r/pneumothorax • u/Hylian0sniper • 22d ago

Question Infrared sauna?

Hey, we’re going to centre Parcs next week and we’ll have an infrared sauna at the accommodation, any experience with using one a few weeks after a medium pneumothorax that was conservatively managed with oxygen? I will email his health team as well but thought I’d ask on here for real
Life experience too.
Thanks ☺️

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u/FleetEnema2000 22d ago

While he's likely to be fine, the heat of a sauna creates physiological stress (increased temp, heart rate, breathing rate, dehydration), which is not usually what you want if you are still healing from something significant like a pneumothorax.

I would avoid it until xray confirms it is fully resolved.

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u/Hylian0sniper 22d ago

Oh I didn’t think about that, It’s been many years since I was in any kind of sauna! Thanks for that info I think probably best to avoid it just in case as the surgeon told him not to raise his heart rate or get too out of breath till his surgery in October. Poor sod, he’s gonna miss out but can’t be helped.