Bronchial Asthma

What are the causes of Asthma?

Affecting over 300 million people around the world, Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease which affects health, mortality and daily functioning. An individual suffering from an asthmatic attack is in effect a person struggling with an allergy. It manifests itself by causing breathing problems. It really depends on the individual as to what will trigger the asthmatic response. It could be domestic animals, air pollutants, cold and viral infections, stress, moulds and fungi, or pollen to name but a few. Once a person is affected, the muscles in the nose around the walls of the airways tighten, so that the airways become narrower, and the lining of the airways become inflamed and start to swell. This is often followed by a build up of sticky mucus or phlegm which can further narrow the airways. This in turn can cause excessive breathing problems.

What treatments are available for asthma sufferers?

The most common resource within traditional medicine is the “Reliever”. This is the blue coloured inhaler that a sufferer will place in their mouths when they are having a significantly bad attack. They quickly relax the muscles surrounding the narrowed airways. This allows the airways to open wider, making it easier to breathe again. At the other end of the scale are “Preventer” medicines. These inhalers control the swelling and inflammation in the airways, stopping them from being so sensitive and reducing the risk of severe attacks. The protective effect builds up over a period of time so they are taken every day even when the sufferer is feeling well. Preventer inhalers usually contain a low dose of steroid medicine.

If in severe cases both “Reliever” inhalers and “Preventer” inhalers fail to control the onset of asthmatic attacks (or deal with them when they do) doctors often prescribe other medicines such as Theophylline and Xolair.

How salt therapy can relieve symptoms of Asthma?

Salt therapy has been used in eastern European countries as a complimentary medicine and alternative therapy for skin problems and respiratory diseases for many centuries. Now, the benefits of this ancient natural therapy are becoming known in the western world and here in the United Kingdom. Its greatest asset is it is a natural remedy.

The great benefit of Salt Therapy is it is totally natural, safe and drug-free. It can be used as a complementary treatment to prescribed medications. When Salt Therapy is used as a complimentary treatment, it can increase the effectiveness of, and reduce the need for prescribed medications.

Salt therapy or Halotherapy treatment recreates the natural microclimate in salt caves and mines. The natural effect of the salt environment loosens the mucus and also reduces swelling in the nasal airways.