{"title":"Managing Body Distress in the Control of Severe Asthma","authors":"D. Bakal, W. Davidson","doi":"10.1177/2150129712465178","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article provides clinicians with a patient-centered framework for the recognition and management of body distress within severe asthma patients who remain uncontrolled despite treatment with standard medical therapy. Body distress is offered as a mind–body concept with origins in psychobiological patient characteristics that are generally not identified as contributing directly to uncontrolled asthma. Dysfunctional breathing can be viewed as a proxy for these patient variables. Effortless or relaxed breathing can be used to guide the reduction of body distress from healing sensations throughout the entire body and support a larger goal of using the least amount of medication possible.","PeriodicalId":15244,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators","volume":"115 1","pages":"22-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2150129712465178","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article provides clinicians with a patient-centered framework for the recognition and management of body distress within severe asthma patients who remain uncontrolled despite treatment with standard medical therapy. Body distress is offered as a mind–body concept with origins in psychobiological patient characteristics that are generally not identified as contributing directly to uncontrolled asthma. Dysfunctional breathing can be viewed as a proxy for these patient variables. Effortless or relaxed breathing can be used to guide the reduction of body distress from healing sensations throughout the entire body and support a larger goal of using the least amount of medication possible.