A Study to assess the effectiveness of Steam Inhalation to Relief Chest Congestion among Post Operative Patient in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital

Inhalation is the preferred route for therapeutic agents are delivered directly to the lung, the inhaled route offers a more rapid onset of action, to be used and has a better efficacy to safety ratio compared to systemic therapy. Chest congestion among the most common for human alignment. They are substantial cause of increase the morbidity and mortality rates in India. Many patient with chest congestion require unscheduled urgent care visits. Control remains a public health problem with variation not only among individual but also across the socioeconomic spectrum. Patient education, access to health care and cost of medication are likely to influence treatment result. Clinical practice as well as observation studies, however, it is evident that the steam inhalation is a good treatment responses for chest congestion without introduction costly new treatment modalities. This review will, therefore, assess problem that can lead to poor inhaler techniques, which could contribute to poor chest congestion control.