Asthma

Abstract

Managing asthma with the help of the
body’s resources

In the absence of other physical
impediments, generally, asthma could be
regarded a muscular malfunction caused by
a number of external factors such as pollens,
air impurities, environmental conditions,
moulds, spores, bed bugs, animal fur etc. as
well as internal ones like anxiety and mental
stress. Any of these circumstances or their
combination, causes irritation, swelling and
restriction of the muscles controlling the
flow of air to the lungs. Therefore the amount
of oxygen needed by the body as a whole
and necessary for its smooth functioning is
reduced. As a reaction to such conditions the
brain sends an urgent signal to the breathing
muscles to increase their functioning in order
to balance the oxygen supply. An external
manifestation could be sneezing, watery eyes,
redness of the face and many others varying
from person to person. In my opinion an
asthmatic can live a normal life, provided he or
she learns to control and relax the functioning
of the muscles involved with breathing in the
manner nature intended us to do; essentially
get acquainted with the natural mechanism
of breathing. When nature assembled the
human body, through thousands of years,
has assigned a specific use and a particular
purpose to every one of its components down
to the smallest molecule. That is why we are
provided with legs for walking, eyes for seeing
and so forth including the nose for breathing
which, in this particular case, must be heeded
as plan ”A” while the mouth as plan “B”, to be
used when necessary.