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If you suffer from a chronic airway disease – COPD, cystic fibrosis or recurrent bronchitis – you probably know the feeling of having lungs that feel full, yet coughing doesn’t really clear them. This is not a matter of negligence: the problem has a physical cause that plain coughing alone cannot resolve.
If you exercise – whether amateur running, cycling or competitive training – you know how important efficient breathing is. A well-functioning respiratory system delivers more oxygen to the muscles, improves endurance and speeds up recovery. The salt therapy (halotherapy) is a simple, natural method that can help optimize your airways – before workouts, after them and on rest days.
If you live with COPD, you know exactly what the daily struggle for air feels like. Climbing stairs, once trivial, now forces you to stop. The cough that is always worse in the morning. Thick mucus that’s hard to bring up. And the constant anxiety about what will happen if things get worse.
The good news is that, alongside medical treatment, there are complementary methods that can help improve your quality of life. One of these is salt therapy — or as it’s called in the scientific literature, halotherapy. In this guide you’ll learn everything about how salt therapy can help relieve your COPD symptoms and how to use it at home.
Few things are more frightening than the feeling that you cannot breathe. Even healthy people may experience shortness of breath after very strenuous exercise, in extreme temperatures, with obesity, or at high altitude. Outside of these situations, however, labored breathing is likely a sign of a medical problem. Shortness of breath — medically called dyspnea — is most often described by patients as a strong chest tightness, air hunger, breathing difficulty, or a choking sensation.
Most people know only that during running and other sports you must breathe more than at rest, because intense movement requires more air. By improving breathing you can achieve greater oxygenation at the cellular level, which then leads to increased vitality, more muscle building, better recovery, a stronger immune system, reduced need for sleep, and reduced appetite (good news for those dieting). […]
The COVID-19 virus can damage the lungs, the heart and the brain. If this happens, the risk of long-term health problems increases. It is now clear that in some people the disease's symptoms can persist for months even if the illness itself was almost asymptomatic. This cluster of symptoms has already been given a name: doctors refer to it as post-COVID or Long-COVID syndrome […]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection can cause serious respiratory, physical and psychological dysfunction in affected patients. It is increasingly clear that recovery can be prolonged and difficult even after moderately severe illness. For this reason, returning people who have had the disease to a normal life rhythm — that is, COVID rehabilitation — is receiving growing attention. Rehabilitation often begins in hospital, but most of it takes place after discharge at home. Since you or your relatives may be affected, it is worth knowing the available options.
Chest pain can take many forms, from sharp stabbing to dull throbbing. It can be a crushing pressure or a burning sensation. It may climb up to your neck, shoot into your jaw, and radiate to your back or one or both arms. Chest pain can be triggered by a variety of problems. Among the most dangerous causes are diseases of the heart and lungs. Because of these risks, it is essential to seek medical help immediately when chest symptoms appear. Depending on what causes the chest pain, it can produce many different sensations. Often its onset has nothing to do with your heart, although this is difficult to determine without a medical examination.
New restrictions have been reintroduced because of the second wave of COVID-19. More and more people are losing patience and consider the measures excessive or unnecessary. Do we really need these measures or are politicians just stirring the s…?- many ask. Although I do not answer that exact question, my writing may help to "clear" the picture.
If you feel that "something’s coming" – a scratchy throat, runny nose, sneezing – you know you’ve been hit by a cold again. Adults get it on average 2–4 times a year, children even 6–10 times. The common cold (the common cold) is the most frequent infectious disease worldwide – about 17 billion cases occur globally each year. The bad news: there is no medicine that cures it. The viruses that cause the common cold cannot be treated with antibiotics. The good news is that there is a simple, inexpensive and scientifically supported method that can help shorten the illness and relieve symptoms: salt therapy, especially nasal irrigation and gargling with hypertonic saline. In this guide I will show what the latest research says and how you can use it at home.
The inner surface of your airways is covered, even when healthy, by a thin layer of mucus. It serves to trap pathogens and dust. Of course, this must be removed. Nature uses two methods: one is coughing or sneezing, which clears the airways. The other is the cilia that line the airway walls. Imagine countless tiny “whips” beating in one direction and moving the mucus outward. This self-cleaning is vital for maintaining your lung health.
