Respiratory therapy

Respiration is one of the most important human functions and yet it is also one of the most exposed to foreign bodies (tobacco smoke, smog).

The body's powerful defence mechanisms have the task of filtering out these elements, but at times cannot cope with the infinite number of potentially damaging organisms that enter our airways.

The sulphurous waters at Porretta Terme provide the body with excellent assistance. Modern techniques mean the waters can be atomised into minute particles and then administered by means of aerosol or inhalation therapy to help prevent and cure respiratory infections caused by external elements.

TREATMENTS FOR DISEASES OF THE NOSE, THROAT, EARS AND LOWER AIRWAYS

LENGTH OF TREATMENT:depending on the type of treatment, from 2 to 40 minutes)

TYPE OF WATER: Sulphurous. In particular cases, salso-bromo-iodic water is used.

INDICATIONS: :all diseases of the airways not in acute phase. In diseases of the upper and lower airways and ear, inhalation treatment helps both treat and prevent the damage caused by smoke and smog and consolidate the effects of surgery.

The widely proven efficacy of inhalation treatment derives from the improved condition of the tissues and the body's defences altered by disease and external factors (smoke, pollution, etc.) and responsible for making the disease itself chronic.

In diseases of the upper airways, nasal irrigations and douches are particularly effective, helping to clean the dense exudate typical of atrophic rhinitis and restore the normal functions of the nasal mucosa. In diseases of the lower airways, a combination of inhalations and pulmonary ventilation is particularly useful. This can be followed by sessions of respiratory gymnastics where patients are taught appropriate respiration techniques to increase the respiratory capacity of the lungs and thus improve the quality of life and quantity of breath.

Postural drainage then removes the secretions built up in the lung, freeing the airways.