Forced Indoor Air Ionization by Salt Sublimation May Improve
Respiratory Symptoms in Cystic Fibrosis
Forced Indoor Air Ionization by Salt Sublimation May Improve
Respiratory Symptoms in Cystic Fibrosis
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- June 8, 2001 -- Forced ionization of indoor
air by salt sublimation may improve respiratory symptoms in
cystic fibrosis (CF), said a researcher in a presentation at the
24th European Cystic Fibrosis conference in Vienna, Austria.
The use of speleotherapy in many Central and Eastern European
countries is well spread and well-known and in these countries
doctors recommend this therapy to their patients.
The term speleotherapy comes from the Greek 'speleo' that means
'cave' - the therapy in a salt mine. Many, many people with all
kinds of respiratory diseases use this therapy as a
complementary or alternative therapy to the classical drug
therapy and find great relief.
Being very effective but in the same time costly by having fixed
location and the treatment implying multiple sessions, this
physical therapy has been practiced in Balkans for over 150
years.
In an effort to find a way to use this therapy at home, a
Romanian chemist engineer have researched and developed a device
that is able to simulate the salt mine micro-environment in the
comfort of your home. He have analyzed the air composition in a
salt mine and found the way to grow salt micro particles as
those found in a salt mine, using only natural mineral halite
salt crystals formed in the Middle Miocene era from the salt
mine.
All the research work was followed by clinical studies at
different clinics in Romania. Now, the device uses forced indoor
air ionization by salt sublimation and give so much relief in
many respiratory conditions. One of the clinical studies that
have been done is regarding the effect of Salin device in
patients with cystic fibrosis. Doctor Ioan Popa and his
colleagues from a paediatric clinic in Buzau, Romania,
investigated 18 patients with their age between 3 and 17 years
old, with mild to severe cystic fibrosis.
This study has been realized within a 6 months interval on the
two lots that were created. Seventy percent were diagnosed as
having mild cystic fibrosis and thirty percent were severe. The
two lots were created based on the stage of the diseases, their
FEV1, colonisation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and/or
Staphylococcus aureus and other respiratory conditions.
The first lot used the Salin device approximately 8-10
hours/day. The control lot used the Salin for the same period of
time but the device worked without the salt plates, so without
forced ionization of the indoor air by salt sublimation.
In the lot I was noted a significant improvement of the clinical
state and a subjective estimation "for better" have been seen by
the patients, respectively by their parents especially in those
that have been more seriously affected.
Objective symptoms of the disease, as sputum analysis,
respiratory function, crackles at auscultation and FEV1, showed
improvements from pre-treatment. In the control lot there were
no changes similar to those from lot I.
On clinical examination, the patients receiving the active
treatment were noted to have an increase of the sputum
elimination at first stage followed by a significant reducing of
its quantity, improvement of the respiratory functional
syndrome, less crackles at auscultation and an improvement of
FEV1. No patients receiving the active treatment have showed
acute episodes of respiratory disease that should require
another hospitalization for the duration of the treatment.
The authors concluded that forced ionization of the indoor air
represents a natural and efficient treatment for respiratory
diseases in patients with cystic fibrosis. This treatment could
be used alongside with the classical therapy, doesn't have any
side effects and has a quite modest cost. For more information,
clinical studies and testimonials please click on salt therapy.
Livia Tiba
WebSite: www.salinetherapy.com
Phone: +1 / 519-641-SALT (7258)
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