it is not just one thing that causes outbreaks, but a combination which will be directly influenced by your physical condition. A good way to get to what cause your symptoms from worsening the crisis in its own right is to keep a diary.
Note the time, location, your general health at this time (ie tired down with a cold, unusually pointed out) and all the things you have in contact with the symptoms before development. You can not see a model from moment to moment, but after the magazine for a month or two, a model is likely to appear.
If your asthma is severe, you may not have time to wait to do this kind of observations, but to keep a journal such as this can greatly help you and your doctor to identify the likely causes and develop a plan contribute management, to be the number and severity of symptoms and exacerbations. Read the rest of this entry »