[ConservativeMind]

Breathing exercises could minimize multiple symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome.

[ConservativeMind]

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[gundog]

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. Day and night, for as long as I can recall.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I can absolutely believe this. Also pertaining to sleep quality and apnea.

[FoxInSocks]

Both dysfunctional breathing and hyperventilation can cause symptoms similar to chronic fatigue, like dizziness, difficulty focusing, shortness of breath and exhaustion. Combining the two can also cause people to experience heart palpitations, chest pain, fatigue, and (unsurprisingly) anxiety.

Or correlation/causation is confused here, and anxiety often explains these symptoms. In which case recognition of anxiety and then using breathing exercises could be very beneficial.

I didn’t see a link to the paper, so I didn’t look at it.

[tired&retired]

Research has shown that a long count inhale and a fast exhale invigorates a person and clears their mind.

Fast inhale and a long count exhale calms the mind and relaxes a person.

[tired&retired]

Thank you again for posting the excellent articles.

🙏🙏🙏

[Rockingham]

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is now formally known as CFS/ME, for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. The basis for the expanded name and description is that cases of CFS also often involve nervous system symptoms to one degree or another.

I am not a doctor. Due to personal experience though with CFS/ME, I believe that some of the worst nervous system symptoms are due a viral infection, most often an atypical form of shingles, which is caused by the chicken pox virus. The breathing issues can be due to shingles. In addition, intravenous magnesium is a standard treatment to ease breathing in COPD and pulmonary hypertension. Among other effects, such magnesium relaxes the capillaries and thereby aids respiration.

The more fundamental cause of CFS/ME is nutritional deficiencies that impair mitochondrial metabolism, immunity, and vascular function, especially vitamin D and magnesium. Deficiency of magnesium also degrades hundreds of enzymatic processes for which it is also essential.

Supplements of Vitamin D and magnesium in proper form can lead to recovery from CFS/ME when combined with collagen peptides. Magnesium glycinate, magnesium L-threonate, and other amino acide chelates are the preferred forms of supplemental magnesium due to higher absorbability. Notably, collagen peptides help rebuild vascular function diminished by magnesium deficiency.

How does one get magnesium and vitamin D deficiencies and why do doctors miss them? The modern diet is deficient in both nutrients, while unrecognized GI ailments, caffeine, and many prescription and OTC drugs tend to deplete vitamin D and magnesium. Worst of all, magnesium deficiency is hard to detect due to a lack of reliable tests.

[Bon of Babble]

That and I have elderly relatives who sit slumped forward in their recliners for hours on end watching TV - which impedes their breathing and oxygen levels.

They complain constantly of fatigue but do not understand that sitting like that for most of the day makes them even more fatigued.

That and the prescription meds the doctors dole out to them like candy.