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Posted On : 11 Jan 2026

What is the difference between cold vapor and warm vapor, and indication and contraindications of both?

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Gladys Yonah

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no idea

4 Days ago

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Kylie

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Humidified vs cool air? Cool air can be helpful in some patients with bronchospasm, like croup. Humidified air can help more with bronchiolitis and other upper respiratory infections where congestion is the predominant complaint with cough (that’s my guess)

5 Days ago

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Shahid ulghafoor

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No idea ,sorry

5 Days ago

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Shilpa Rahamatkar

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do you mean cold and warm fomentation???

5 Days ago

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alaa younes

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no no no no

5 Days ago

Answer 1

For their safety, always use cool-mist humidifiers for children. Hot water or steam from a warm-mist humidifier or steam vaporizer can burn a child if he or she gets too close.
Humidifiers add moisture to the air, which helps ease coughing and congestion due to a cold. Warm-mist and cool-mist humidifiers are equally effective in humidifying the air. Also, by the time the water vapor reaches your child`s lower airways, it`s the same temperature regardless of whether it started out warm or cool.

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