Great Link on Breathing we all need to bookmark

[Colleen-NC]

This came up in a thread Mary started over on CI and Martha posted this link and its a good one and I thought I'd pass it along here. Take a look, its a keeper. Was great help to me.


www.mycarecommunity.org/FetchCategory/FetchArticle/tabid/119/Id/130/Type/4/Default.aspx

[blondie]

Very interesting and put in plain language. I saved it..Pat

[sue]

I saved it also, thanks Colleen.....maybe you could put a sticky on this to permanently save it?

[merryfl]

This is something I plan to send to my kids and print out for DH. It has a lot of good, common-sense info that a lot of people may not know - or may need to be reminded of. Thanks for posting it.

[Toby]

This was excellent and made me think of things I hadn't thought of before. Thanks Colleen. I hope you make it a "sticky".

[Colleen-NC]

I will, thanks for the idea!! Sue, you too, thanks!

[Cherylmcc]

Very good article - thank you.

[virginia]

Yes, Thanks Colleen, I saved it also..That is the first place where I've read that you may look as if your breathing normal, but be very short of breath...LOL, i don,t worry about it when people tell me i don't look sick or sob, but i am very bad sometime but not showing it..

[jojo]

Thanks for passing Mary's post along, Colleen. I'm copying it as well, 1st person that will read this is my HUSBAND/ EXCELLENT.

[azbj]

Hi, everyone. I went to that link and it wants me to sign in. Could someone post the title of the article and I'll google it?

TIA
bj

[adina]

BJ, I got the same message, but you can bypass registering just by clicking on a topic on the left. OR you can enter the word "breathing" in the search box at the top right. Two articles appear. I think this is the 'right' one though: www.mycarecommunity.org/FetchCategory/FetchArticle/tabid/119/Id/130/Type/4/Default.aspx

Hope this link gets you there.

[Vic]

One of the most important items in that excellent article is the one they quickly glossed over which is the one about using a fan to ease breathing. I live with my fan...it does not have to be as large as the one shown in the article...mine is one of those $6 Walgreen fans about the size of a 45rpm record (you remember those, don't you?).

It does a good job of preventing us from re-inhaling our own expired CO2 by blowing it away as we exhale, thus keeping the O2 level we are breathing slightly higher. I had also read quite a while ago that the air moving on your face causes a reaction that causes your airways to open more than before. -- Vic
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"The simplest device we have for palliating breathlessness is the electric fan, and many patients will volunteer that they even gain relief from sitting in a draught or by an open window. Simple facial cooling in the area served by the 2nd and 3rd branches of the Vth cranial nerve can reduce the sensation of breathlessness.8 A fan has many advantages as a way of treating breathlessness: it can be portable or fixed, and the patient can use it whenever the need arises. This in turn will increase their sense of ‘mastery’ over the illness. In chronic disease, patients who have a sense of control have a lower incidence of depression and a greater ability to function. A fan is also a treatment which is simple, safe and cheap. The clinician recommending it needs to spend time describing and demonstrating its use, otherwise the usefulness of such an everyday object may be dismissed by the patient."

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539472/

[Colleen-NC]

I went in and changed the link, sometimes they expire and/or move!

[azbj]

Thanks, Colleen. Got it now!
bj

[jarity]

I printed it out! Need to go have coffee and sit/read this on a sunday morning. Thanx

[Toby]

This was an excellent article Colleen. I missed it and glad the new ones brought it back. I have read through it but I am also going to print it for the family at the right time. Thanks!

[cindytx]

Just the article I needed thanks.

[maryaz]

Cindy, I did not notice you posted until now. Glad to see you are around. If you are reading, I hope you have a nice birthday. You should find some greetings in the celebration section.

[roadtrip]

Wonderful article, thanks for posting it.