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What is your Non-Pharmacological ways of helping to manage Asthma?
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Yoga has helped me practice controlling my breathing without additional medication. (Currently Symbicort, Singulair and azalastine nasal.)
Many of my asthma attacks are triggered by overreactive airways when exposed to stressors that are not truly allergens - for example high humidity combined with either low atmospheric pressure or heat.
When I feel my body reacting, I have learned to sit down and do relaxed deep breathing for a few minutes. I have now gotten to the point where I can even do it without removing myself to an air conditioned room if I catch it quickly. My "rescue" inhaler no longer has to be in my pocket full-time.
Just another benefit of my newish "senior yoga" regimen
Sue
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@sueinmn That is great information. Prior to the symptoms I feel there are triggers just like you mentioned. I can feel the tightness start and then the restricted breathing and coughing starts.
I did a full pulmary test at Mayo last week with an xray. I hope the information gathered works as the test was brutal on my lungs, bronchia area, throat, even my mouth trying to maintain a strong seal around mouth piece.
I have a office visit with my PCP on Monday to go over my test results. Hopefully they willl provide medications and/or what you do the deep breathing. Problem with the deep breathing and not an inhaler is most of the time I get the onset of syptoms it is during Sprint Triathlons during the start of the swim. Does not always happen only when something goes wrong like masks filling up with water and can't see where going, or getting hit in head by another swimmer and lose mask, or really cold water.
I use to do Chair Yoga and know about the deep breathing techniques but almost imposssible to do when swimming in a race.
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An oxygen concentrator changed my life. Before that, my breathing was a horror show.
For awhile I was on Advair. With the oxygen concentrator, I was able to wean myself off of it.
I would also look into CPAP.
I know that, with my oxygen concentrator, part of the breathing help is not just the oxygen itself, but the movement of air from the cannula. A ceiling fan also helps me. I have had sleep studies and tried to do CPAP, but I have severe insomnia and can not sleep with it on...even the newer models.
A number of things would trigger my asthma. Those included scents from detergents, deodorants, etc.
So, now I go scent free. That has helped a lot. Even natural scents sometimes trigger my asthma.
So, I try to keep the house scent free and chemical free.
We use those Seventh Generation products, instead of strong household cleaners like ammonia and bleach.
That has helped a lot.