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Covid-19 patients experience common symptoms such as shortness of breath or chest tightness, for example. The doctor will then check the patient’s oxygen saturation. Yes, complaints of difficulty breathing are indeed a typical symptom of Covid-19. But what if the key to recovery from Covid-19 lies in breathing techniques? (Read: DPR Will Discuss Perppu Pilkada Volume II)
This statement was put forward by Andrew Weil, MD, director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. The breathing technique popularized by Dr. Weil is called 4-7-8 breathing which adopts the yoga breathing technique. Breathing slowly and deeply is believed to reduce stress levels.
“This is the best relaxation technique I know. It takes some time, requires no tools, and costs nothing. You have to practice it twice a day. By continuing to practice, it can lower heart rate and blood pressure, nourish the digestive system, make it easier to sleep, and prevent anxiety, “explained Dr. Weil quoted from Medium.com.
The 4-7-8 breathing technique can be performed by people who are being given oxygen therapy. It is even effective in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with complaints of difficulty breathing and is dependent on oxygen and can be studied in just a few minutes.
The 4-7-8 breathing technique is a breathing pattern that focuses on controlling the breath. The 4-7-8 breathing technique involves breathing for 4 seconds, holding the breath for 7 seconds, and exhaling for 8 seconds. (Read also: The Companions of the Prophet Are Not Sectarian, Really?)
This breathing technique begins with emptying the lungs from the air or exhaling, then breathing slowly through the nose for four seconds. Hold for a count of seven. Exhale vigorously through your mouth while making a “whoosh” sound for eight seconds. Repeat four times.
Now, experts are researching the long-term health impacts of Covid-19. One of the known effects is that some patients who have recovered from the viral infection develop pulmonary fibrosis (respiratory disorder caused by the formation of scar tissue in the lung organs). The number of sufferers is also increasing.
SARS patients who had recovered from the outbreak that had occurred in 2003, also suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. This abnormal lung function will cause a person to experience shortness of breath, even when only doing light activities, such as walking or wearing clothes.
Well, regular breathing exercises can increase lung development and strengthen the respiratory muscles which make the lung capacity to provide greater oxygen. Diaphragmatic breathing can be used as a start. To get the maximum amount of oxygen when you inhale, the body will use the breathing muscles including the diaphragm. (Also read: Koeman Suggests Puig Leave Barcelona Immediately)
This breathing technique is also called Pursed lip breathing (PLB). Namely the breathing technique by exhaling through pursed lips (cones) and breathing through the nose with the mouth closed. Medical personnel such as doctors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, to respiratory therapists teach their patients this technique to relieve shortness of breath and improve deep breathing.
Both diaphragmatic breathing, PLB, and yoga breathing techniques have been shown to improve lung function. All three have also been shown to improve the ability to breathe in pulmonary fibrosis patients. Includes the ability to walk farther for COPD patients.
Experts from Loma Linda University in California recommend that Covid-19 survivors start breathing exercises as soon as they are no longer dependent on oxygen therapy or experience shortness of breath.
While researchers from Canada also suggest the same thing. These breathing exercises are suggested 1-3 times a day for 10 minutes each. Dr. James Hoyt, a lung specialist at the UCHealth Pulmonology Clinic says deep breathing has several benefits. (See the video: Indonesian Air Force Sukhoi Airplane Bomb Falls into Residential Residents in Takalar)
Among them make the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide more optimally, slow down the heart rate, and reduce stress. “Breathing in a good way to get rid of stress and relaxation,” he concluded. (Sri Noviarni)
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