POST COVID-19 PATIENTS’ REHABILITATION – POTENTIAL OF USING HALOTHERAPY IN THE FORM OF GENERALLY ACCESSIBLE INHALATORIA WITH DRY SALT AEROSOL

Abstract

In the times of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related cases of coronavirus infection with its complications affecting patients effective ways to relieve these symptoms are being searched. The article presents a review of publications on the effectiveness of inhalation with dry salt aerosol, one of the forms of halotherapy, in relation to the alleviation of symptoms of chronic respiratory diseases which often coincide with symptoms after COVID-19. The results of the analyzed studies show the effectiveness of halotherapy in the indicated form in relieving the symptoms of respiratory diseases such as dyspnoea or cough. More and more popular in Poland generally accessible inhalatoria with a dry salt aerosol can be considered as part of rehabilitation for patients after COVID-19.