Greenfield Kirsty, Verling William, Larcombe Thomas, Connett Gary James
Primary Care Practice, Cheviot Road Surgery, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Department of Paediatrics, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 May 5;10:1169639. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1169639. eCollection 2023.
Asthma is a complex medical problem for which currently available treatment can be incompletely effective. This case report describes a 49 year old woman who had suffered from asthma since her teenage years that resolved after she took up regular open water swimming. After sharing this case report with an international open water swimming community on social media, over one hundred people with asthma commented that their symptoms had also improved after taking up this activity. The mechanism whereby open water swimming might alleviate asthma has not been established. Possibilities include benefits to mental health, anti-inflammatory effects, being more fit, improved immune function and suppression of the bronchoconstrictive component of the diving reflex. Further research might usefully confirm or refute these clinical observations.
哮喘是一个复杂的医学问题，目前可用的治疗方法可能并不完全有效。本病例报告描述了一名49岁的女性，她从青少年时期就患有哮喘，在开始定期进行公开水域游泳后病情得到缓解。在社交媒体上与一个国际公开水域游泳社区分享这份病例报告后，一百多名哮喘患者评论说，他们在开始这项活动后症状也有所改善。公开水域游泳可能缓解哮喘的机制尚未确定。可能性包括对心理健康的益处、抗炎作用、身体更健康、免疫功能改善以及潜水反射的支气管收缩成分受到抑制。进一步的研究可能会有效地证实或反驳这些临床观察结果。
