ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Halotherapy-An Ancient Natural Ally in the Management of Asthma: A Comprehensive Review.
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- Effects of Halotherapy as an Adjunct to Preseason Training on Respiratory and Aerobic Outcomes in Elite Female Football Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Underground vs outdoor air in the "Wieliczka" Salt Mine health resort: particulate matter and selected gaseous pollutants.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2026Article
- Effect of Speleotherapy on Dyspnea, Quality of Life, and Functional Status in Patients With Chronic Airway Diseases.Cureus · 2026Article
- Taxonomy, function and plasmids of microbial soil communities of Polish salt graduation towers.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Uptake of environmental halophilic archaea by human dendritic cells.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Use of speleotherapy in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Nanotechnology-based approaches for targeted drug delivery for the treatment of respiratory tract infections.Journal of biological methods · 2024Review
- Halophilic ArchaeaFrontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The increasing production of modern medication emerges as a new source of environmental pollution. The scientific community is interested in developing alternative, ecological therapies in asthma. Halotherapy proved its benefits in asthma diagnosis, treatment, and prevention and may represent a reliable therapeutic addition to the allopathic treatment, due to its ecological and environment-friendly nature, in order to prevent or prolong the time to exacerbations in patients with asthma. We aimed to review up-to-date research regarding halotherapy benefits in asthma comprehensively. We searched the electronic databases of PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE for studies that evaluated the exposure of asthmatic patients to halotherapy. Eighteen original articles on asthma were included. Five studies in adults and five in children assessed the performance of hypertonic saline bronchial challenges to diagnose asthma or vocal cord dysfunction in asthmatic patients. Three papers evaluated the beneficial effects of halotherapy on mucociliary clearance in asthmatic adults. The therapeutic effect of halotherapy on acute or chronic asthma was appraised in three studies in adults and one in children. The preventive role was documented in one paper reporting the ability of halotherapy to hinder nocturnal asthma exacerbations. All studies seem to sustain the overall positive effects of halotherapy as adjuvant therapy on asthma patients with no reported adverse events. Halotherapy is a crucial natural ally in asthma, but further evidence-based studies on larger populations are needed.
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