Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Your Environment: The Ultimate Home Remedy For Bronchitis

By Paul Tamens


Do you know that one of the best ways to cure yourself of bronchitis is to look at your environment? Bronchitis is a condition that is heavily influenced by what is around you. By monitoring your environment and taking the necessary action to produce an environment conducive for healing, this can be the ultimate home remedy for bronchitis cures.

Creating a humid environment plays a vital role in facilitating the healing process. The humidity in the air makes breathing easier and less laborious. In addition, a humid environment makes it easier for you to cough out the mucus and other buildup that is taking place in the air pipes.

To increase the level of humidity in your environment, one technique that works well is to leave the hot shower running in the bathroom. You can sit in the bathroom while the shower is running. If your home is small enough, you can also leave the door open to allow the humid air to circulate throughout your residence.

A second way to create a solid humid air environment is to purchase and use a device called a humidifier. A humidifier does exactly what it sounds like it does. It makes the air around it more humid. If you purchase a humidifier and set it up in your home, you can leave the device on and running and it will automatically increase the humidity in the air in your home. The size of the humidifier as well as the price determines how effective it is. The smaller and least expensive ones will humidify a small room. The larger and pricier ones can humidify an entire apartment or even an entire house. You can purchase an averaged size humidifier for around $100.

If you smoke or live with people that smoke, tobacco smoke doesn't create a good environment for bronchitis. In fact, it will actually make your bronchial symptoms worse. Therefore you want to limit your tobacco consumption and ask those who smoke not to do so around you.

The air you breathe outdoors also plays a role in how effective you are able to cure yourself of bronchitis. You want to avoid as much as possible an environment where there is lots of pollution. Stay away from industrial areas or areas where there is a constant stream of car and particularly truck traffic.

If you live in an area with a high pollen count, you should stay inside. High pollen makes it more difficult to breathe and may cause your breathing passages to accumulate even more mucus as a result of the lungs working harder to breathe. High pollen also makes it difficult to cough up the mucus buildup, which is vital in order to rid yourself of the illness.

Finally, make sure you follow the home remedy from bronchitis suggestions outlined above. By controlling your environment you give yourself the best opportunity to overcome the bronchitis symptoms.

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