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salitair device

by genty192, Oct 22, 2009 10:07AM

i have just purchased the salitair device as I have bad breathing through empysema, on the instructions it says breath in thrrough the mouth piece then out through the nose i am finding this hard to do without taking it out of my mouth i dont have much breath out can anyone help me x

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by allmymarbles, Oct 22, 2009 05:50PM

To: genty192

I am curious. Why would salt water alleviate symptoms?

by allmymarbles, Oct 22, 2009 08:27PM

To: genty192

Maybe I figured it out. When my lungs got too dry from medication, I used plain water in a nebulizer to moisten them. It helped a lot. I wonder if the device you are using is more efficient at moisturizing. When a baby has a stuffed nose, you squeeze salt water in its mostrils.

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