It Took Doctors Over 100 Years to Accept That Washing Their Hands Was a Good Thing – How Long For Breathing Methods and Asthma?
Review of a NON-DRUG, safe, breathing training that reduces (consistently and predictably) asthma symptoms
This review shows exactly the major current problem with the medical system. Many doctors are reading opinion from websites that tell them what they want to hear rather than read the actual research.
Readers please refer to the British Thoracic Society Asthma Treatment Guidelines or the 50 odd published research papers (Lancet, Australian Medical Journal, Thorax, etc).
Here are just a few.
https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/…/btssign-asthma-guidelin…/ “Buteyko breathing technique may be considered to help patients to control the
symptoms of asthma.”
https://thorax.bmj.com/content/58/8/674 “improve symptoms and reduce bronchodilator use”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/artic…/pii/S0954611107005112 ” Six months after completion of the interventions, a large majority of subjects in each group displayed control of their asthma with the additional benefit of reduction in inhaled corticosteroid use in the Buteyko group “
https://www.tandfonline.com/…/abs/10.3109/02770900009090810…
https://www.thelancet.com/…/PIIS0140-6736(05)61343…/fulltext ”The controversial Buteyko breathing technique (BBT) reduces asthmatic patients’ reliance on β-agonists and inhaled steroids but does not alter lung function, concludes a randomised blinded controlled trial on BBT” ie less drugs needed.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9887897 “Those practising BBT reduced hyperventilation and their use of beta 2-agonists. A trend toward reduced inhaled steroid use and better quality of life was observed in these patients without objective changes in measures of airway calibre. ” At 3 months, 90% decrease in beta agonists (relief med) and 49% decrease in inhaled steroids..
https://www.researchgate.net/…/8894343_Buteyko_Breathing_Te… ”The BBT group exhibited a reduction in inhaled steroid use of 50% and beta2-agonist use of 85% at six months from baseline.”
The behavior of this reviewer is exactly the reason to take responsibility for your own health decisions. Rather than focus on “90% decrease in symptoms and relief drugs” – the medical focus is your peak flow not changing significantly (yet).
We are talking about some breathing practices proven to reduce asthma symptoms by 90%. Not a drug. Not a drug. Did I mention not a drug? If you have no asthma symptoms – is that better for you? Would you prefer the symptoms?
Doctors tell people to take up swimming to help their asthma. This is proven to work better and does not expose you to chlorine. (Taking up swimming can WORSEN your asthma symptoms.)
As for “pseudoscience” – almost every major breakthrough in medical history was called this at the time. Thank you for the endorsement.
The image in this post relates to how long it took for the then medical profession to decide to adopt the pseudoscience to “wash their hands” before delivering babies when thousands of women were dying from Puerperal fever. “Doctors were upset because it looked like they were giving the fever to the women!”
https://www.npr.org/…/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washin…
Changing away from dysfunctional breathing alters your asthma symptoms.
Think about it.
