Asthma – Breathing
Exercises can help in Mild Cases
June 6th, 2006
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A double blind
randomized trial of different breathing exercises was tested to measure
how it could help in the treatment of asthma. The results were first
published in the online edition of Thorax.
Researchers
discovered that using a breathing exercise in mild asthma cases can
reduce the need for using an inhaler by 80 percent and also reduced the
dosage of medication needed.
There were a total
of 57 adult participants that suffer from mild asthma and used the
preventer inhaler at least four times a week were assigned randomly two
separate breathing techniques. The first breathing exercise was to use
a shallow nasal breathing with slow exhalations. The second breathing
exercise used general upper body exercised along with relaxation.
The breathing
exercises were to be completed two times a day for around 25 minutes a
day. The participants did this for over a 30 week period of time. If
they needed to use the inhaler if an asthma attack was occurring they
were recommended to use the breathing technique first before using the
inhaler. If the breathing didn’t work they were to use their inhaler.
Both groups had
positive results. The use of the asthma medication dropped 86% for both
groups. The results started to be seen weeks after the trial began and
was keep in place during the duration of the study.
The average asthma
participant used around three puffs of their inhaler each day to get
through the day. When the breathing exercises were used the need
reduced to around one puff of inhaler every third day at the end of the
study. The dosage of the preventer was also reduced by half.
The quality of
life scored did not change. The asthma was better controlled and
inhaler use went down. The lungs and airway responsiveness did not
change. The researchers believe the breathing exercises were the
contributing factor to the improvement of asthma symptoms.
Nicole Wilson
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