Lungs Test: Know how healthy your lungs are at home? This test will give you the result in minutes, and that too absolutely free

• In the last two decades, there has been a rapid increase in cases of diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer in many countries, including India.
• With the help of BOLT i.e., Blood Oxygen Level Test Score, it can be known how healthy your lungs are and whether there is any danger to them.

BOLT Test For Lungs: Today's hectic life has increased the risk of many diseases. Along with lifestyle and eating disorders, the polluted environment is also considered to be the main reason for this. Our lungs are suffering the most due to this. This is the reason that while earlier respiratory diseases were mostly seen in the elderly, now younger people and even children have started falling prey to it.

Research shows that in the last two decades, there has been a rapid increase in cases of diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer in many countries, including India. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately 7 million people die each year due to diseases related to air pollution.

Health experts say that we can keep the lungs healthy by adopting some simple habits. Apart from this, you should also keep checking the functionality of your lungs from time to time. For this, a team of experts has told about a solution called BOLT. Let us understand how the health of the lungs can be estimated from this?

Know the health of the lungs through the bolt test

Health experts say that due to the increasing level of pollution, not only has it become difficult to breathe, but it also has a huge impact on the health of your lungs. With the help of BOLT i.e., Blood Oxygen Level Test Score, it can be known how healthy your lungs are? And whether there is any danger to them.

BOLT (Body Oxygen Level Test) is a simple, home test that measures your carbon dioxide tolerance. This can tell how long you can comfortably hold your breath. The length of time you can hold your breath tells about the endurance of your lungs.

This test is very easy, and you can easily estimate the power of your lungs by doing it at home. A BOLT score less than 10 is considered alarming.
How to do a bolt test?

To perform this test, first find a quiet and comfortable place where there are no distractions. After this, sit straight in a good posture in which it is easy for you to breathe.

• Take a normal and long breath and exhale comfortably.
• After this, now close your nose with your fingers so that air cannot enter your lungs and start your timer.
• When you start to feel the urge to breathe and your chest starts to tighten, stop the timer. The number of seconds you held your breath is your Bolt score.
• Repeat this test two or three more times at short intervals and take the average of the three scores.
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Now know about Bolt Score

Now, let us know what your score tells us about the health of your lungs.

• If your bolt score is 20 seconds or more, it indicates that your lungs are working well.
• A score of 10-20 seconds means lung health is normal but needs improvement.
• A score less than 10 seconds indicates that your breathing capacity is weak. In this case, you should consult a doctor and try to improve your lung capacity.

How to improve lung capacity?

Health experts say that you can make your lungs healthy by taking care of some simple things. To increase your Bolt score, you can do deep breathing exercises, which can strengthen the respiratory muscles. Apart from this, always breathe through the nose, not the mouth. Light exercise-yoga and walking every day also improve the functioning of the lungs.

The most important thing is to avoid smoking. Not only this, but also avoid passive smoking, i.e. smoke of people smoking cigarettes around you. This causes the most damage to the lungs.

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