BLOOD PRESSURE AND RESPIRATION

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Abstract
For some time in a few cases of hypertensive disease of the so-called essential type I have succeeded in maintaining marked reductions of blood pressure levels by deep breathing exercises. Clinical observations in these cases seemed to exclude mere coincidence, and a study of the literature revealed an abundance of direct and inferential data in support of my experiences, which in themselves are too few to permit any conclusions. Physiologic and clinicopathologic data on the correlation between respiration and circulation make it plausible that systemic blood pressure should be profoundly influenced by respiration. In the light of these recently acquired data on the correlation existing between respiration and circulation, it is easy to explain why hyperventilation should reduce systemic blood pressure. In this review of the subject I believe I present proof that hyperventilation is a logical treatment of hypertension. Only the small amount of clinical material and clinical evidence

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