Can deep breathing increase lung function? Weak effect? Why don t you run?

The lungs are a gas exchange site where oxygen is drawn in from the outside world and carbon dioxide is exhaled from the body. The quality of lung function usually determines the working status of other organs, and it is also a "barometer" of human health. However, with the increase of age, the total volume and lung activity of the lungs will gradually decrease, the mucosa of the respiratory tract will gradually shrink, and the ciliary function and cough reflex sensitivity on the mucosa will gradually decrease, so we should pay attention to the maintenance of the lungs and the exercise of lung function.

1. Methods for self-testing lung function.

For the judgment of lung function, "spirometry" and "one-second measurement" are commonly used in medicine to detect. Vital capacity is the maximum volume of air that can be exhaled after inhaling as best as you can, and then exhaling as best you can. The lung capacity of a healthy person is generally around 3 4 liters.

The whole exhalation process takes about 3 to 4 seconds, of which the amount of air exhaled in the first second is "one second volume", and the amount of one second in a healthy person accounts for more than 80% of the lung capacity.

However, pulmonary function tests require specialized equipment and can only be performed in hospitals. Huazi teaches you 3 small ways to self-test your lung function, you can test it yourself and estimate your lung function.

1. Blow out a candle: Light a candle, then move it away for a distance, and blow it out with all your might. A healthy person can usually blow out a candle 15 centimeters away, and if it is less than this distance, it means that the lung function has decreased.

2. Climb the stairs: Climb the stairs at your own normal speed, usually healthy people can climb above the 3rd floor in one breath without wheezing, indicating good lung function.

2. What is the impact of declining lung function?

The best way to exercise lung function is to do aerobic exercise. But modern people live a stressful life and are too busy with work, and few people can stick to regular aerobic exercise for a long time. Many people's daily breathing is "short and shallow", which can also be said that they do not breathe correctly, but only maintain "gasping", resulting in a rapid decline in lung function.

When lung function declines, gas exchange capacity is insufficient, and oxygen supply capacity is reduced. When we need a large amount of oxygen during strenuous activities, long hours of work or study, we will have symptoms of insufficient oxygen supply, such as dizziness, chest tightness, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, and insomnia. Not only will it limit our activities, affect the efficiency of work and study, but also cause damage to health due to insufficient oxygen supply, and various organs will be "passive and slack", which is more likely to breed various diseases.

3. Deep breathing can exercise lung function.

For most people, the time cost of doing cardio is too high. So is there a way to exercise lung function without taking time? Yes, just learn to breathe deeply.

As long as you work and study every day, consciously take the initiative to take a deep breath. Doing this for 10 minutes 3 times a day can have the effect of exercising lung function.

In the case of normal breathing, only 80 to 90% of the alveoli of the human body are in a working state, and some alveoli are in a state of collapse, and the function is wasted. Deep breathing will fill all the alveoli of the lungs, and it can also exercise the intermuscular muscles, increase the contraction force of the muscles, which is conducive to the expansion of the lungs and enhances the gas exchange capacity.

Deep breathing has a role in improving lung function. I don't know what the prevalence rate you are talking about, whether it means resistance to the new coronavirus pneumonia, which is generally a contagious disease. It is still non-contact as the main means of prevention.

Deep breathing can increase lung function and be more effective for a long time, and deep breathing can also be done while running.

I think it has a preventive effect on lung disease, because it helps our physical health, it also helps our physical development, and it also strengthens our resistance, and it also strengthens our immunity.

It has a preventive effect, and deep breathing exercises every day can increase lung capacity, relax people's mind, and improve sleep quality.

Regular deep breathing can prevent lung diseases, increase lung capacity, and clean organs.