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Question: Are there any non-pharmaceutical or other natural medicines or therapies which are effective towards improving or resolving asthma? (With all due respect, I would like doctors other than Dr. XXXXXXX Rynne to answer my query.)
Brief Answer:
Chest physiotherapy, deep breathing respiratory exercise and picnogenol.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Following are the nonpharmacological measure for asthma.
1. Identification of causative allergen and if possible complete avoidance of it. So get done allergy testing to identify the causative allergen.
2. Chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercises. These will improve lung functions.
3. Adult respiratory vaccines with pneumococcal and influenza vaccines to prevent recurrent respiratory tract infection.
4. Lung anti oxidant, pine bark extract (picnogenol).
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Chest physiotherapy, deep breathing respiratory exercise and picnogenol.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Following are the nonpharmacological measure for asthma.
1. Identification of causative allergen and if possible complete avoidance of it. So get done allergy testing to identify the causative allergen.
2. Chest physiotherapy and deep breathing exercises. These will improve lung functions.
3. Adult respiratory vaccines with pneumococcal and influenza vaccines to prevent recurrent respiratory tract infection.
4. Lung anti oxidant, pine bark extract (picnogenol).
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you kindly Dr. Bhavsar!
A few follow up questions:
I. Are you able to tell me what kind of physiotherapy and breathing exercises can a person do?
II. Can you tell me what daily amount of pine bark extract I should talk to my doctor about potentially using?
III. Are there other antioxidants which work on lung functioning in addition to pine bark extract?
Wish you the best of health as well!
A few follow up questions:
I. Are you able to tell me what kind of physiotherapy and breathing exercises can a person do?
II. Can you tell me what daily amount of pine bark extract I should talk to my doctor about potentially using?
III. Are there other antioxidants which work on lung functioning in addition to pine bark extract?
Wish you the best of health as well!
Brief Answer:
You should do yoga, pranayam and incentive spirometry.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Answer to your 1st question.
You should do yoga, pranayam and incentive spirometry. Yoga and pranayam are XXXXXXX origin thing. You can search on Internet about their technique. Incentive spirometry is a hand held tool with three balls and a tube. Instruction manual is given inside the box.
Answer to your 2nd question.
Pine bark extract should be taken 50 micrograms twice daily.
Answer to your 3 rd question.
N acetyl cysteine (NAC) is another broad spectrum amti oxidant. It is also available commercially.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
You should do yoga, pranayam and incentive spirometry.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Answer to your 1st question.
You should do yoga, pranayam and incentive spirometry. Yoga and pranayam are XXXXXXX origin thing. You can search on Internet about their technique. Incentive spirometry is a hand held tool with three balls and a tube. Instruction manual is given inside the box.
Answer to your 2nd question.
Pine bark extract should be taken 50 micrograms twice daily.
Answer to your 3 rd question.
N acetyl cysteine (NAC) is another broad spectrum amti oxidant. It is also available commercially.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you very much Dr. Bhavsar - you are a wealth of information!
Can one get incentive spirometry tools online, or are these typically available only through one's medical providers?
So are you saying that antioxidants in general are indicated for asthma, and not just antioxidants which work on pulmonary functioning?
Can one get incentive spirometry tools online, or are these typically available only through one's medical providers?
So are you saying that antioxidants in general are indicated for asthma, and not just antioxidants which work on pulmonary functioning?
Brief Answer:
In my part of world it is easily available.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Thanks a lot for appreciation. Your positive feedback means a lot for me.
In my part of world (India), incentive spirometer is easily available at pharmacy or at physiotherapy center.
I don't know about your place.
Sorry to say but I don't understand your last question about anti oxidant
Can you make it more clear?
Also let me know where do you live?
I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
In my part of world it is easily available.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Thanks a lot for appreciation. Your positive feedback means a lot for me.
In my part of world (India), incentive spirometer is easily available at pharmacy or at physiotherapy center.
I don't know about your place.
Sorry to say but I don't understand your last question about anti oxidant
Can you make it more clear?
Also let me know where do you live?
I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you for your kind words and for sharing your knowledge Dr. Bhavsar.
I live in the ctiy of Kirkland in the state of XXXXXXX in XXXXXXX
As to antioxidants, you had mentioned "lung antioxidants" and broad-spectrum antioxidants. I was wondering if all antioxidants would help lung functioning, or if specific antioxidants only such as pine bark extract and NAC would help lung functioning.
I live in the ctiy of Kirkland in the state of XXXXXXX in XXXXXXX
As to antioxidants, you had mentioned "lung antioxidants" and broad-spectrum antioxidants. I was wondering if all antioxidants would help lung functioning, or if specific antioxidants only such as pine bark extract and NAC would help lung functioning.
Brief Answer:
Pine bark extract and NAC will help more as they are pulmonary antioxidants
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
So I think you will get incentive spirometer mostly in physiotherapy center without prescription.
And broad spectrum antioxidants work on entire body (also on lungs). So they also work on lung functioning but not as much as lung specific anti oxidants do.
So it is advisable to take lung specific anti oxidant like pine bark extract or N acetyl cysteine for better results.
Hope I have solved your query.
If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
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Pine bark extract and NAC will help more as they are pulmonary antioxidants
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
So I think you will get incentive spirometer mostly in physiotherapy center without prescription.
And broad spectrum antioxidants work on entire body (also on lungs). So they also work on lung functioning but not as much as lung specific anti oxidants do.
So it is advisable to take lung specific anti oxidant like pine bark extract or N acetyl cysteine for better results.
Hope I have solved your query.
If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you very kindly Dr. Bhavsar!
I'm in communication with my medical providers about this. I have medical grade 02 tanks here, as well as nasal inhalation air tubes for oxygen therapy. If I were to confer with my providers about doing 02 inhalation therapy, would there be benefit to this at specific flow rates and durations to work up to? My oxygen regulator is a pediatric regulator, so flow rates range from 1/32 LPM to 4 LPM.
I'm in communication with my medical providers about this. I have medical grade 02 tanks here, as well as nasal inhalation air tubes for oxygen therapy. If I were to confer with my providers about doing 02 inhalation therapy, would there be benefit to this at specific flow rates and durations to work up to? My oxygen regulator is a pediatric regulator, so flow rates range from 1/32 LPM to 4 LPM.
Brief Answer:
Sorry to say but I don't understand your last question.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Sorry for late reply as I was a bit busy.
Honestly speaking, I don't understand your last question. Means do you want to know if incentive spirometry will interfere with your oxygen flow rate or not? Is my understanding right?
Please make me understand so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Sorry to say but I don't understand your last question.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Sorry for late reply as I was a bit busy.
Honestly speaking, I don't understand your last question. Means do you want to know if incentive spirometry will interfere with your oxygen flow rate or not? Is my understanding right?
Please make me understand so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hey no problem at all Dr. Bhavsar! I appreciate your knowledge!
So I was just asking if breathing medical grade O2 could help with asthma attacks, and if so, what flow rate and duration I can think about using. (Again, I have a pediatric regulator on my O2 tank, so flow rates run from 1/32 LPM to 4 LPM, but I think anything above 2 LPM might be an irritant…)
So I was just asking if breathing medical grade O2 could help with asthma attacks, and if so, what flow rate and duration I can think about using. (Again, I have a pediatric regulator on my O2 tank, so flow rates run from 1/32 LPM to 4 LPM, but I think anything above 2 LPM might be an irritant…)
Brief Answer:
Have you checked your oxygen level while asthma attack?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Now I can understand what you want to ask.
First I need to know few things before commenting on this.
Have you checked your oxygen level while asthma attack?
Have you checked your oxygen level in normal condition (without asthma attack)?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Have you checked your oxygen level while asthma attack?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Now I can understand what you want to ask.
First I need to know few things before commenting on this.
Have you checked your oxygen level while asthma attack?
Have you checked your oxygen level in normal condition (without asthma attack)?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hello Dr. Bhavsar,
I hope you are having a good weekend!
Those are good questions you ask. My blood oxygen saturation levels per pulse oxymeters are usually around 99% both when I am breathing fine as well as when I ham experiencing asthma attacks. Would you thus conjecture that breathing in medical grade O2 during asthma attacks would have little therapeutic benefit?
I hope you are having a good weekend!
Those are good questions you ask. My blood oxygen saturation levels per pulse oxymeters are usually around 99% both when I am breathing fine as well as when I ham experiencing asthma attacks. Would you thus conjecture that breathing in medical grade O2 during asthma attacks would have little therapeutic benefit?
Brief Answer:
No, oxygen will not be beneficial in acute asthma attack in your case.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Since you are maintaining normal oxygen levels even during asthma attacks, supplemental oxygen will not give you great relief.
Supplemental oxygen may give you some benefits but not great benefits as you are having normal oxygen saturation during attacks.
Patients with low oxygen saturation during asthma attacks benefit more with supplemental oxygen.
No harm if you take oxygen during attack. But don't take it more than 1 liter/minute.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
No, oxygen will not be beneficial in acute asthma attack in your case.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Since you are maintaining normal oxygen levels even during asthma attacks, supplemental oxygen will not give you great relief.
Supplemental oxygen may give you some benefits but not great benefits as you are having normal oxygen saturation during attacks.
Patients with low oxygen saturation during asthma attacks benefit more with supplemental oxygen.
No harm if you take oxygen during attack. But don't take it more than 1 liter/minute.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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