i am looking advice on c o p d

[sandra112]

hi i have a lot off tighens in my chest some doctors at the hospital  say i have asthma  and then someone tells me its c o p d  i get very short of breath right now when i speak i feel very shortbreathe  but right now i,m very chesty and wheezy been on steroides and antiboictics
and i still cant get rid of it can any help or advice me  cause right now its very uncomfortable and got this cough and i cant clear my chest can some 1 help me  

[hava]

The Yog Pranayam  will  help with controlling asthma like problems. The benefit  is gradual, so allow time, and come back with your feedback.
Initially try kapalbhati about 10 times and see how you feel, then start doing all the pranayam.
Build up your timing gradually. If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after 1 minute.

Bhastrika pranayam- Take a long deep breath into the lungs(chest not tummy) via the nose and then completely breathe out through the nose. Duration upto 5 minutes.Place your fists, with the thumb pointing up, on the the legs, above the the knee, and do bhastrika for one minute.Repeat this for one minute, but with the fists upside down, so that the thumb is pointing down, and resting on the legs.

Kapalbhati pranayam-(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 10 to 30 minutes twice a day. Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.
Children under 15 years – do for 5 to 10 minutes.

Anulom Vilom pranayam –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril  
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril  
then -keeping the left nostril closed  deep breath-in through right nostril
then - close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 15 to 30  minutes twice a day.
Children under 15 years – do for 5 to 10 minutes.
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.

[Resilient_Mimi]

COPD(Chronic..Obstructive....Pulmonary....Disease). Emphysema is a Type of COPD if that gives you an Idea.  I'll explain, when a person takes a breath, your lungs expand, then deflate. A COPD patient "tries" to take a breath and the lungs are already expanded, they do not have anymore room to expand.  It is like a "baloon that has been blown up too many times, it is already streched out. So the trick is.... to get the lungs to deflate!! You have to get all the air out, so you can then take a breath.  This is done by"Pursed Lip Breathing" you breath IN your nose 1...2..3.., then breath out your mouth by pursing your lips, "like your trying to whistle, or kiss someone" you eehale twice as long as you inhale, 1..2..3..4..5..6. This will help when a peron feels short of breath.  You can take breathing treatments with medine that dilate your brochial tubes so air can pass thru there easily. Before you speak take a breath, and so on.  This is a progressive disease, and breathing is something we noramlly dont have to put much thought into, but when you start having trouble, then we have to train ourselves to breath like we need to.  I hope this helps, I'm a Respiratory Therapist and have been for 10 years.  I truley hope you get some relief, see a Pulmonologist, and he will better help you with your lungs.