Chronic Hypoxia as a Potential Factor in Human Life-threatening Diseases

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https://doi.org/10.37285/ijpsn.2017.10.4.1

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  • Sandhya MNVS
  • Vanitha K
  • Ramesh A

Abstract

The review article focuses on the importance of adequate oxygen levels in the body as cure and therapy for many ailments. It is known that hypoxia is the cause for cellular damage and if it can be applied to major patho-physiology’s, it can be observed that slow and chronic hypoxic conditions are the cause for most of the diseases. On the contrary, providing each cell of the body with proper oxygen may be helpful in maintaining the immunity of the body and therefore treating many disease conditions. This theory, if tested may show positive results in heart related diseases, neuronal disorders, stresses, digestive disorders and the unresolved cancer too. Slow decrease in the levels of atmospheric oxygen could be a reason to induce chronic hypoxia. According to Dr. Otto Warburg, a Noble laurate, a normal cell when deprived of oxygen, may get converted to a cancerous cell, whereas a cancerous cell cannot survive in aerobic conditions. If this part of his research be concentrated on, there could be fruitful results in the treatment of cancer. To maintain adequate levels of oxygen in the body, simple yogic breathing practices are helpful. And to maintain the adequate atmospheric oxygen, trees and plants which cleanse the atmospheric air are useful. Clinical surveys on volunteers who have been practicing regular breathing exercises can prove the fact that proper and concentrated respiration could prevent many diseases. Thus, supplementing breathing exercises along with the regular treatment for cancer patients could be helpful in alleviating cancer and other diseases.

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Keywords:

Chronic Hypoxia, Yoga-Breathing exercises, Hypoxia in Cancer, Oxygen deprivation, Oxygen therapy

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2017-07-31

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MNVS S, K V, A R. Chronic Hypoxia as a Potential Factor in Human Life-threatening Diseases. Scopus Indexed [Internet]. 2017 Jul. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 11];10(4):3759-62. Available from: https://www.ijpsnonline.com/index.php/ijpsn/article/view/849

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