Viruses, bacteria, allergens, dust and polluted air — all that things are the reality that we face every day. Only in Russia more than 35 million tons of harmful substances are exhalated in the air every year. We are breathing that air and our nose does a great work to protect our lungs. These unfavorable environmental factors worsen the protecting properties of nasal mucosa that often can lead to its dysfunction and appearance of allergenic and cold-related diseases.

This problem is very important for children as their immunity is much weaker than adults’, and it is more difficult for them to face the aggressive environment. As a result, a child’s mucosa can’t cope with the environmental influence, child falls ill and his/her little nose needs help. One of the most reliable means of avoiding problems is regular nasal lavage with isotonic seawater. It influences healthily on the mucosa functioning and helps to restore its protective properties. In European countries this procedure became habitual and such an essential action as washing hands before meal.

It is well known that the therapeutical value of seawater is in its physico-chemical qualities. Seawater is a natural chemical solution in balanced state and it is very difficult to reproduce it artificially. Seawater is wonderfully rich with useful trace elements. World Ocean contains more than 5 trillion tons of dissoluted salts and near 80 chemical elements (e.g. iodine, magnesium, calcium, zinc, ferrum, argentums). Most of them are present in human body too, participating in important biological processes in cells of our organism. In 1897 French biologist Rene Quinton found out the similarity of seawater and human blood plasma.

Nowadays there are a lot of medicaments based on seawater properties in Russian pharmaceutical market. It can seem at first glance that they are all the same as they use the same natural component. However, we shouldn’t forget that seawater before appearing on the drug store counter must be subjected to a number of very complex processes of cleaning and as a result the product doesn’t preserve all its healing properties. Only with the appearance of the innovative method of useful seawater trace elements preserving we managed to succeed in. The name of the method is electrodialysis. Its sense is in performing of point filtration process that doesn’t break the structure and preserves the healing trace elements.

As a result we get an isotonic seawater solution that is as close to its primary state as possible and has properties that are the best for nasal mucosa cells. It is the method, which used in production of Physiomer (Goemar Labotatories) and Humer (Urgo Laboratories) – medicaments, made by French companies. Both of the preparations contain almost 100% of useful minerals and salts.

If your child’s caught cold or has a nasal pharynx disease e.g. rhinosinusitis or rhinopharingitis, you can use Physiomer for treating. The bulb of 135 ml can be used for babies from 2 year age. The spray system is made in a special way and lets to perform the lavage by a strong jet that provides a good healing action in nasal stuffiness case – the jet is very effective for decongestion.

In the hygienic case especially if your baby can’t blow his/her nose yet, you can use «Physiomer» (baby nasal spray) for children and babies from 1-month age. The big economy bulb is very handy in usage and is enough for more than a month. Seawater is sprayed by very small drops (not more than 20 microns) that reach the deepest sections of baby’s nasal cavity, tenderly influencing mucosa, moisten it and wash out emissions, restoring the free breathing.

But it is essential to remember that for the best effect the right usage of such medicaments is very important. For performing of nasal lavage for a baby it is necessary to put him/her to a prone position and turn his/her head to the side. For children the process can be performed in sitting or standing position.

The healing properties of seawater will help your children to get rid of cold as fast as possible and relieve the symptoms of nasal diseases, the more so seawater is absolutely harmless for children.