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<p id="paragraph1">Spring can mean “suffering” for North Texans affected by allergies or other breathing problems.
<p id="paragraph2">“When it stirs up that pollen, it just makes you sneeze,” said Robert Walker, who is being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (or COPD), as well as seasonal allergies.
<p id="paragraph3">However, a new Plano-based business offers an alternative treatment for allergy sufferers or people with upper respiratory problems like COPD or cystic fibrosis.
<p id="paragraph4">The business, called Salt Escape, offers what owner James Rizzuto calls “salt therapy."
<p id="paragraph5">The treatment involves sitting in a “salt room” for about 45 minutes. The rooms are covered with salt from floor to ceiling and connect to a generator.
<p id="paragraph6">The generator distributes tiny particles of pharmaceutical-quality salt into the air.
<p id="paragraph7">Patients breathe in the particles, which, according to Rizzuto, have a natural anti-inflammatory property that can open up a client’s airways.
<p id="paragraph8">“It loosens up the phlegm and the mucous,” said Walker, who uses the treatment regularly.
<p id="paragraph9">It’s also worked for Nicole Han’s three-and-a-half year old son Alex, who has long had problems breathing.
<p id="paragraph10">“This has been the only thing that has helped him,” Han said.
<p id="paragraph11">Han says after trying several different medications and seeing few results, they tried salt therapy and swear by the treatment.
<p id="paragraph12">However, Rizzuto says the treatment is not meant to be a one-time cure, nor is it a replacement for a doctor’s prescription.
<p id="paragraph13">"This should supplement whatever the doctor is doing,” he said.
<p id="paragraph14">While Rizzuto says the practice of salt therapy is not common in the United States, he says it’s popular in Europe.
<p id="paragraph15">Baylor Plano allergist Dr. Nastaran Safdarian says while she has not seen any of her patients try this kind of alternative therapy, she says there is a rising demand for “natural” remedies.
<p id="paragraph16">Furthermore, Safdarian says she would not discourage her patients from using salt therapy as a supplemental treatment because she uses salt-based remedies on a daily basis.
<p id="paragraph17">The salt therapy, she says, just seems like a different manner of delivering treatment.
<p id="paragraph18">“We use salt in allergies all the time,” she said. “We use nasal saline rinses like the Neti pot or another saline rinse.”
<p id="paragraph19">For more information on Salt Escape, visit <a href="http://saltescape.com/">http://saltescape.com/</a>
<p id="paragraph2">“When it stirs up that pollen, it just makes you sneeze,” said Robert Walker, who is being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (or COPD), as well as seasonal allergies.
<p id="paragraph3">However, a new Plano-based business offers an alternative treatment for allergy sufferers or people with upper respiratory problems like COPD or cystic fibrosis.
<p id="paragraph4">The business, called Salt Escape, offers what owner James Rizzuto calls “salt therapy."
<p id="paragraph5">The treatment involves sitting in a “salt room” for about 45 minutes. The rooms are covered with salt from floor to ceiling and connect to a generator.
<p id="paragraph6">The generator distributes tiny particles of pharmaceutical-quality salt into the air.
<p id="paragraph7">Patients breathe in the particles, which, according to Rizzuto, have a natural anti-inflammatory property that can open up a client’s airways.
<p id="paragraph8">“It loosens up the phlegm and the mucous,” said Walker, who uses the treatment regularly.
<p id="paragraph9">It’s also worked for Nicole Han’s three-and-a-half year old son Alex, who has long had problems breathing.
<p id="paragraph10">“This has been the only thing that has helped him,” Han said.
<p id="paragraph11">Han says after trying several different medications and seeing few results, they tried salt therapy and swear by the treatment.
<p id="paragraph12">However, Rizzuto says the treatment is not meant to be a one-time cure, nor is it a replacement for a doctor’s prescription.
<p id="paragraph13">"This should supplement whatever the doctor is doing,” he said.
<p id="paragraph14">While Rizzuto says the practice of salt therapy is not common in the United States, he says it’s popular in Europe.
<p id="paragraph15">Baylor Plano allergist Dr. Nastaran Safdarian says while she has not seen any of her patients try this kind of alternative therapy, she says there is a rising demand for “natural” remedies.
<p id="paragraph16">Furthermore, Safdarian says she would not discourage her patients from using salt therapy as a supplemental treatment because she uses salt-based remedies on a daily basis.
<p id="paragraph17">The salt therapy, she says, just seems like a different manner of delivering treatment.
<p id="paragraph18">“We use salt in allergies all the time,” she said. “We use nasal saline rinses like the Neti pot or another saline rinse.”
<p id="paragraph19">For more information on Salt Escape, visit <a href="http://saltescape.com/">http://saltescape.com/</a>