If you have asthma, then you know the meaning of panic.
You have felt panic. You have suffered the experience of feeling
the constriction of you air pipe and then feeling your whole
body tense-up. After that, you have been terrified to discover
that the tension in your body has led to a further constriction
of the passage for needed oxygen. This terrifying feeling
comes on occasion to all who have asthma. This feeling can
be countered by using hypnosis to deal with asthma.
You will understand the benefits of hypnosis more completely
if you first learn about the more traditional methods for
dealing with asthma. At one time, any asthma sufferer looking
for a treatment had to choose between anti-inflammatory drugs
and inhalers. Perhaps you use an inhaler. The inhaler is a
readily available tool for the control of asthma symptoms.
But inhalers create certain problems. Those problems have
caused the push towards using hypnosis to deal with asthma.
If you have asthma, then you will need to hear what the
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has said about inhalers.
That organization has claimed that the anti-inflammatory drugs,
steroids, are better, because such drugs deal with the cause
of the asthma and not with its symptoms. Yet this pronouncement
was made before the use of widespread testing for steroids.
Such testing programs have forced athletes to look with greater
acceptance on those who use hypnosis to deal with asthma.
Especially useful for athletes with asthma
If you are an asthma sufferer who wants to participate in
some type of athletic program, then you will benefit from
considering the use of hypnosis to deal with asthma. Hypnosis
will allow you to enjoy participation in an athletic activity
without having to worry about a test result that shows you
have used steroids. After all, the test will not prove that
you use steroids only to prevent an asthma attack.
A final reason to use hypnosis to deal with asthma comes
in the form of a global ban. That is the ban against all devices
that can emit chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Until 1997, every
inhaler on the market contained CFCs. Although there are new
inhalers without CFCs, the fact that inhalers have not had
a constant presence on the drug store shelf strengthens the
argument for using hypnosis to deal with asthma.
Don't panic! Think about the above facts and consider hypnosis
as a valuable alternative treatment.
