A sore throat characterizes various processes in the body. For effective treatment, antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antiseptic drugs, and local procedures can be used. Traditional medicine is also very popular. However, this method of treatment has its own absolute and relative contraindications. Is it possible to visit the bathhouse for a sore throat? It depends on the nature of the pathological process, the presence of accompanying signs.
Absolute contraindications
Before going to the steam room, it is necessary to analyze the patient's condition, to make sure that the procedure is safe.
In this regard, there are absolute contraindications for its implementation:
- increased blood pressure of any genesis;
- pathology of the heart;
- vascular disorders;
- oncological diseases;
- increased body temperature;
- severe concomitant pathology;
- pregnancy.
In the presence of any of the listed contraindications, going to the bathhouse is contraindicated.
There are also age restrictions. Sauna visits are contraindicated for both elderly patients and children under 12 years of age.
Procedure for ARVI
With a worsening epidemiological situation and an increase in ARVI cases, a visit to the bath can be prophylactically useful, since it increases immunity and activates the body's defenses. Many fans of this procedure believe that going to the bathhouse helped them not to get sick during the epidemic. Also, the procedure will be beneficial at the first signs of SARS, when nasal congestion and runny nose appear. However, in this case, when deciding whether it is possible to go to the bathhouse, it is necessary to take into account the patient's state of health, the presence of concomitant pathology.
SARS is characterized by a rapid increase in symptoms. Within a few hours, malaise, weakness develops, the body temperature rises to 38 degrees.
During this period of respiratory illness, this procedure is already dangerous, since it will lead to a more significant increase in body temperature.
The heart and blood vessels will work with increased stress. In such conditions, the development of myocardial infarction, hypertensive crisis is not excluded.
Purulent diseases
With some diseases of the throat, even temperature readings within 37 degrees are a contraindication for visiting a bath. This disease is angina. Its purulent forms, follicular and lacunar, are especially dangerous. This is due to the fact that any warming procedures lead to the fact that the inflammatory process can spread to nearby tissues.
Purulent tonsillitis can lead to tonsil abscess, acute lymphadenitis. A visit to the steam room is dangerous for all purulent processes occurring in the body.
Otitis media, often manifested by a sore throat, can be characterized by a purulent course. In this situation, visiting the bathhouse is also dangerous. The purulent processes, the presence of which is a contraindication for going to the bathhouse, include boils, folliculitis.
Inflammatory diseases of the throat
Is it possible to visit the steam room for diseases such as laryngitis and pharyngitis, which are characterized by inflammatory processes in various parts of the throat? To answer this question, it is necessary to study the parameters of the humidity in the steam room. Effective treatment for these conditions requires constant throat hydration. In this connection, the recommended room humidity in such cases should be at least 60%.
The procedures, which are accompanied by low humidity and hot air, lead to dryness of the mucous throat and the formation of crusts. This further aggravates the pain syndrome.
For these conditions, the dry air of the Finnish sauna is dangerous, the humidity of which is within 10%.
Viruses and bacteria thrive best in warm, dry air.
The remedies used by traditional medicine are widespread. They are available, effective, and such as ginger tea, honey, bananas for sore throat, pleasant to use, safe. They often find a positive response among traditional medicine specialists.
