Halotherapy combination with different non-drug therapies and rehabilitation in patients with infection dependent bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis

Abstract

The comparative estimation of efficiency of sungle-use haloterapy course of 25 days long (the first patient group) and the one of 15 days long combined with seven procedures of postural drainage, drainage gymnastics and vacuum massage (the second patient group) was carried out. The first group includes 98 patients (50 ones with infection dependent bronchial asthma (IDBA) and 48 ones with chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB)). The second one includes 86 patients (50 subjects with I D BA and 36 ones with COB).The efficiency estimation was carried out on the basis of clinical examination data (self-control questionaires), lung function data with pharmacological challenge before and after the treatment and the exacerbation frequency during lasting 18 months. The improvement in the first group was noted in all the parameters in 34 patients with ID BA (68%) and 30 ones with COB (78%). The disease remission durated near 6 months. The steady improvement in the second group was achieved in 39 patients with ID BA (74%) and 34 ones with COB (97%). The disease remission was 18 months.
Thus, under influence of complex therapy use in rehabilitation including halotherapy, postural drainage and vacuum massage, the steady improvement of postponed clinical laboratorial indices, high rehabilitation effect and reduction of treatment terms were noted in comparison with the isolated course of halotherapy.