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How a 33-year-old managed her asthma and returned to swimming through lifestyle adjustments: ‘Carried her inhaler everywhere since childhood’

The Indian Express·Lifestyle Desk·21 days ago
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Lifestyle medicine expert Dr Achyuthan Eswar recently shared the case of a 33-year-old asthmatic who went swimming for the first time in her life. “As a child, she was discouraged from swimming due to her asthma and low lung function. She had carried her inhaler everywhere since her childhood. Swimming was something ‘other people did.’ When she came to me, she wasn’t even thinking about swimming. She just wanted to breathe normally. We worked on her diet, reducing the inflammatory foods that were keeping her airways sensitised. More fruits and whole plants. Less dairy, less processed food, less sugar. Specific anti-inflammatory additions. It didn’t happen overnight. But slowly, the frequency of her symptoms reduced. Then the severity. Then one month, she realised she hadn’t used her inhaler in weeks,” Dr Eswar noted in an Instagram post.…

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