Efficacy of Buteyko Breathing in Seniors With Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Efficacy of Buteyko Breathing in Seniors With Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Eustachian tube dysfunction is distressing probelm. drugs usually are not effective. compelemtary tehrapies like Buteyko breathing may be effective

forty seniors with Eustachian tube dysfunction (chronic obstructive form) will be ranomized to group I or group II. the group enroled 20 seniors. both groups wil take usual care (budesonide spray in nose in 64 microgram concentration one time per day plus the intake of a tablet two times daily containing containing 20-mg contration of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and 5-mg concentration of loratadine) for 2 weeks. group I will aslo receive 30-min Buteyko breathing two times daily for 14 weeks.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (chronic obstructive form)
• unilateral ear affetion
• senior patients
• chronci affection more than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• obesity
• cardiac probelms repsiratory problems