J Respir Med Lung Dis | Volume 2, Issue 5 | Research Article | Open Access

Speleotherapy as an Effective Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Alireza Eslaminejad¹, Kimia Taghavi^1*, Mohammadali Zohal³, Mehrnoosh Kialashaki³ and Atefeh Fakharian¹

¹Department of Respiratory Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
²Department of Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
³Department of Metabolic Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Science, Iran

^*Correspondance to: Kimia Taghavi 

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Abstract

Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a liberal illness requires constant anti-inflammatory therapy. As praise of conventional treatments, patients often turn to alternate therapy. Current study aimed to evaluate the first study in Iran emphasizing on halotherapy influence on improving lung function testing results and relieving symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients, presented at respiratory referral hospital, Tehran in 2016.Materials and
Methods: In this double-blind clinical study, 84 components suffering from COPD detached to two experimental and control groups. Following two months treatment with salitair or placebo, one month clearance phase was carried. Eventually, groups were treated with salitair and placebo for next two months. Influence was determined assessed6-minute walk distant, arterial oxygen saturation drop of six minutes walking, CAT enquiry and spirometry FEV1, FVC and FEV1/ FVC parameters.
Results: Current study revealed that halotherapy might exert a positive effect on 6-minute walk distant and arterial oxygen saturation drop of six minutes walking parameters, since has no effect on CAT enquiry and FEV1, FVC and FEV1/FVC parameters.Conclusions: Advice for containing halotherapy as a healing treatment for COPD is doubtful. More studies are recommended to be done, including a larger study group to supply the best evidence.

Keywords:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C08.381.495.389); Spirometry (E01.370.386.700.750); Vaporizers (E07.605); Halotherapy; Spleotherapy; Salitair

Citation:

Eslaminejad A, Taghavi K, Zohal M, Kialashaki M, Fakharian A. Speleotherapy as an Effective Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. J Respir Med Lung Dis. 2017; 2(5): 1029.