Dehumidifier will shift the pressure so that it is lower pressure outside of her lungs and higher inside. As the pressure equalizes each breath, the goop in her lungs will have a chance to be expelled.
Worked with my brother, who up until I got the dehumidifier ($200 mind you) was in such horrible coughing fits it made him pass out.
Now he says he can't sleep without it on.
Again, make sure she drinks a lot, otherwise she might get Thrush. (Look up thrush images at your own risk, the pictures are nightmare fuel. Know when to spot it, and how to treat it with Nystatin)
In the mean time, fill a vase with salt and water, stir, then add ice IN THAT ORDER and have her breathe on/near it. I had to do this in the middle of the night with my brother before we got the dehumidifier, and it seemed to help in a pinch.
Drink a lot of water, and use a himalayan salt inhaler (can be bought on Amazon, online from Walmart, etc).
I have chronic bronchitis (a form of COPD) and my airways produce far too much mucus. Staying hydrated thins out the mucus so it can move more easily. When my insurance raised the price of my maintenance inhaler that I absolutely required 2-4 times per day from $5 per inhaler out of pocket to $103 per inhaler out of pocket and I couldn't afford it, I was desperate and started researching alternatives. I tried a himalayan salt inhaler, and I now use the salt inhaler daily and only have to use my maintenance inhaler once every 7-10 days instead of 2-4 times every day. The inhaled salt ions break up the mucus so it can be moved up and out, and also kill many pathogens. It's safe, and worth a try for a one time $15 purchase. It has been an absolute life-changing miracle for me.
Some foods to increase alkalinity are,green tea,avacado,pumpkin seed,fig,molasses,You should consider hydrogen peroxide and iodine inhaler treatments as as well as Lugol solution oral at same time.Look on Dr Mercola's site.
Seems backwards, I know. But that's what's working right now.
The best way I can figure how it's helping my brother is that taking water vapor out of the air, both, dries the air so it can accept moisture from the lungs and then also lowers the pressure in the room so breathing out is easier due to pressure equalization.
The lower pressure (low vapor content therefore less dense) in the room is drawing the high pressure (high vapor content, therefore more dense) out of his lungs.
I could be wrong on the science, but it's working so who cares if I got the process wrong on paper?
Get a dehumidifier, and she needs to drink A LOT.
Drinking will loosen up the sludge.
Dehumidifier will shift the pressure so that it is lower pressure outside of her lungs and higher inside. As the pressure equalizes each breath, the goop in her lungs will have a chance to be expelled.
Worked with my brother, who up until I got the dehumidifier ($200 mind you) was in such horrible coughing fits it made him pass out.
Now he says he can't sleep without it on.
Again, make sure she drinks a lot, otherwise she might get Thrush. (Look up thrush images at your own risk, the pictures are nightmare fuel. Know when to spot it, and how to treat it with Nystatin)
In the mean time, fill a vase with salt and water, stir, then add ice IN THAT ORDER and have her breathe on/near it. I had to do this in the middle of the night with my brother before we got the dehumidifier, and it seemed to help in a pinch.
Hope this helps.
Drink a lot of water, and use a himalayan salt inhaler (can be bought on Amazon, online from Walmart, etc).
I have chronic bronchitis (a form of COPD) and my airways produce far too much mucus. Staying hydrated thins out the mucus so it can move more easily. When my insurance raised the price of my maintenance inhaler that I absolutely required 2-4 times per day from $5 per inhaler out of pocket to $103 per inhaler out of pocket and I couldn't afford it, I was desperate and started researching alternatives. I tried a himalayan salt inhaler, and I now use the salt inhaler daily and only have to use my maintenance inhaler once every 7-10 days instead of 2-4 times every day. The inhaled salt ions break up the mucus so it can be moved up and out, and also kill many pathogens. It's safe, and worth a try for a one time $15 purchase. It has been an absolute life-changing miracle for me.
Drink hot drinks (tea, coffee)
Yes. The more bitter, the better.
Bitter denotes alkalinity (bases).
Sinus mucus is typically acidic.
This is because amino acids are the building blocks for proteins.
https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/the-case-of-the-sticky-protein.html
Proteins get sticky when they are misfolded or sheared. During an infection, proteins are released as cells die.
As the proteins decay they get sticky.
Which forms a viscous "glue."
Alkaline (basic) agents can neutralize the amino acids.
That's the reason bleach feels slippery, because it destroys the proteins that allow things to be sticky.
So, increasing your alkalinity helps to neutralize the viscosity of the mucus.
So... The more bitter the tea/coffee is, the more alkaline it is.
Coffee might not be the best option though, as the caffeine is a diuretic and can make you dehydrated faster, which could hurt more than benefit.
Some foods to increase alkalinity are,green tea,avacado,pumpkin seed,fig,molasses,You should consider hydrogen peroxide and iodine inhaler treatments as as well as Lugol solution oral at same time.Look on Dr Mercola's site.
Hot water alone is boss.
Do you mean humidifier or de-humidifier? One adds water vapor to the air, the other extracts water from the air.
DE - humidifier.
To extract moisture. Not add.
Seems backwards, I know. But that's what's working right now.
The best way I can figure how it's helping my brother is that taking water vapor out of the air, both, dries the air so it can accept moisture from the lungs and then also lowers the pressure in the room so breathing out is easier due to pressure equalization.
The lower pressure (low vapor content therefore less dense) in the room is drawing the high pressure (high vapor content, therefore more dense) out of his lungs.
I could be wrong on the science, but it's working so who cares if I got the process wrong on paper?
Clotrimazole troches are better for thrush in my experience.