How to use a salt warmer

Salt hot-water bottle is an irreplaceable thing of a wide scope. It is heated by sodium acetate contained in the heating pad, which generates heat during crystallization. It is used during illness when it is necessary to warm the chest, sinuses or ears. It is safe to give a salt water bottle to children. The PVC sheath is hygienic and harmless and cannot be eaten. The internal content, sodium acetate, is a safe solution used in medicine.

The principle of operation of a self-heating salt water heater

Reusable salt water heater is a hermetically sealed polyethylene container with saline solution inside. Usually this is sodium acetate, which begins to crystallize when the button is pressed or after the activator stick is bent inside the heating pad. The wand or button becomes the center of crystallization, and the liquid solution begins to harden gradually, because the equilibrium of the salt solution is shifted.

In the transition from a liquid to a solid state, a catalytic process occurs, accompanied by heat generation. Soon, sodium acetate crystallizes completely, the heating pad should be washed with your hands, and it will take any form. The heater warms up to a maximum of + 54 ° C, so it is impossible to burn yourself. Heat is maintained for 40 minutes to 4 hours. It depends on the model of the heating pad.

The salt water bottle is intended for reusable use. After use, its contents should be returned to a liquid state. For this, a heating pad is wrapped in a piece of cloth (towel) and dipped in a pot of boiling water for 5-15 minutes. The crystals gradually dissolve until they become liquid. After that, the heating pad can be used again. One heating pad is designed for 50 cycles of operation. The term of operation is up to 3 years.

Can I use a salt water heater as a cooling compress
With bruises, insect bites, and headaches, the salt water heater can be used as a cooling compress, because it keeps the cold 3 times better than ice. To do this, you need to put the unactivated heating pad in the refrigerator for half an hour. Never touch the activator mechanism! Also, you should not put the salt water heater in the freezer, otherwise the salt solution will begin to self-crystallize. After 30-40 minutes, remove the heating pad from their refrigerator. She is ready for operation.

In what cases should you use a salt water heater

• In the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, with heating of the sinuses, with bronchitis.
• Apply to the child’s ear with otitis media, without fear of burns or overheating.
• With colic and bloating in the baby.
• During sinusitis.
• Putting on the chest with mastitis.
• Warming of the back with radiculitis or arthritis.
• Warming up the muscles in athletes before the competition.
• To warm the limbs during frostbite.
• With cervical osteochondrosis or neuralgia.
• With insomnia or vegetovascular dystonia.
• You can put the baby in the stroller while walking.
• For knee pain.
• On a camping trip 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 water heater and extend the life of the product, the following is prohibited:

1. Do not heat the heating pad in the microwave, and when you put the heating pad in boiling water, be sure to wrap it with a cloth so that the plastic shell does not get damaged on the walls of the hot pan.
2. If the crystallized heating pad does not fit completely into the pan, do not bend it.Boil one side first, then turn the heating pad over. After softening, it will completely fit into the pan.
3. Do not touch the heating pad with piercing objects. If it leaks, throw it away.
4. If the heating pad was placed in the freezer and self-crystallized, first warm it to room temperature, and only then boil it.
5. A salt water bottle can accidentally self-crystallize on impact or falling.
6. For breast babies or babies with skin conditions, place a pre-warmed heating pad by wrapping it in a layer of tissue.
7. If the hot-water bottle has the form of an insole, then it has a medical purpose and is not intended for walking.

When you can not use a salt heating pad

Despite the excellent consumer properties, the heating pad has some contraindications:

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

Overview of self-heating reusable salt warmers

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

Salt hot water bottle "ENT" Lintub. It has the shape of a human lung. You can use the child. It warms the sinuses of an adult well. It has a convenient anatomical shape.

Salt reusable self-heating hot-water bottle "Squirrel and K" in the form of a Christmas tree. It can be used both for warming (sinusitis, sciatica, 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 hot water bottle Orlett. Keeps heat up to 4 hours, cold - up to 2 hours. It has the shape of a mattress. It can be used to treat back pain.

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

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