呼吸練習改善哮喘症狀

在美國，約有 20億人被診斷患有哮喘，其中近900萬是兒童。最常見的哮喘治療一直使用糖皮質激素吸入器。

一項新的研究發現，呼吸技巧的運用可以減少哮喘藥吸入器超過 80％，研究發現，防噴輕度哮喘吸入需要劑量減半。

這項新的研究，發表在胸部雜誌，比較57個成人輕度哮喘兩種呼吸技巧的症狀，肺功能，使用藥物和生活質量的。

一個技術集中在淺，鼻呼吸緩慢呼氣，第二個使用的技術一般上身運動，伴隨著放鬆。

與會者，誰使用了防噴吸入器吸入，並要求至少緩解每週四次，被隨機分配到一個或其他呼吸技巧。

他們的呼吸運動參與者實行一天兩次的25分鐘的時間裡一期30週。他們還鼓勵使用較短的版本，他們的練習代替藥吸入器，並利用投手如果這次演習沒有工作。

詹金斯恭教授研究員，在對伍爾科克醫學研究所，悉尼，新南威爾士州，澳大利亞，發現使用緩解藥物下降了86％，兩組運動，這一過程的開始幾週內開始練習，維持了八個多月。她寫道：“呼吸技巧可能是有用的管理與輕度哮喘患者的症狀緩解誰使用頻繁。”

到研究結束時，與會者下降約三噴使用的藥吸入器每天大約每三天吸。防噴劑量的要求也減少了一半。

Breathing Exercises Improve Asthma Symptoms

In the United States, about 20 million people have been diagnosed with asthma; nearly 9 million of them are children. The most common treatment for Asthma has been the use of corticosteriod inhalers.

A new study found that breathing techniques can cut the use of asthma reliever inhalers by more than 80% and halve the dose of preventer inhaler required in mild asthma, research finds.

The new study, published in the journal Thorax, compared the impact of two breathing techniques on symptoms, lung function, use of medication and quality of life among 57 adults with mild asthma.

One technique focused on shallow, nasal breathing with slow exhalations, and the second technique used general upper body exercises, accompanied by relaxation.

The participants, who used a preventer inhaler and required reliever inhaler at least four times a week, were randomly assigned to one or other breathing technique.

Participants practiced their breathing exercises twice a day for around 25 minutes over a period of 30 weeks. They were also encouraged to use a shorter version of their exercises in place of reliever inhaler, and to use reliever if the exercises did not work.

Researcher Professor Christine Jenkins, of the the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, found that the use of reliever medication fell by 86% in both exercise groups, a process which began within weeks of starting the exercises, and was maintained over eight months. She writes: "Breathing techniques may be useful in the management of patients with mild asthma symptoms who use a reliever frequently."

By the end of the study, the participants dropped from using around three puffs of their reliever inhaler each day to approximately one puff every third day. Preventer dose requirements were also cut in half.