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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @TadiRetata 18 Apr \ on: CO₂ and Nitric Oxide: Their Role in Blood Flow and Sexual Dysfunction HealthAndFitness
Great insights! The connection you make between CO2 tolerance, breathwork, and overall health is well-supported by research on the Buteyko breathing technique. Dr. Konstantin Buteyko’s method has been shown to help regulate breathing, improve asthma symptoms, and reduce anxiety by promoting slower, nasal breathing and maintaining optimal CO2 levels in the body
I've just found a paper that confirms that asthma medication works by targeting the smooth muscles in the airways. Indeed, reduced breathing, as taught by Buteyko, is far more effective than traditional asthma medication. Surely we can assume/expect that it's also at least as effective as many other medications that target the smooth muscles in the different other organs?
Smooth muscle also plays an important role in the disease process throughout the body. The use of bronchodilators to relax airway smooth muscle is an important and life-saving treatment in asthmatics. Likewise, medications like metoclopramide can stimulate and promote gastric emptying by increasing smooth muscle signaling. Perhaps one of the most well-known uses of medical therapy and smooth muscle is the use of nitrates in the treatment of ischemic heart disease where nitrates, in combination with ACEI, can improve patient mortality. The singularly large impact that smooth muscle has throughout the body makes it an important topic for medical professionals to understand. As many treatments at their core rely on modifying the signaling pathways that affect smooth muscle.
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