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Diaphragmatic Breathing for Refractory GERD: A New Treatment Paradigm?
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Diaphragmatic Breathing for Refractory GERD: A New Treatment Paradigm?
...A four-week guided therapy in “belly breathing” was effective in reducing excessive belching and overall GERD symptoms.
Belching is a frequent if not predominant symptom in many patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Typically this is supragastric belching (SGB), which proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not treat.
To determine whether diaphragmatic breathing therapy (DBT) might improve excessive GERD-related belching, researchers in Singapore evaluated 36 consecutive patients with PPI-refractory GERD and severe belching, as determined by a visual analogue score. All patients had well-established GERD and no primary esophageal motility disorder. Fifteen patients underwent standardized DBT, consisting of 4 weekly one-on-one sessions with a speech therapist for 4 weeks, and 21 controls were placed on a waiting list for DBT.
After the 4-week treatment, reduction in belching severity by ≥50% (primary outcome) was evident in 60% of the DBT group and none of the controls. DBT was also associated with improvements in overall GERD symptom score and quality of life. These outcomes were sustained 4 months after treatment ended.
COMMENT
Diaphragmatic breathing (“belly breathing”) may be familiar to your patients who do yoga. Details of DBT and a video are provided in the supplementary material for the original article. In DBT, one hand is placed on the upper chest and one hand on the abdomen just below the rib cage at the bottom of the sternum. Patients are initially instructed to take a deep inspiratory breath to demonstrate chest wall movement, but then to take breaths by only moving the abdomen, while keeping the chest motionless. The goal is to keep the hand on the chest almost still, while the hand on the abdomen rises and falls with the diaphragmatic breath. This technique is also very effective for rumination syndrome and in some with refractory singultus.
David A. Johnson, MD reviewing Ong AM et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 Nov 2.
Note to readers: At the time we reviewed this paper, its publisher noted that it was not in final form and that subsequent changes might be made.
CITATION(S):
Ong AM et al. Diaphragmatic breathing reduces belching and proton pump inhibitor refractory gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 Nov 2; [e-pub]. [PubMed® abstract]
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