Help Your Cold and Flu With Salt Room Therapy

Around one billion people in the US alone come down with cold or flu every year. While drugs may ease the symptoms of the common cold or provide a short-term cure for the flu virus, it may be only a couple of weeks until you’re affected again. Salt Room Winter Haven halotherapy will not only bring relief but also prevent frequent reoccurrence of cold and flu.

If you are suffering from a cold or flu, salt therapy will bring relief by opening the nasal airways, killing bacteria, and facilitating the drainage of the sinuses. If you are suffering from chest congestion you will start breathing easier as the halotherapy accelerates mucous clearance from your lungs. These sessions will help drive away sneezing and coughing as well as decrease your dependence on prescription drugs. Salt therapy also reduces stress which might otherwise weaken your immune system and helps rejuvenate your natural defenses. A complete treatment regimen of 7-15 sessions will provide benefits for as long as 6-12 months

Clinical studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2006) observe: “Inhalation of hypertonic saline produces a sustained acceleration of mucus clearance and improved lung function. This treatment may protect the lung from insults that reduce mucus clearance and reduces lung disease”. The Journal of Aerosol Medicine (1995) reports tremendous improvements in patients suffering from various types of respiratory diseases (bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive and non-obstructive bronchitis, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis) who underwent treatment with halotherapy in a placebo-controlled clinical trial. The best remedy for cold and flu treatment and prevention is a blend of science and nature.

Halotherapy simulates the natural microclimate found in salt caves and mines but has the added benefit of a highly controlled sodium chloride flow. Going in for this treatment is just like visiting the spa. You’ll relax in a halo chamber with salt-coated walls. Dry sodium chloride aerosol containing particles of 1-5 um in size is produced and pushed into this room by a halo generator. The halo generator boasts of a microprocessor that monitors and maintains the temperature, relative humidity, and mass concentration of aerosol in the chamber. For cold and flu treatment, the environment is saturated with dry sodium chloride aerosol at a mass concentration varying from 1-16 mg/m3 with a particle size of 1-5 um. A team of highly trained halo specialists is there to help you. The only side effects reported by a few patients were slight skin irritation and sometimes small patches of skin rashes which disappear soon after treatment and typically don’t occur after 3-5 sessions. A mild throat tickle has also been reported in some cases.

The common cold usually lasts for 5-10 days. The patient suffering from the common cold displays symptoms of runny nose, sneezing nasal and sinus blockage, headache, and sore throat. Many people confuse the flu with the common cold. An attack of the flu is much more severe than a cold. Flu infects the airway tract in the nose and throat which can sometimes spread down into the lungs. It is caused by Type A and B viruses. The flu season begins in late fall and continues during winter in the northern hemisphere. A patient with the flu virus experiences symptoms like body aches, high fever, dry cough, red eyes, weakness, flushed skin, and dry cough. Severe cases of flu can even prove fatal. If you have these symptoms of a cold or flu, please contact us today to schedule an appointment so we can help you feel well again!

Salt Room Winter Haven offers the finest salt room therapy for cold and flu in Winter Haven, FL. Salt therapy can also help alleviate many other symptoms and provide relief for those who need it. The symptoms that we help include: Allergies, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold/Flu, Cystic Fibrosis, Dermatitis, Ear Infections, Emphysema, Rhinitis, Sinus Infections and Sinusitis.