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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6020847" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Yes, it does. But so does "breathe slow and deeply", which is the usual advice you see floating around. This merely *enforces* slow and deep breathing. I learned of the trick when I saw an asthmatic friend reach for a straw when she had an attack and didn't have her inhaler handy. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, it would, at first. But the patient can quickly learn otherwise.</p><p></p><p>You ever stand in a real high wind (or stick your head out of a car window at high speed), and find it difficult to breathe? It is a similar effect. If the internal passageways are constricted, trying to jam too much air in at the mouth is counter-productive. It creates turbulence in the lungs, restricting flow even more than the inflammation of the passageways would account for, and that results in a feeling of panic in the patient.</p><p></p><p>Restrict the rate of intake, you avoid that turbulence. So, air flows as well as possible, and the patient ends up feeling like he or she *will* be able to take another breath, and the panic recedes. It doesn't fix the inflammation, so if that is bad enough you are still in trouble, but it make sthe air flow as well as it can given that inflammation.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Do feel free to ask your doctor about this. Any asthmatic - don't take my word for it, ask your doctor! This is not a replacement for medical attention - it is merely an emergency technique to try when you don't have an inhaler handy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6020847, member: 177"] Yes, it does. But so does "breathe slow and deeply", which is the usual advice you see floating around. This merely *enforces* slow and deep breathing. I learned of the trick when I saw an asthmatic friend reach for a straw when she had an attack and didn't have her inhaler handy. Yes, it would, at first. But the patient can quickly learn otherwise. You ever stand in a real high wind (or stick your head out of a car window at high speed), and find it difficult to breathe? It is a similar effect. If the internal passageways are constricted, trying to jam too much air in at the mouth is counter-productive. It creates turbulence in the lungs, restricting flow even more than the inflammation of the passageways would account for, and that results in a feeling of panic in the patient. Restrict the rate of intake, you avoid that turbulence. So, air flows as well as possible, and the patient ends up feeling like he or she *will* be able to take another breath, and the panic recedes. It doesn't fix the inflammation, so if that is bad enough you are still in trouble, but it make sthe air flow as well as it can given that inflammation. Do feel free to ask your doctor about this. Any asthmatic - don't take my word for it, ask your doctor! This is not a replacement for medical attention - it is merely an emergency technique to try when you don't have an inhaler handy. [/QUOTE]
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