Here you will find the answers to the most frequent questions

Whom does Halotherapy help?

Halotherapy is recommended for persons afflicted with following ailments:

• chronic bronchitis
• breathlessness, chest tightness
• pneumonia after acute stage
• bronchiectatic disease
• coughs (particularly at night or after exercise)
• wheezing
• smoker's cough (including secondary smoke)
• cough with viscous sputum discharging with difficulties
• dry, paroxysmal cough with distant rates
• dry rales (mostly with low tone) changing its localization during auscultation
• mucus plugs
• mucosal edema
• colds and influenza
• sinusitis
• rhinitis and respiratory allergies
• allergies to industrial and household pollutants
• frequent acute disorders of respiratory tract
• respiratory infections
• rhinosinusopathy
• tonsillitis
• pharyngitis
• multi-chemical sensitivity syndrome
• eczema, psoriasis
• Snoring
• Asthma
• Eczema and dermatitis
• Psoriasis
• Insomnia
• Joint aches and arthritis
• Coughing caused by smoking
• Stress, nervous instability, anxiety

In which cases the salt treatment would not be recommended?

Halotherapy is not recommended for persons afflicted with following illnesses:

• Any kind of infectious disease
• Infections, accompanied by fever
• Existence or suspicion of cancer
• Patients who have cardiac insufficiency
• Chronic kidney diseases
• Any form and stages of tuberculosis
• Cardiac and coronary diseases
• Extenuate and decompensated patients
• Hyperthyroidism
• In case of steroid dependency Halotherapy can be attempted but with a lower efficiency
• Sthenic emphysema

• In case of dry state of bronchiectasis Halotherapy can be attempted but with a lower efficiency
• Bleeding
• Spitting of blood

How much treatment do I need?

It is advisable to take Halotherapy procedures for health purposes 1 to 3 times a year, 10 to 20 sessions of 45 minutes each.

How frequent should the sessions be?

• It is recommended to have one session per day. However, less frequent sessions still provide benefit.
• For recreational and stress reduction purposes sessions can be taken as many times as desired.
• Enjoying procedures of Halotherapy for relaxation twice a week strengthens immunity against colds, coughs, sinusitis and allergies.

At which stage of disease is Halotherapy recommended?

Halotherapy is suggested at the stage when antibacterial therapy courses have been conducted and further prescription of antibiotics is not advisable, but there are residual manifestations of the disease, and at the stage of subsiding exacerbation and incomplete remission in patients with chronic bronchopulmonary pathology.
For preventive purposes the method can be used also at the stage of complete remission of the disease.

Can application of a salt aerosol cause complications?

The Halotherapy method uses extremely small doses of sodium chloride. During 45 min session person receives no more than 45 mg of sodium chloride. The daily consumption of common salt with food is 5-6 g (5g = 5,000mg), often more. Therefore, the method is completely harmless in cases when person must limit salt consumption (hypertension, kidney trouble, etc.).

Does Haloterapy have side effects?

Some patients experience itchy skin in the salt room. Some patients feel a tickling in the throat.
Owing to the Halotherapy induced drainage of accumulated mucus, many patients experience an increase in coughing after several days of treatment, and some have dyspnea. The viscosity of their mucus samples increases, as does the number of pathogenic microorganisms in them. These side effects subside as the lungs are cleared of mucus. So it is important to make a distinction between such therapeutically essential side effects and other side effects.