RESEARCH REPORT

Poliklinika Helena, Zagreb, Croatia. September 2012
Preliminary, not final results

Start of research: December 2011

Number of children studied: 50

Method: Salt therapy in salt cocoon and in salt room

Machines used: IIRIS-136 and IIRIS-35 dry salt aerosol generators

Diagnosis:

1)  Respiratory diseases: Dr G. Gunek Mačukat (left on the photo), Dr M.šunić Omejc, M.Jerbić
- Asthma
- Recurrent obstructive bronchitis
- Pollinosis
- Asthma + pollinosis
- Asthma + atopic dermatitis

Number of patients: average 16 (1-15 years)

Satisfaction with therapy: 16 (all)

Desire for therapy repetition: 16 (all)

Sessions taken: 10

Effects:

Considerable decrease or even discontinuation of use of medicaments in 50% cases.

Children who have seasonal deterioration of disease (eg. in winter) had no deterioration if halotherapy was used for prevention.

2) Atopic dermatitis: Prim.dr.sc. Lena Kotrulja, Dr Nives Pustišek (left on the photo)

Number of patients: average 17 (14 months - 15 years)

Sessions taken: 20

Effects:

SCORAD index before therapy: from 20 to 61.8 (average 36,74)

SCORAD index after therapy: from 3-36,8 (average 21.85)

2 out of 17 patients had no effect

3 out of 17 patients had almost completely clean skin status