How to use salt warmer

The salt hot-water bottle is an irreplaceable thing of wide scope of application. It is heated by sodium acetate contained in the heater, which releases heat during the crystallization process. It is used during illness, when you need to warm up the chest, sinus or ears. Salt hot water bottle is safe to give to children. PVC sheath is hygienic and harmless, and it is impossible to eat. The inner content, sodium acetate, is a safe solution used in medicine.

The principle of operation of self-heating salt water heater

Salt reusable heating pad is a hermetically sealed polyethylene container with a saline solution inside. This is usually sodium acetate, which begins to crystallize when a button is pressed or after activator sticks are bent over inside the heating pad.The stick or button becomes the center of crystallization, and the slurry begins to harden gradually, because the equilibrium brine shifts.

During the transition from a liquid to a solid state, a catalytic process occurs, accompanied by the release of heat. Soon sodium acetate fully crystallizes, the heating pad should be rumpled with hands, and it will take any form. The heater warms up to a maximum of + 54C, so it is impossible to burn it. Heat persists from 40 minutes to 4 hours. It depends on the model of the heater.

Salt heater is designed for reuse. After application, its contents should be brought back to a liquid state. For this, the heating pad is wrapped in a piece of cloth (towel) and dipped in a saucepan with boiling water for 5-15 minutes. The crystals gradually dissolve until they are liquid. After that, the heating pad can be used again. One hot-water bottle is calculated on 50 cycles of work. The term of operation is up to 3 years.

Is it possible to use a salt heating pad as a cooling compress?
For bruises, insect bites, headaches, a salt warmer can be used as a cooling compress, because it holds ice 3 times better than ice.To do this, it is necessary to put the non-activated heating pad for half an hour in the refrigerator. In no case do not touch the mechanism-activator! Also, do not place the salt heating pad in the freezer, otherwise the salt solution will self-crystallize. After 30-40 minutes, remove the heating pad of their refrigerator. She is ready for use.

When should I use a salt water bottle?

• In the treatment of SARS-diseases, when heating the sinuses, with bronchitis.
• Apply to the ear of the child with otitis, without fear of burns or overheating.
• With colic and bloating in the baby.
• During sinusitis.
• Put on chest with mastitis.
• Warming up the back with radiculitis or arthritis.
• Warming up the muscles of athletes before the competition.
• For warming limbs with frostbite.
• With cervical osteochondrosis or neuralgia.
• For insomnia or vascular dystonia.
• You can put the baby in the stroller during a walk.
• With pain in the knees.
• In hiking or fishing, when you need to warm up.

What should not be done with a salt warmer

In order to preserve the physical properties of the salt heater and prolong the service life, it is forbidden to do the following:

1. Do not heat the heating pad in the microwave, or when you put the heating pad in boiling water, be sure to wrap it with a cloth so that the plastic sheath does not get damaged by the walls of the hot pan.
2. If the crystallized heating pad does not completely fit in the pan, do not try to bend it. First boil one side, then turn the heating pad over. After softening, it will completely fit into the pan.
3. Do not touch the heater with sharp objects. If it is leaking, throw it away.
4. If the heater was placed in the freezer and self-crystallized, first heat it to room temperature, and then boil it.
5. Salt warmer can accidentally self-crystallize on impact or fall.
6. For breastfed babies or babies with skin diseases, place a heated heating pad wrapped in a layer of cloth.
7. If the heater has the shape of an insole, then it has a therapeutic purpose and is not intended for walking.

When it is impossible to apply a salt hot-water bottle

Despite the excellent consumer properties, the heater has some contraindications:

1. Do not use a salt water bottle during critical days or other types of bleeding.
2. It can not be used in gynecological diseases (uterine fibroids, ovarian cyst, endometrial polyps).
3. Do not use warming in inflammatory processes (cystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis).
4. Do not apply a heating pad on areas of damaged or inflamed skin, as well as in infectious skin diseases.

Overview of self-heating reusable salt warmers

Salt hot-water bottle of Delta-Term. It is designed for children, and has the shape of a bear. It is a hypoallergenic PVF film and sodium acetate inside. The salt crystals heat up in seconds, the heater does not harden. Does not cause skin irritation. Can be applied to the tummy or ear of the child.

Salt warmer "ENT" Lintub. Has the shape of a human lung. You can use a child. Well warms up the sinuses of the nose of an adult. It has a convenient anatomical shape.

Salt reusable self-heating water heater "Belka and K" in the form of a Christmas tree. It can be used both for warming up (antritis, radiculitis, otitis media), and for cooling tissues (bruises, migraines, bites).Sodium acetate begins to crystallize after pressing the activator membrane. Heats up to + 54C. An indispensable thing in hiking trips.

Salt Warmer Orlett. Keeps heat up to 4 hours, cold - up to 2 hours. It has the shape of a mattress. Can be used to treat back pain.

Salt warmer-collar "Novomed." It has an anatomical shape, convenient for the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis. There is enough heat for exactly one session - 45 minutes. In the hot-water bottle you can move around and do everyday things.

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