Would a face steamer/sauna (beauty thing) be useful in the control and/or relief of bad asthma and mild COPD?

Heavy smoker


Asthma


Mild/early COPD


History of chest infections and productive cough








(This is my Dad...I know he needs to give up smoking and stop being stupid, but that's easier said than done)


Some say steam triggers an attack others say the opposite.


I wonder if it will ease his breathing and loosen his chest?


What is your experience?Would a face steamer/sauna (beauty thing) be useful in the control and/or relief of bad asthma and mild COPD?
No. I have asthma, and I can't even have steam on me, if I get a facial. The steam from those machines can and usually do cause an asthma attack. I really don't suggest it.Would a face steamer/sauna (beauty thing) be useful in the control and/or relief of bad asthma and mild COPD?
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO he needs to quit smoking take his meds and exercise to try and get some lung cap back.
Steam is really good I have been told for asthma. My husband is the same, smokes like a chimney and he had to have a lung out!! and yes easlier said than done but he finds it helps going somewhere steamy...





Hope this helps but I can understand your anguish
Some people with asthma use a nebulizer, which is like a face steamer only much smaller. They contain asthma medicine, not just steam. I would be leery of using a face steamer if he has a history of chest infections. That would be like cooking up a batch of bacteria, and then inhaling it. Does your dad have a doctor? I would check there first, before trying any home remedies.
My mum has severe Asthma, she is a smoker, she has COPD also.





She is on Oxygen therapy 15 hours (usually while she sleeps)





She too wont give up smoking!, but she does now eat lots of organic stuff, drinks fizzy water (the bubbles help)





also she takes some drops called pure oxygen, which she puts in her tea.





by the way, she is a fighter and to look at her you wouldnt know anything is wrong. we still go on hol together, with careful planning for the oxygen you can do most things.(just come back off QE2 and im taking her to a Mcfly concert next month!.


Just keep strong and positive for your dad thats the best therapy ever. xxx
It might help if he is not having actual symptoms of suddenly having difficulty breathing. In other words, if he is using it while he is at his usual baseline breathing state then it will probably feel better to inhale moist air.


However, if he is having worsening symptoms that make it harder to breathe then usual it WILL NOT help. In that case he needs a nebulizer machine in which a prescription medication called albuterol solution is mixed with saline solution and inhaled. the albuterol helps to open the airways to improve breathing. He can ask his doctor for a prescription for a nebulizer machine. Then he can use it for both the medication or simply steam. the other advantage is that the nebulizer machine is NOT hot so there is no danger of being scalded. The steam machine has a danger of scalding. Therefore, he should get a nebulizer machine.
i know it sounds like it will help. but the only reason why i think this could be effective is that it could produce humidification to the airways which is a good thing. but sometimes, too much of it can be uncomfortable for the COPD -- some of them cannot tolerate it at all. best relief for breathing problems among COPD (constriction of the bronchioles) would be the rescue inhaler called albuterol. it will provide immediate relief if the patient is wheezing.
i no that this proberbally wont be of much help to u but i have had different experiances with steam, sometimes it makes me worse and i have occasionaly had attacks coz of it but sometimes it can be real helpfull and losen my chest





i hope this may help a bit :)