Breathing education
Part 7-D. Breathing and chronic fatigue syndrome
Consider following quotes from western medical studies.
"Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), including myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and postviral syndrome (PVS), is a term used today to describe a condition of incapacity for making and sustaining effort, associated with a wide range of symptoms. None of the reviews of CFS has provided a proper consideration of the effort syndrome caused by chronic habitual hyperventilation.
In 100 consecutive patients, whose CFS had been attributed to ME or PVS, the time course of their illness and the respiratory psychophysiological studies were characteristic of chronic habitual hyperventilation in 93.
It is suggested that the labels 'CFS', 'ME' or 'PVS' should be withheld until chronic habitual hyperventilation - for which conventional rehabilitation is available - has been definitively excluded."
Rosen SD, King JC, Wilkinson JB, Nixon PG, Is chronic fatigue syndrome synonymous with effort syndrome? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1990 Dec; 83(12): 761-764.
"Physicians’ and specialists’ continued failure to recognize, diagnose and treat adequately the majority of hyperventilators is a disgrace. Hyperventilation Syndrome (H.V.S.), incorrectly labelled myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.), is the latest example of the profession’s incompetence."
Paulley JW, Hyperventilation, Recent Progress in Medicine 1990 Sep; 81(9): 594-600.
Section 8-C. Breathing and feeling of energy from Quality of life part also considers the link between breathing (BHT) and chronic fatigue.
For the list of the quoted references click here