Sentences with phrase «slow the breathing of»

Doctors and first responders already use medications to combat the effects of opioids, including the high and the slowed breathing of an overdose.

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One of the simplest and most important steps you can take is to slow your breathing and relax your muscles.

Breathe2Relax uses a combination of visual and audio cues to slow your breathing rhythm while soft music plays in the background.

Since opioid painkillers slow breathing and act on the same brain systems as heroin, they carry serious risks of overdose and, in rarer cases, addiction.

When the arms of the condemned on a cross are held above parallel with the ground, it prevents the condemned from breathing fully, and causes a slow asphyxiation.

>> Breathe — A slow deep breath (between points or during stoppage) may be one of the most under valued mental skills in existence.

By Ed Bruske AKA The Slow CookParents can breathe a little easier now that a group of experts in the most authoritative assessment yet [PDF] has found that kids are not suffering a «calcium crisis» as the dairy industry might have us believe.

Hence the slow breathing, the calming self - hug, the stretching and releasing tension in the shoulders, the glass of water, the shaking out of the hands... you get the idea.

He needs us until the day he doesn't any more and all we have left is the memory of his slowing, rhythmic breathing and occasional checking of our presence through the brushing of his tiny, soft hand against ours.

After several minutes of slow deep breathing, she recovers her composure.

When Teddy was born, like many babies, he had a few breathing difficulties to start (nothing a rub down with a towel couldn't solve), so although he was slow to start we weren't worried and after a quick examination with the doctor our little bundle of perfection was handed to us.

The more oxygen you get, the less tense, short of breath, and anxious you feel.So the next time you feel stressed, take a minute to slow down and breathe deeply:

Respiration (breathing) 0 Not breathing 1 Weak cry; may sound like whimpering, slow or irregular breathing 2 Good, strong cry; normal rate and effort of breathing

At the peak of a contraction, it might be necessary to change the pace of your breathing (not many people can maintain slow, deep breaths through pain).

Due to serious risks of slowed breathing and death in children under the age of 12, codeine and tramadol medications are now restricted by the FDA for children under 12.

Some of these potential complications include the baby having breathing problems from swallowing the meconium (first bowel movement), a drop in the amniotic fluid levels resulting in a halt in growth from the baby, and a slowed heartbeat which can be a sign of fetal distress.

There are many different kinds of breathing that can be beneficial — from the slow in and out that happens in yoga to the hee - hee - hoo that many have heard of from Lamaze.

When you stretch your breathing becomes slower and more steady, which affects your heart rate and brings an overall sense of calm to your day.

Blois also reports «reduced episodes of sleep apnea (temporary cessation of breathing) and bradycardia (slowing of the heart rate).

Sleeping on the back leads to a lot of problems containing pain in back, digestive issues, difficulty in breathing, hemorrhoids, low blood pressure and slower blood circulation to the heart and the fetus.

75 % of sporadic breathing and slow heart rate episodes are reduced through Skin - to - Skin.

The flow of colostrum is slow so that a baby can learn to nurse — a process that involves coordination to suck, breathe, and swallow.

Here are 5 different types of breathing exercises to help you: slow down, relax, detox and activate your core.

In fact, a newborn's normal rate of breathing is around 40 breaths a minute while awake and that may slow by half once they're asleep.

If you notice lots of drool and slowed breathing or coughing, look for what may be lodged in your baby's throat or mouth.

When administered correctly, the nasal spray Narcan restores breathing that has been dangerously slowed by an overdose of heroin or prescription painkillers.

These deep - diving marine mammals have similar physiological responses to those of an animal frozen in fear: Their heart rate, breathing and metabolism slow, mimicking a «deer in the headlights» reaction.

Their eyes glaze over, their breathing turns slow and shallow, they don't respond to light taps, and a male will let his delicate ligula — the sex organ at the tip of one arm — dangle perilously.

«Opioids kill people by slowing the rate of breathing and the depth of breathing,» says medical toxicologist and emergency physician Andrew Stolbach of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

When 14 subjects repeated the experiment with one nostril taped shut, they were considerably less likely to reach the end of the track — just over one - third could do it, as compared with two - thirds for the free - breathing testers — and they were 26 percent slower.

Forty years ago, doctors learned why some patients who received the anesthetic succinylcholine awoke normally but remained temporarily paralyzed and unable to breathe: They shared an inherited quirk that slowed their metabolism of the drug.

In the study, the new endomorphin drug produced longer pain relief without substantially slowing breathing in rats; a similarly potent dosage of morphine produced significant respiratory depression.

Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed new opioid pain relievers that reduce pain on par with morphine but do not slow or stop breathing — the cause of opiate overdose.

As this rare genetic neurological disease develops, affected girls experience slowed growth, a loss of communication skills and use of the hands, problems with movement and coordination, difficulty breathing, and seizures.

When a drug like morphine binds to one of these receptors in the brain stem, breathing and heart rate slow down.

Most of the sleeping we do is of the SWS variety, characterized by large, slow brain waves, relaxed muscles and slow, deep breathing, which may help the brain and body to recuperate after a long day.

Conventional opioids activate both pathways, which causes constipation and slowed breathing and may induce an increased tolerance of drugs such as morphine.

In that trial, oliceridine provided at least as much pain relief as morphine did, and patients who received the new drug suffered significantly less nausea, vomiting and hypoventilation (a measure of slowed breathing) than patients on morphine.

And an overdose of marijuana is never fatal because the drug doesn't slow heart rate and breathing as opioids do.

I think the practice of calming the mind is appealing to anyone, and after the financial meltdown in our culture, I've seen a large increase in the slower practices that entail more focus on breathing and calming.

One of the simplest techniques is to lie on the ground and breathe long, slow inhalations and exhalations into the heart.

Dr. Richard Brown, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and coauthor of The Healing Power of the Breath, says that deep, controlled breathing communicates to the body that everything is okay, which down regulates the stress response, slowing heart rate, diverting blood back to the brain and the digestive system and promoting feelings of calm.

Breathing is the one symptom you do want to control during a panic attack, Hirsch says, because slow, abdominal breathing can offset those feelings of dBreathing is the one symptom you do want to control during a panic attack, Hirsch says, because slow, abdominal breathing can offset those feelings of dbreathing can offset those feelings of dizziness.

Use the method of square breathing — eight seconds inhale, eight seconds hold, eight seconds exhale, eight seconds hold — to slow your heart rate, calm your nerves, and clarify your mind.

So many of us take shallow breaths a majority of the day, yoga slows us down and forces us to breathe deeply and fully.

They also made healing from a stroke more difficult: Some studies found a higher risk of death or another cardiovascular event in recovering patients with sleep breathing problems, while others found higher blood pressure, slower neurologic recovery, and longer hospital stays.

Full of deep stretches and slow breathing, this practice is meant to free your mind of the day's stresses and center your body before you settle into bed.

Slowing the rate of breathing is associated with a decreased heart rate, decreased blood pressure, and — very importantly — decreased adrenaline levels.

So, the continuous in - and - out rush of waves against a shoreline is very similar to a normal, slow breathing cycle, which will only occupy the brain's attention for a short time before being ignored, allowing you to drift off to sleep.

Become aware of how shallow your breaths are and set out to consciously take longer breaths and slow down your breathing pattern (breathe in and out to the count of four).