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DO YOU FIT IN HERE?

WHAT WILL BUTEYKO DO FOR ME?
 
Control your asthma instead of asthma controlling you.
 
Reduce your symptoms of asthma, sinusitis, allergies, breathlessness, etc.
 
Reduce your medication dramatically.
 
Provide you with greater understanding of your condition and medication
 
Give you improved performance in sports and exercise.
 
 
BUT I DON'T HYPERVENTILATE!
                      OR DO I?
 
SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERVENTILATION
 
1.  Respiratory System:  Shortness of breath, tightness in chest, over-sensitivity or airways, excessive sneezing, production of mucous, long-term blocked or running sinus, excessive yawning and sighing.
 
2.  Nervous System:  Lightheadness, dizziness, unsteadiness, poor concentration, numbness, tingling and coldness especially in the hands and fingers and often in the face.  In severe cases loss of memory or loss of consciousness can occur.
 
3.  Heart:  Racing, pounding or skipped heart beats.
 
4.  Psychological;  High degrees of anxiety, tension and apprehension.
 
5.  General;  Mouth dryness, abdominal bloating, belching and flatulence, easily tired, poor sleep, general weakness and chronic exhaustion.
                     

INDICATIONS THAT YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM A
COURSE
                                
 
Do you get asthma when sleeping?
Do you get breathless when exercising?
Do you get very bad asthma when you have a chest infection?
Does you breathing get worse at certain times of the year?
Do you use reliever medication more than three times a week?
Are you concerned about the possible side effects of your   
      breathing medication?
Do you already suffer from these side effects:  tremor or racing
     heart from your reliever and husky voice, oral thrush,
     bruising easily, thin skin, suppressed immune system
     from your steroid preventers?
Are you taking more breathing medication than you were five
     years ago?
Do you take breathing medication yet still have a problem?
Are breathing problems dictating your lifestyle i.e. do you
     avoid activities, foods or going places in an effort to
     have less breathing problems?
Does asthma cause you to miss school or work?
 
If you answered YES to five or more then your condition needs addressing.  Enrolling in a Buteyko course will make an enormous positive change in your life.
If you answered YES to three or four questions, then Buteyko will greatly improve your health.
If you answered YES to one or two questions, your asthma or breathing disorder is well controlled or mild. Buteyko will enable you to virtually forget that you have it.