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Anxiety Breathing Disorders: Natural Treatment - Prevention

Clinical manifestations and symptoms
of Anxiety Breathing Disorders

- Chest tightness
- Costal or chest breathing
- Shortness of breath
- Feeling of lack of air
- Panic, phobia and anxiety

Early sings and symptoms
of Anxiety Breathing Disorders

- Dry mouth in the morning
- Sleeping on one's back
- Agitated sleep or nocturnal sleep problems
- Sighing or sniffing air
- Mouth breathing during exercise/walking

Healthy lifestyle factors

- Physical exercise, but with strictly nasal breathing (in and out) so that to increase CO2 and nitric oxide blood concentrations
- Relaxation, meditation exercises
- Diaphragmatic breathing 24/7
- Straight spine or correct posture 24/7
- Forgiveness, silent prayer, acceptance, peace-making, calmness, good will, cooperation, composure, perseverance, self-discipline, commitment, and responsibility
- More time spent outdoors (especially for the elderly)
- Eating, only when a person is hungry (and stopping in time)
- Going to bed for sleep, only if one is really sleepy, and getting out of bed in the morning after waking up; sleeping on solid beds
- Raw vegetarian diet (provided that it is very well chewed)
- Moderation in pleasures
- Taking cold shower (while following certain rules), massage, barefoot walking
- Some breathing techniques (the Buteyko method, Frolov respiration device, Strelnikova paradoxical breath gymnastic, correctly done hatha yoga pranayama, etc.)

Lifestyle risk factors

- Lack or insufficient physical exercise
- Oral breathing (during sleep and physical exercise too, unless you are superfit)
- Sleeping at night on one’s back
- Psychological stress, revenge, anger, greed, jealousy, envy, laziness, and other strong emotions
- Eating too much (especially of animal proteins)
- Lack of important nutrients and junk foods
- Toxins, poisons and pollution (in water, food and air, due to radiation, infections, and medical drugs); allergic triggers; dusty environment
- Pathological gut flora (manifested in the “self-soiling” effect and a need to use toilet paper)
- Focal infections (dead tonsils, cavities in teeth, athletes’ feet, root canals or dead teeth,  and intestinal parasites, flukes, or worms) and silver mercury amalgams
- Talkativeness and deep breathing exercises (except slow ones, e.g., with 1-2 breaths per min so that to increase body CO2 content)
- Sighing, sneezing, coughing, and yawning with large movements of air or open mouth
- Addictions and excesses (caffeine, smoking, gambling, street drugs, too much alcohol, sex, etc.)

Treatment and prevention of anxiety breathing disorders

Anxiety breathing disorders, as their name testifies, are caused by an ineffective breathing pattern. Overbreathing or chronic hyperventilation is manifested in low body oxygenation and hypocapnia. The main impact of healthy lifestyle factors on anxiety breathing disorders is lighter and easier breathing manifested in higher Control Pause, which is the main breathing parameter that defines health state of patients with anxiety breathing disorders. Vice versa, lifestyle risk factors intensify breathing (make it faster and deeper) causing hypocapnia (carbon dioxide deficiency) and all negative effects related to low CO2 levels in the blood and other cells.

In order to deal with anxiety breathing disorders, apart from lifestyle factors, one should correct own ineffective breathing pattern so that to restore normal work and stability of the nervous system. Breathing retraining therapies are the most natural and simple solutions for treatment and prevention of these conditions. The DIY breathing device and the Buteyko method are the most advanced breathing retraining techniques, which provide efficient breathing exercises and address breathing-related lifestyle factors in detail.

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