How And Why Hatha Yoga Can Improve Health Breathing

Old hatha yoga books suggest that breathing is the essence of hatha yoga training. It is much more fundamental than learning or mastering most difficult yoga poses or asanas.

Which breathing or respiration matters most? The breathing process is going on 24/7 and the body requires O2 all the time. Hence, it is necessary to have a closer look at our unconscious or basal breathing.

Classical manuscripts on Hatha Yoga (Gheranda Samhita, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and Shiva Samhita) were written about 5-7 centuries ago. What do they say about breathing? According to these ancient hatha yoga manuscripts, the goal of hatha yog is to “suspend”, “hold”, “restrain”, and “calm” our breathing.

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How to Protect the Respiratory Tract

Bacteria invade human respiratory tract, the first is through the nasal mucosa, so drink plenty of water, so that to keep nasal mucosa moist, help to effectively resist the invasion of viruses and bacteria. Meanwhile, in the daily diet should eat more chicken, fish, meat, eggs, soy products and fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts and other high-protein, high vitamins, trace elements and high gentle, easily digestible food. And also no smoking, no drinking, do not eat spicy food, can also reduce the stimulation of the respiratory tract, to protect and enhance the natural immune function.

Develop good health habits is the key to prevention of infectious diseases in spring. You must develop the habits to wash hands before meals and after sneezing and coughing. If you cannot immediately wash your hands, you can disinfectant both hands with a disinfectant wipe.

Experts said the nose diseases, sputum and other respiratory secretions of patients with respiratory contain large quantities of pathogens; can be transmitted through hand contact with secretions of a healthy person. Therefore, we should pay more attention to hand hygiene. Meanwhile, we should do frequently changes clothes, do not eat unclean food, refused to eat raw seafood and meat, do not drink unboiled water.

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Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis in Infants

Acute Bronchitis or also known as Wet Lungs is a health disorder that occurs when the bronchial tract in the lungs submerged with water. Bronchial tract will then swell and produce mucus, causing coughing. Day-care attendance and exposure to cigarette smoke also can increase the likelihood that an infant will develop bronchiolitis. This disease often appears after an upper respiratory tract infection, such as a cold. Most acute bronchitis symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, etc. usually last up to 2 weeks, but the cough can persist for up to 8 weeks in some cases. Conditions that increase the risk of severe bronchiolitis include prematurity, prior chronic heart or lung disease, and a weakened immune system due to illness or medications.

Type of the other lung infections that known by the old prang is Bronchiolitis. Babies can be attacked by disease bronchiolitis (an infection caused by a virus) that can block the windpipe so that needs to be treated. Kids who have had bronchiolitis may be more likely to developasthma later in life, but it’s unclear whether the illness causes or triggers asthma, or whether children who eventually develop asthma were simply more prone to developing bronchiolitis as infants. Bronchiolitis is usually caused by a viral infection, most commonly respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Causes of Bronchitis

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All About A Career As A Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory therapist is also known as respiratory care practitioners. A career in this field in very flourishing and is much in demand. Those who are looking forward, or are keen on having a career as a respiratory therapist, must be aware of the job, and the duties it encompasses.

A respiratory therapist is trained to monitor the patients with lung and cardio pulmonary disorders, evaluate, and treat, manage the patient. A therapist learns to treat all type of respiratory cases of patients belonging to every age group. They provide temporary relief to patients who suffer from asthma. They are trained to treat complicated cases like emphysema, as well as manage emergency situations like heart attack or stroke, shock or drowning.

Respiratory therapy is a sector that is very much growing in demand, and is becoming the need of every hospital. These therapists are professionals who are assistants to the senior doctors so that they take care of the preliminary requirement to simplify and ensure proper patient care. He has to consult the doctor to plan the patient care and treatment.

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Breathing Exercises For Asthma Patients

In the normal breathing pattern the diaphragm moves downward when the person inhales and moves upward when the person exhales. An asthma patient breathes in an unnatural way by using only the upper portion of the chest. This is very unnatural for the system as the full chest is not used in this way.

Over the period of time the patient develops weakness of chest muscles as the muscles are not being used properly. At the time of an attack the chest muscles work extra hard as they work against constricted air passages. It is advisable for the asthma patients to do breathing exercises as they can really help build up the chest muscles involved in respiration and can contribute towards saving a persons life at the time of an attack.

The aim of breathing exercises is to relax the chest muscles that are overworked. And to teach a person to get out of the habit of using the chest muscles for breathing and start using the abdominal muscles and the diaphragm. For learning the proper use of diaphragm and lower chest the asthma patient has to start concentrating on breathing out rather than breathing in.

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