Asthma is a serious respiratory disease, which can prove very handicapping and at times even lethal. Drugs will help you with the physical symptoms and can give quick relief in the case of an attack. Nonetheless these drugs present many undesirable side effects. Hypnotherapy can offer a safe and effective alternative.
Asthma is a chronic condition affecting the respiratory system. During an asthma attack, airways, which carry oxygen in and out of the lungs, tend to constrict and thus reduce the flow of oxygen coming to the lungs. The airways also become inflamed and lined up with mucus. Those symptoms may occur several times in a day or week, or a lot less often. The severity of the attacks also varies.
Many triggers might be responsible for asthma attacks and the breathlessness which comes with it. Asthma can also cause chest pain and loss of consciousness. It is a very serious condition which can even be lethal: while 300 million people suffer from asthma around the world, asthma attacks kill around 250,000 people on a yearly basis.
People who have asthma also suffer from its side effects in their everyday life. Sleeplessness is a regular experience which can lead to daytime fatigue, and can have a negative impact on one’s personal and professional life. The World Health Organization even acknowledges the fact that "reduced activity levels" as well as "school and work absenteeism" are very often associated with asthma. Sports will usually be more difficult for people with asthma, which can for instance be a factor of social isolation for a child.
If asthma cannot be definitely cured, there are several ways to prevent and relieve the symptoms, making it possible for everybody with asthma to exercise, stay in shape and have a normal life. With the proper treatments, there are no reasons why somebody that has asthma should not be able to enjoy an active life.
Different factors can cause an asthma attack. Some can be very simple things like the humidity and temperature of the air. Nonetheless, the most usual ones are natural indoor and outdoor allergens, like house dust mites, cockroaches, spore and pollen as well as pollution from cars, tobacco smoke or chemical compounds, such as the ones found in perfumes and perfumed products. Medications such as aspirin or penicillin as well as some foods, such as milk or peanuts, in the case of food allergies, can also trigger asthma. Asthma attack can also occur after exercising.
Your psychological state can also be a contributing factor in causing an asthmatic attack. Tension, anxiety and emotional stress can all cause it. Many patients suffering from an asthmatic attack also make their condition worse by falling prey to panic, a very normal response to the dreadful experience they must live through.
To better prevent asthmatic attacks, all of these triggers ought to be avoided as much as possible. Allergies are also responsible for triggering asthma attacks and allergy treatment can be used in order to prevent them. There are nonetheless various sorts of asthma treatment. In the short-term, asthma attack treatment will give relief in case of an asthmatic attack. Asthma attack treatment is able to readily provide asthma relief, but people having moderate to severe asthma must use a long-term asthma treatment.
You may find many kinds of bronchial asthma treatment available out there, but some might not work out for you. Bronchial asthma treatment and allergy treatment also have numerous side effects when used regularly and for an extended period of time, especially drugs containing corticosteroids or Beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists, the latter having cardiac side effects and increasing the risk of respiratory death. Such problems may explain why around 50% of the people who suffer from asthma use some sort of alternative treatment, like natural asthma treatment.
Even if almost no evidence proves the efficiency of treatments like air ionizers or chiropractic, other types of natural asthma treatments like homeopathy, yoga practices and hypnosis have shown significant results as asthma treatment. Hypnosis, just like meditation or yoga, but in a much faster and easier way, provides asthma relief because it can help handle the psychological side of asthma thanks to relaxation. With hypnotherapy you will be a lot more relaxed, which will help prevent asthmatic attacks. It will also allow you to better handle the fear and panic during an attack, thus significantly reducing the symptoms. Most asthmatics are completely aware when they are about to have an attack, and specific hypnosis techniques exist which enable the asthmatic person to stop an impending attack.
Asthma is a serious respiratory disease, which can prove very handicapping and at times even lethal. Drugs will help you with the physical symptoms and can give quick relief in the case of an attack. Nonetheless these drugs present many undesirable side effects, particularly when used too often. NLP and hypnotherapy can in many cases decrease your need for drugs. It is also an effective asthma treatment and asthma attack treatment and can help you reduce asthmatic symptoms.
About The Author
Alan B. Densky is an NLP Practitioner who is also certified by the NGH. He is a full time practitioner who has created effective NLP Asthma Treatment CD's. His Neuro-VISION Hypnosis & NLP site features free MP3 downloads, an exceptional hypnosis research library, and a free video hypnosis blog.
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Hypnotherapy for Asthma
Being a former asthma sufferer myself, I can completely empathise with those who live in dread the suffocating symptoms of an asthma attack.
My asthma was induced by dust and aggravated by intense exercise, however for others, they causes are less easy to avoid. Pollen, pollution, stress, colds, and cigarette smoke are just some of the factors that can aggravate asthma. Although there are many pharmaceutical treatments for asthma, the very young and very old can be particularly debilitated by the symptoms of asthma.
When an attack is on its way, it's important to keep calm, but when you feel physically unable to get sufficient oxygen into your body (this is because the airways are constricting), calm is generally the last thing you are feeling, and no matter how many times you consciously remind yourself to keep calm, will power alone is not enough.
The good news is that most asthma suffers have some idea of when they are going to have an asthma attack, there may not be a lot of prior warning, but there will be some.
Using hypnosis, an asthma sufferer can be given suggestions such as remaining calm when they suspect that an attack is going to happen, visualising the tubes of their airways as being relaxed and wide, becoming disassociated from one's self so that they are able to look at themselves and how they look at this time just before the attack comes on. Or notice how a simple change in their own physiology can release discomfort or what it is that they are focusing on at that time… are they focusing on how tight and uncomfortable they feel, or how their socks feel on their feet? Wherever your attention is, you can expect to notice more intensely.
Imagining the lungs in a healthy normal state can encourage them to return to normal function, in fact as well visualising the self and how actual changes can be made to the body and it's parts, more covert techniques can be employed. A rubber band letting go offers suggestions of something taut becoming loose and limp (such as the airway), a stiff door that is oiled to that it can swing open easily can also make similar positive suggestions, or a slide window that allows a breeze to blow through. Simply the auditory suggestion of a slowing metronome can encourage a panicked racing heartbeat to slow down.
Hypnosis is one of the most effective ways to achieve a natural relaxed state. In this state the mind is more open to suggestion and the state of relaxation alone can ease the anxiety and stress that can cause an attack. This means that using auto suggestion, it may be possible for a person to abort the asthma attack before it begins.
About The Author
Gemma Bailey is qualified hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner, registered with the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR), American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH), British Board of NLP (BBNLP) and American Board of NLP (ABNLP) as well as being a member of the NHS Directory of Complimentary and Alternative Practitioners. http://www.gemmabailey.co.uk
My asthma was induced by dust and aggravated by intense exercise, however for others, they causes are less easy to avoid. Pollen, pollution, stress, colds, and cigarette smoke are just some of the factors that can aggravate asthma. Although there are many pharmaceutical treatments for asthma, the very young and very old can be particularly debilitated by the symptoms of asthma.
When an attack is on its way, it's important to keep calm, but when you feel physically unable to get sufficient oxygen into your body (this is because the airways are constricting), calm is generally the last thing you are feeling, and no matter how many times you consciously remind yourself to keep calm, will power alone is not enough.
The good news is that most asthma suffers have some idea of when they are going to have an asthma attack, there may not be a lot of prior warning, but there will be some.
Using hypnosis, an asthma sufferer can be given suggestions such as remaining calm when they suspect that an attack is going to happen, visualising the tubes of their airways as being relaxed and wide, becoming disassociated from one's self so that they are able to look at themselves and how they look at this time just before the attack comes on. Or notice how a simple change in their own physiology can release discomfort or what it is that they are focusing on at that time… are they focusing on how tight and uncomfortable they feel, or how their socks feel on their feet? Wherever your attention is, you can expect to notice more intensely.
Imagining the lungs in a healthy normal state can encourage them to return to normal function, in fact as well visualising the self and how actual changes can be made to the body and it's parts, more covert techniques can be employed. A rubber band letting go offers suggestions of something taut becoming loose and limp (such as the airway), a stiff door that is oiled to that it can swing open easily can also make similar positive suggestions, or a slide window that allows a breeze to blow through. Simply the auditory suggestion of a slowing metronome can encourage a panicked racing heartbeat to slow down.
Hypnosis is one of the most effective ways to achieve a natural relaxed state. In this state the mind is more open to suggestion and the state of relaxation alone can ease the anxiety and stress that can cause an attack. This means that using auto suggestion, it may be possible for a person to abort the asthma attack before it begins.
About The Author
Gemma Bailey is qualified hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner, registered with the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR), American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH), British Board of NLP (BBNLP) and American Board of NLP (ABNLP) as well as being a member of the NHS Directory of Complimentary and Alternative Practitioners. http://www.gemmabailey.co.uk
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