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Patrick McKeown, The Oxygen Advantage
The breath-hold exercises described in this book are absolutely safe so long as they are practiced within tolerable limits. However, individuals with high blood pressure, cardiac conditions, type 1 diabetes, or any other serious health concern should not practice holding their breath either during rest or while exercising.
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Carey
I think there's a much simpler explanation here:
keep blowing out hard
What you did was actually a Valsalva maneuver, which has long been known to terminate atrial arrhythmias in some people.
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lds001
I have been doing that for years to get rid of hiccups :.
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afibbers
Years ago my boss with emphysema would use a technique of exhaling twice as much as he inhaled to help with his emphysema, the CO2 thing. I searched and its called Pursed lip breathing PLB. To pursed lip breathe, you should inhale through your nose for 2 seconds, then exhale slowly through pursed lips for 4 seconds. Lots of stuff out there about PLB. Some of you may have to tweak this technique a little bit for AF, if the this PLB technique does work.
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Pompon
It's really interesting. If the idea is increasing the CO2 level in blood, would it theroretically be effective (and less violent) breathing in a paper bag ?
I'm thinking about this because during one of my early afib attacks, I did the opposite. I took deep breaths repeatedly, trying to recover and standing up, but of course I couldn't. I had so much O2 in excess that l couldn't move my fingers. My sister (a nurse) told me I should have done the opposite. She did suggest in this case breathing in a paper bag.
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Leah H.
I try to stop an afib by coughing deeply and strongly. Sometimes it helps for awhile. I do not understand the physiology behind it. Has it anything to do with the CO2 level or not?
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