Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory diseases

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Title: Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory diseases

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Author: Livia Tiba

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Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory diseases

Copyright 2005 Livia Tiba

Speleotherapy or underground climatotherapy is an

alternative or complementary method of therapy for asthma

and other respiratory diseases that is used in Eastern and

Central Europe for many, many years.

This involve spending 2-4 hours a day underground, in salt

caves or mines for over 2-3 months period, but the results

are impressive. The salt micro particles, salt dust, reach

the lung alveoli, bronchi, bronchioles and clear all the

airway passages, in upper and lower respiratory tract. Due

to the fact that the inhaled saline has mucokinetic,

bactericide, hydrophilic and anti inflammatory properties,

will help to reduce inflammation leading to widening of the

airway passages, kill bacteria and restore the normal

transport of the mucus and unclog the blockages.

Although not known in North America, salt therapy is an old

and very popular method of therapy in the Balkans, Europe.

There are many salt sanatoriums in the heart of the salt

mountain and doctors are involved in clinical researches,

in some countries the treatment being covered by the health

minister.

An old study describes a speleotherapy course which was 4

hours a day for 6-8 weeks, with 100 COPD (Chronic

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and asthma patients and

reported improvement which lasted 6 months to 7 years

(Skulimowski, 1965). Similar studies are published in Pub

Med (MEDLINE) from Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and

Russia.

Recent clinical study at Pulmonary Clinic, Ambulatory

Section, Timisoara, Romania, on a lot of 30 patients (19

Asthma, 11 Chronic Bronchitis) revealed that use of a

speleotherapy device (also called Halotherapy device) for a

time period of one year significantly reduced the sore

throat, nasal obstruction, snoring, cough, sputum

secretion, associated rhinitis, annual hospitalization and

the symptomatic medication intake. Also have shown

significant improvement of sputum elimination, olfactory

sense recovery (smell, taste), sleep at night, morning

condition and clinical state.

Another clinical study at Cystic Fibrosis Center,

Timisoara, Romania, on a lot of 18 patients with Cystic

Fibrosis using the same device showed a significant

reduction of sputum secretion and crackles at auscultation

and improvement of respiratory functional syndrome, sputum

elimination and general clinical state.

Allergic rhinopathy study, 22 patients poly-allergic with

house dust as main allergen - it shown significantly

reduction of nasal obstruction, sneezing, headache, cough

and significant improvement in quality of sleep,

serous-mucus rhinorea, sputum consistence and elimination,

general clinical state.

A clinical study on a lot of 63 patients with Otitis Media

in children - ear infection - for more then one year shown

significant reduction of moderate and severe clinical

symptoms, drug intake, serous-mucus secretion after

tympanotomy. Significant improvement in easy breathing,

effort capacity, intellectual capacity, tube tympanic

drainage and general clinical state.

Speleotherapy could be an alternative method of therapy as

well as a complementary method of therapy. “Alternative”

should imply “instead of” western medical procedures,

conventional treatments and “complementary” should be “in

addition to”, in both cases, with very good results leading

to a reduction of antibiotics and corticoids intake and

decreasing the rate of annual hospitalization and asthma

attacks.

About the Author:

Educated and motivated person, having a multicultural

background with extensive knowledge about European health

products and practices.

LTiba

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