![]() She suggested imagining an 'automatic breathing switch' which you turned on to let the body do its own thing, while your brain went off to do something else. Jean88823 pointed out that breathing was an involuntary activity and if the mind started to concentrate on the activity of the chest muscles moving air in and out of the lungs this could become an obsession. Some posts I found fascinating focused on attempts to alter the patterns of breathing. Although, scientists have found that caffeine stimulates the arousal system, so this could make the yawning worse! Jwarner75 found that cutting down on coffee helped the hyperventilation. They were helped by measures to reduce acid reflux, such as antacids, acid suppression medication such as omeprazole, and raising the head-end of the bed. Others, such as Jenna03097 and Joe93888 wondered whether gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or hiatus hernia was a cause. Michele29956 benefited from decongestant tablets. Gdepace was helped by a milk-free diet and wondered if it was all to do with mucus in the respiratory system. So what can be done about all this? Some of our posters thought allergy played a part. Melijohn and Kimberley56074 also used the term chronic hyperventilation syndrome, which refers to a long-term condition in which the person breathes too deeply or too rapidly. It often gets better with exercise, which is the complete reverse of true dyspnoea, which improves with rest. This term is used when a person's breathlessness isn't due to heart or lung disorders or any other demonstrable physical problem. He also called it pseudo-dyspnoea, which means false shortness of breath. Mohammed76229 described FlutterbyPie's need to breathe deeply as 'air hunger' and this is a very good description. Unless you want to get me drummed out of the GP Brownies, please don't think you have any of these illnesses just because you get excessive yawning my advice to you is to read our associated leaflets and only seek medical advice if the yawning is associated with other features of these conditions. Rarely, it can be associated with epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, or stroke. The good news is that by and large excessive yawning is not a sign of any serious medical condition. But it does demonstrate what a complex activity yawning is. ![]() Quite what this has to do with FlutterbyPie's problem, I'm not sure. Other research suggests that contagious yawning (yawning when you see another person yawn) is related to activation of the amygdala area (a group of cells low down on the side of the brain). Tests on oxygen levels of people before and after they yawn show no change, and it's suggested that the reason for yawning is actually to cool the brain down. ![]() FlutterbyPie, Excessive yawning and a constant need to breathe deepīoredom induces drowsiness when the brain activates the sleep generating system. If I'm not yawning, I'm breathing in as deep as I can to get similar "satisfaction". Excessive yawningįor the past few days, I've been yawning a lot, much more than average. In fact, recent research suggests that yawning - a wide opening of the mouth, an involuntary intake of breath, and a short breathing out - occurs when the main source of stimulation in a person's environment is no longer able to sustain their attention. Linda83143l reminded us of the popular belief that yawning occurs when the brain needs more oxygen.
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