lightNlife
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>
Before you try to put it "more basic", you need to understand it yourself.</end quote></div>
I do understand it, I just couldn't describe it very well. My apologies. In any case, I was focusing on the osmolarity aspect of it when I was processing the description in my head and unfortunately, it didn't come out on the page very well.
Still, the basic reason why it works it because it increases moisture in the lung environment. Still, even if our body's cells are triggered to release moisture in the presence of salt, the multiple and varying medications many of us are on (particularly meds that block allergens) we tend to be dehydrated anyway. Delivering medication in nebulized form, (eg. HS) potentially brings about the same physical change to the body's environment as does a good steamy shower, or the use of a humidifier.
This is why getting hung up on hyper-hypo-iso terminology is so confusing. I only muddied the water by attempting to explain that. My overall intent was to highlight the benefit of the <b>PHYSICAL</b> change that takes place, not the chemical change.
Before you try to put it "more basic", you need to understand it yourself.</end quote></div>
I do understand it, I just couldn't describe it very well. My apologies. In any case, I was focusing on the osmolarity aspect of it when I was processing the description in my head and unfortunately, it didn't come out on the page very well.
Still, the basic reason why it works it because it increases moisture in the lung environment. Still, even if our body's cells are triggered to release moisture in the presence of salt, the multiple and varying medications many of us are on (particularly meds that block allergens) we tend to be dehydrated anyway. Delivering medication in nebulized form, (eg. HS) potentially brings about the same physical change to the body's environment as does a good steamy shower, or the use of a humidifier.
This is why getting hung up on hyper-hypo-iso terminology is so confusing. I only muddied the water by attempting to explain that. My overall intent was to highlight the benefit of the <b>PHYSICAL</b> change that takes place, not the chemical change.