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Infrared Saunas Good for Chronic Heart Failure

Are far-infrared saunas beneficial for patients suffering from chronic heart failure (CHF)? There have been many claims over the years about many miracle cures to health issues such as chronic heart failure, however not all of these declarations have been backed up by factual scientific evidence.

It is critically important that all claims are tested under controlled scientific environments from unbiased, none commercial institutions, as many corporate companies are willing to make unsubstantiated claims, or bend the truth in order to gain a sale.

A recent controlled scientific test has been conducted by the Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Medicine, Graduated School of Medicine, Kagoshima University in Japan, in an effort to test whether or not ‘Waon Therapy’ using a far-infrared sauna is effective in treating chronic heart failure (CHF). A sample of 188 patients were selected: from those 188 patients, 112 were grouped to be treated with infrared sauna Waon therapy and the other 76 grouped to be treated with conventional methods.

The infrared sauna therapy group used the sauna once a day for 15 minutes and were then kept in a blanket after the sauna session for an additional 30 minutes. This was repeated daily for 14 days. The conventional treatment group was also tested for two weeks with standard methods used for treating chronic heart failure.

What is Waon Therepy?

Waon therapy is simply increasing the core body temperature by approximately 1.0~1.2°C in an effort to help soothe, and in some cases heal the body from its ailment(s).

Heart Failure Facts (United Kingdom)

• Based on a survey of heart failure management in general practice, there was an average of 8.3 cases of heart failure per 1000 population.
• Heart failure is very age dependent, with 0.2 cases per 1000 for those under the age of 35, while there are 125 cases per 1000 for those aged 85 or older.
• The prevailance of heart disease doubles for every decade of aging.

(http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000564/)

ResultsBefore and after the treatment, all patients were measured with the following: NYHA functional classification, Chest Radiography, Echocardiography and Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP). The results were very positive, where the infrared sauna Waon therapy group showed ‘significant improvements’ in all the aforementioned tests. The conclusion of the research showed that, ‘Waon therapy is an innovative and promising therapy for patients with CHF.’For the full article, please visit: http://www.divapor.com/sauna-articles/sauna-therapy-chronic-heart-failure.php