Pursed Lip Breathing Exercise to Reduce Shortness of Breath

Blowing soap bubbles: teaching pursed-lip breathing.

The effects of inspiratory diaphragm breathing exercise and expiratory pursed-lip breathing exercise on chronic stroke patients’ respiratory muscle activation

[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of inspiratory diaphragm breathing exercise and expiratory pursed-lip breathing exercise on chronic stroke patients' respiratory muscle activation. [Subjects and Methods] All experimental subjects performed exercises five times per week for four weeks. Thirty chronic stroke patients were randomly assign to an experimental group of 15...

[Pursed lips breathing].

Update: shortness of breath.

D ifficulty in breathing (also known as shortness of breath, breathless-ness, or dyspnea) is caused by various mechanisms related to different problems in the body. In one's lifetime, one may experience rare episodes of shortness of breath as part of high levels of activity such as exhaustive exertion or during environmental conditions such as high altitude or very warm or cold temperatures. Ot...

Shortness of breath.

A 50 year old man presented with a one week history of general malaise, worsening shortness of breath, and a cough productive of green sputum. He had also noticed an itchy rash on his trunk and face. There was no relevant medical history and he took no regular medications. He was a nonsmoker. On examination the patient had a widespread symmetrical rash over his face, trunk, and proximal limbs; ...