Long time for warming up the chest for a cold and lung diseases at home, used mustard plasters, which caused a lot of inconvenience. In their place, they invented a self-heating reusable salt pad, which can be of several types: Children's, Lor's, Matrasik, Insole, Collar, and others.
In this article, we will consider when and how to use a child's salt pad.
How does the device work?
Salt Warmer is a sealed container containing a solution of sodium acetate, inside of which there is an activator button or a stick-starting device. It is only necessary to press the membrane or bend the stick, the liquid solution will begin to crystallize, resulting in the production of heat (about + 54 ° C), which heats the entire heating pad. Before applying to the body, the warmer should be stretched to make it soft and supple. After using the warmer, for sterilization and restoration, it should be wrapped with a cloth and boiled in water for 10-20 minutes (until the crystals disappear completely). Then get it out of the water and cool to room temperature.
Still it can be used as a cold compress, for this it is necessary to put the hot water bottle in a liquid state in a freezer for 15 minutes.
How and when to use a children's hot-water bottle?
Children's hot-water bottle often has the form of an octagon, it is convenient to give it the right shape.
It can be used in the following diseases:
- With a cold, tracheitis, bronchitis - instead of mustard plasters .
- With dysplasia - instead of paraffin physiotherapy, as the salt pad, as well as paraffin warms the tissues, and in this case - the joint.
- When colic in newborn children - instead of a warm rag, only the salt pad does not cool down, and will warm until you remove it yourself.
- With bruises, bites, sprains - in the regime of medical cold.
- With ENT diseases (rhinitis, external otitis, sinusitis) - instead of physiotherapy procedures.
And also for warming hands in the cold, it can even be put in a stroller to the baby.
Rules of operation
To ensure that your salt pad has been helping you for a long time (and its stated reserve is several thousand inclusions), the following rules should be observed:
- Do not use sharp objects when removing the hot water bottle from the water.
- Do not heat in the microwave.
- Do not use a damaged hot water bottle and do not try to seal it, it should be thrown out immediately.
- Do not use for oncological diseases and bleeding in the heating mode.
- Keep the heating pad in a liquid state.
- Do not cool the heating pad at a temperature below -8 ° C.
That children are not afraid to use a salt pad, they are released in the form of various animals: pigs, dogs, monkeys, etc.