Disease and Its Symptoms
If you live with cystic fibrosis (CF), or if your child is affected by this disease, you know how challenging daily life can be with thick, sticky secretions. Respiratory physiotherapy, inhalers and medications are part of everyday life. But is there anything else that can help make breathing easier?
The answer is yes: salt therapy — scientifically known as inhalation of hypertonic saline — is now a recognized adjunctive method in CF treatment. It is not alternative medicine or a miracle cure: a trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine and a Cochrane meta-analysis have both confirmed its effectiveness. In this guide I will show what salt therapy can do in CF and how to integrate it into your treatment protocol.
In recent years the vibration trainer was a major fitness trend. You’ve probably heard of it. Lately it seems to have lost some popularity, although a host of medical studies has confirmed its beneficial effects on health. Everyone could benefit from regular use, especially older adults and those who dislike heavy sweat-inducing workouts. Let’s see what both healthy and ill people can gain from vibration training […]
If you went through pneumonia, you know how exhausting this illness can be. High fever, painful coughing, chest pain and persistent weakness can confine you to bed for days or weeks. And when the worst is over, the recovery period follows – which is often slower and harder than you might expect.
The good news is that alongside medical treatment there are complementary methods that can help dissolve mucus and clear the airways. One of these is salt therapy – or as it is called in the scientific literature, halotherapy. In this guide you will learn everything about how salt therapy can help recovery after pneumonia and how you can use it at home.
If you live with asthma, you know what it feels like when your chest tightens, breathing becomes difficult, and that characteristic wheeze accompanies every breath. Asthma affects more than 300 million people worldwide, and in Hungary nearly half a million struggle with this chronic airway disease.
The good news is that asthma is well controllable today – with appropriate medication most people with asthma can live a full life. There are also complementary methods that can further improve quality of life. One of these is salt therapy. In this guide I’ll show what halotherapy can do for asthma, what the latest scientific studies say, and how you can use it at home.
The literal meaning of menopause is “the end of menstruation,” the last menstrual period. For some women this can feel liberating (no longer worrying about possible unwanted pregnancies and no more hassle with the menstrual cycle). For others it can cause emotional instability and a sense of loss. A common misconception is that menopause equals the end of femininity and sexual life, which is far from true. The post-menopausal state does have drawbacks, however, since the risk of certain diseases increases and therefore requires heightened attention.
If you're struggling with sinusitis, you know how agonizing the pressure headache, the blocked nose and the sensation that your whole face is "full" can be. Sinusitis – medically called sinusitis or rhinosinusitis – affects hundreds of thousands of people in Hungary each year and is a recurring problem for many. The good news is that there is a simple, inexpensive and effective complementary method that can help: salt therapy, especially nasal irrigation with saline. This is not alternative medicine or a miracle cure – the Cochrane database and several meta-analyses have confirmed its effectiveness. In this guide I will show how salt therapy can help in sinusitis, what research says, and how to apply it at home.
This guide is about sinusitis (sinusitis) – inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which can be acute (lasting a few weeks) or chronic (lasting months). If you only have a common cold – scratchy throat, runny nose that resolves within 7–10 days – read the cold and salt therapy guide. If your symptoms appear seasonally during pollen season, I recommend the hay fever and salt therapy article.
Pain. You've certainly experienced this sensation at some point in your life. But do you know how it arises, what the causes are, and how it can be relieved most effectively? Let’s take a look behind the “biological scenes”! What is pain? It is a defensive mechanism, your body's self-protective reflex that draws attention to some danger or harmful effect and triggers a specific action for defense/survival. […]
Muscle atrophy refers to the process by which the functional muscle mass — and therefore muscle strength — continuously declines. Today there are two causes of muscle atrophy: lack of movement (a much more common cause) and a disease affecting the muscle (rare). Lack of movement – the main cause of muscle atrophy I write about this in detail here: The effects of lack of movement on your body. I will summarize briefly. The […]
Previously I wrote that tennis elbow is not only a problem for tennis players — well, the same is true for golfer's elbow: many people suffer pain from golfer's elbow having at most seen a golf club on TV. This inflammation can arise from the most everyday movements. Its treatment must be taken seriously, because simple actions like [...]
Impotence is undoubtedly one of those conditions men would like to avoid as much as possible during their lives; nevertheless, medical surveys show that today every second man over the age of 30 struggles with erectile problems. What can lie behind sexual dysfunction, how can it be prevented, and if it has already appeared — how can this problem be treated?
Tennis elbow develops as a result of overuse. It's not only athletes who suffer from it. It can affect people who have never held a tennis racket. The unpleasant complaints are not easy to get rid of.
