More time is spent inside heated rooms with dryer air.
The lungs prefer we breathe air with 30-50% humidity. The respiratory mucosa must then condition the inhaled air with salt plus moisture so the air reaching the alveoli is at 100% humidity (this is dew point).
The lungs are responsible for rehydrating the RBCs as they pass through the alveoli capillary beds with salt water. This is why the intravenous saline drip is ubiquitous in hospital care, RBCs are rehydrated as they meet the saline solution.
When the mucosa is subjected to a period of dehydration it compensates with the production of mucus until the respiratory tract is rehydrated.
Salt restriction is a curse to adequate hydration as water follows salt.
Respiratory symptoms are immediately aided with the addition of salt. This is why the old remedies worked.
Salt nasal irrigations and gargles, salt mine sanatoriums, seaside sanatoriums.
And why chicken soup and bone broths were used in convalescence - salt + water
Oxygen is a poison and the gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is a malfeasant mis-direct!
The administration of oxygen causes damage and this is why it is primarily prescribed for the terminally ill. Palliative care is not kind!
Oxygen is a poison because it is a powerful dessicant used to remove moisture.
Seasonal flu and colds result from dehydration.
Cold air holds the least moisture.
More time is spent inside heated rooms with dryer air.
The lungs prefer we breathe air with 30-50% humidity. The respiratory mucosa must then condition the inhaled air with salt plus moisture so the air reaching the alveoli is at 100% humidity (this is dew point).
The lungs are responsible for rehydrating the RBCs as they pass through the alveoli capillary beds with salt water. This is why the intravenous saline drip is ubiquitous in hospital care, RBCs are rehydrated as they meet the saline solution.
When the mucosa is subjected to a period of dehydration it compensates with the production of mucus until the respiratory tract is rehydrated.
Salt restriction is a curse to adequate hydration as water follows salt.
Respiratory symptoms are immediately aided with the addition of salt. This is why the old remedies worked.
Salt nasal irrigations and gargles, salt mine sanatoriums, seaside sanatoriums.
And why chicken soup and bone broths were used in convalescence - salt + water
Oxygen is a poison and the gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is a malfeasant mis-direct!
The administration of oxygen causes damage and this is why it is primarily prescribed for the terminally ill. Palliative care is not kind!
Oxygen is a poison because it is a powerful dessicant used to remove moisture.
My article is titled
We breathe air not oxygen
https://jane333.substack.com/p/we-breath-air-not-oxygen?utm_ca
You bring up very good points. Thank you!