- Updated on August 3, 2019
By Dr. Artour Rakhimov, Alternative Health Educator and Author
Diseases of civilization that relate to ineffective breathing
Here is a list of 150 or 200 chronic diseases or health conditions which are based, according to Buteyko doctors, on low body O2 and caused by overbreathing. For clinical evidence, see the Homepage that quotes over 50 studies related to common chronic diseases.
- 1. Preasthma: respiratory allergy; polyvalent allergy; laryngospasm (loss of voice); allergic conjunctivitis; food allergy; drug allergy; pseudocroup; pharyngitis; laryngitis; tracheitis)
- 2. Asthmatoid bronchitis
- 3. Bronchial asthma
- 4. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease): chronic bronchitis; obstructive bronchitis; chronic pneumonia; pneumosclerosis; pulmonary emphysema; silicosis, anthracosis etc.
- 5. Chronic rhinitis
- 6. Vasomotor rhinitis
- 7. Frontal sinusitis metopantritis
- 8. Maxillary sinusitis
- 9. Sinusitis
- 10. Adenoiditis
- 11. Polyposis
- 12. Chronic rhinosinusopathy
- 13. Pollinosis (hay fever)
- 14. Quincke’s edema
- 15. Urticaria (hives, nettle rash)
- 16. Eczema (tetter): neurodermit; psoriasis; diathesis; vitiligo; ichthyosis (fishskin disease, xeroderma); juvenile acne (comedones, blackheads)
- 17. Raynaud’s disease (vasospasm of upper limbs)
- 18. Obliterating endarteritis
- 19. Varicosis of veins (varix)
- 20. Thrombophlebitis
- 21. Hemorrhoids (piles)
- 22. Hypotension (hypotony)
- 23. Hypertension (hypertony, high arterial blood pressure)
- 24. Vegetovascular dystonia (VVD)
- 25. Vitium cordis congenitum (congenital heart diseases)
- 26. Articular rheumatism
- 27. Rheumatic heart diseases
- 28. Diencephalic syndrome
- 29. Heart ischemia
- 30. Chronic ischemia (CHI): angina pectoris; postmyocardial infarction cardiosclerosis
- 31. Irregularities of cardiac rhythm: tachycardia (tachyarrhythmia, tachysystole); extrasystole; paroxysmal tachycardia; ciliary arrhythmia (cardiac fibrillation)
- 32. Generalised atherosclerosis
- 33. Arachnoiditis (posttraumatic, influenzal etc…)
- 34. Postinsultus states (conditions): paralysis (palsy); paresis
- 35. Parkinsonism (initial form)
- 36. Hypothyroidism
- 37. Hyperthyroidism
- 38. Basedow’s disease
- 39. Diabetes mellitus
- 40. Irregularities of the menstrual cycle
- 41. Toxicosis of pregnancy (disgravidism)
- 42. Pathologic climacterium (menopause)
- 43. Cervical erosion
- 44. Fibromyomas
- 45. Fibrotic mastopathy
- 46. Sterility
- 47. Impotence
- 48. Abortion’s prevention
- 49. Radiculitis (nerve root syndrome)
- 50. Osteochondrosis
- 51. Metabolic polyarthritis
- 52. Rheumatoid polyarthritis
- 53. Dupuytren’s syndrome (tendon osteal contracture)
- 54. Gout (podagra)
- 55. Pyelonephritis
- 56. Glomerulonephritis
- 57. Nocturia (bed wetting)
- 58. Cystitis
- 59. Urolithiasis
- 60. Obesity of any degree
- 61. Lipomatosis
- 62. Chronic gastritis
- 63. Chronic cholecystitis
- 64. Biliferous tracts dyskinesia
- 65. Chronic pancreatitis
- 66. Cholelithiasis
- 67. Duodenal ulcer
- 68. Spastic colitis
- 69. Peptic ulcer
- 70. Multiple sclerosis
- 71. Epilepsy (spastic syndrome)
- 72. Schizophrenia (at the initial stage)
- 73. Collagenases (dermatomyositis)
- 74. Glaucoma
- 75. Cataract(a)
- 76. Strabismus (heterotropia)
- 77. Hypermetropia (far-sightedness)
- 78. Radiation sickness
- 79. Virus hepatitis
- 80. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
According to over 170 Soviet and Russian doctors, there are many other diseases that are possible only in conditions of low body O2 content due to chronic overbreathing. These health problems or diseases of civilization can be successfully addressed with breathing retraining or the Buteyko breathing method. A particular clinical picture for any specific person and condition can be different, but many symptoms can be predicted using the Buteyko Table of Health Zones.
