THE ROLE OF BREATHING OF THE BUTEYKO IN CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

The treatment of bronchial asthma involves the possibility of using non-drug treatment methods in addition to pharmacological one. Aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Buteyko breathing method in the comprehensive treatment of bronchial asthma in children aged 6 to 12 years. Subject and methods of the study. The study involved 36 children with bronchial asthma who were randomly divided into two groups. The main group included children who received drug therapy in combination with Buteyko breathing (n=18). The comparison group consisted of patients who received only pharmacological therapy (n=18).Results. The study demonstrated an improvement in the quality of life and in disease control in patients with bronchial asthma who, in addition to medication, used Buteyko breathing method.Conclusions. In patients with bronchial asthma who used Buteyko breathing method along with mediacal treatment, asthma control improved with a significant difference from the sixth month of treatment (p=0.0001).There was also a significant increase in the mean value of the quality of life score in the main group of patients after one year of treatment, in contrast to the comparison group (p=0.01).Assessing the function of external respiration, we obtained a significant increase in FEV1 in both groups of patients after one year of treatment, without a statistically significant difference in the increase (p>0.05).The use of Buteyko breathing in the complex treatment of asthma shows good results in the future, requires wider implementation in practice and further scientific research on large groups of patients to confirm the therapeutic effectiveness of this method.