For many people in Delhi and other Indian cities, the day means hours of breathing polluted air on the road, at work or outdoors. So once you are back home, is there anything you can do for your lungs?
\n\nDoctors say yes, but with a caveat. “While you cannot completely reverse the pollution exposure you have already experienced, you can take practical steps to minimise further exposure and support your respiratory health,” says Dr Loveleen Mangla, Senior Consultant and Head of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Metro Hospital, Faridabad.
\n\nDr Vallabhaneni Viswambhar, Senior Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, OMR Chennai, explains why home matters. “Your lungs take in air all day and night. Even when you are sleeping at home, your airways are working. If the air inside your home is dirty, your lungs keep facing the same irritants.”
\n\nDr Viswambhar adds, “Take off your shoes at the door, because shoes carry dust and grime from the road.” Keep the clothes you wore outside away from your bed.
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\n\nDr Mangla suggests a sterile saline nasal spray to clear some of the…
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