THERAPEUTIC DEVICE FOR THE TARGETED LOCAL SHORT-TERM TREATMENT OF DISEASES, ESPECIALLY COLDS, TRANSMITTED BY DROPLET INFECTION

摘要

The invention relates to a therapeutic device for the targeted local short-term treatment of infectious diseases, especially colds (SARS, avian influenza), transmitted by droplet infection, by means of a heated dry hot air flow that acts upon the epithelium of the nasal cavity and the adjoining areas of the nasopharynx in a direct and locally restricted manner. The invention makes use of the finding that the symptoms of a cold can be treated most efficiently if the dry hot air flow used has a comparatively high temperature in a range of substantially more than 50 °C, preferably of 65 °C ± 5 °C.