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熱した蒸気を吸い込むことが,風邪の症状に与える影響
G J Forstall1, M L Macknin, B R Yen-Lieberman
1Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
JAMA
|April 13, 1994
まとめ
蒸気吸入は,ランダム化制御試験において,風邪の症状を効果的に治療しなかった. この研究では,蒸気療法で症状の有意な改善や鼻の詰まりの軽減は認められませんでした.
科学分野:
- * 感染症
- * 呼吸器医学 (呼吸器医学) とは
- * 臨床試験について
背景:
- *風邪は,多くの症状を伴う広範な上部呼吸器感染症です.
- *蒸気吸入は風邪の症状を和らげるための伝統的な治療法ですが,その有効性は議論されています.
- * 過去の研究では,風邪に対する蒸気の治療的効果を明確に確立できませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- *風邪の症状の治療として蒸気吸入の有効性を評価する.
- * 蒸気療法によって主観的な症状の重症度および鼻の詰まりの客観的な測定値が軽減できるかどうかを判断する.
- * 蒸気吸入がライノウイルス不活性化に与える影響を in vitroで評価する.
主な方法:
- * in vitro研究により,ライノウイルス不活性化温度 (1時間43°C) が決定されました.
- * ダブルブラインド,プラセボ対照,ランダム化試験で,風邪の症状を持つ68人のボランティアが参加しました.
- *参加者は60分間の蒸気療法 (43°C鼻内) またはプラセボ (環境空気) を受けました.
主要な成果:
- * 蒸気グループとプラセボグループでは,毎日の症状スコア (鼻の詰まり,排水,打つ気) で有意な差異は見られなかった.
- *ベースラインの鼻の抵抗は,蒸気グループでは低かったが,プラセボは,臨床的に有意ではないが,第7日により大きな改善を示した.
- *この研究では,風邪の症状に関する蒸気吸入の統計的に有意な有益な効果は認められなかった.
結論:
- *蒸気吸入治療は,研究対象集団における風邪の症状に有益な効果を示さなかった.
- *この研究結果は,風邪の症状の管理に蒸気療法が有効な介入ではないことを示唆している.
- * 風邪の代替的または補助的な治療法を調査するために,さらなる研究が正当化されることがあります.
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