Humidifier to ease Coronavirus cough?

I wonder if a Ventolin/ Salbutamol inhaler would help those who are housebound/ isolated with the virus but not dangerously ill ? They're cheap to buy and can't harm as they help to open up the airways and also relax the muscles that lead to the lungs making it easier to breathe.

Thank you, Janea I will take a look

It depends on the type of cough, whether or not anti-histamines are beneficial or not, I think.

A dry cough may not benefit from them but a productive cough might.
They have been used to treat other Corona viruses but I'm not sure how effective they would be for COVID19

The hay fever season is upon us too, which could cause confusion.

The trouble is that, if people who think they might get COVID19 and think that antihistamines, inhalers etc
start panic buying these items, those who do need them to manage their hayfever or asthma, may find they are unable to obtain them.

'may help'
Was missing in my post above

An interesting blog from John Campbell; something that had crossed my mind. Taking paracetamol reduces fever and fever is the bodies way of fighting infection. In patients with flu the mortality rate greatly increased when patients took paracetamol. They felt better initially but were ill and infectious for longer. Will try to do a link. I find his advice very reassuring at the moment. I think it was Jane that first mentioned him. Also those CPAP machines could be life saving; not just for the patients but for the anaesthetists that are having to put people onto ventilators. Supposedly they've been around for years.

No it wasn’t me Labaik - I thought it was you
I heard a doctor on Radio 4 saying the exact same thing - only take paracetamol if you’re in pain, not to reduce fever, because fever is the body’s way of fighting the virus.

Callistemon I think the rationale for using antihistamines is that the inflammatory response to the virus, deep within the lungs, produces fluid which blocks the airways and that is why people feel they can’t breathe. Antihistamines help to stop that fluid being produced.

He's my lifeline at the moment*. Panicked a bit because he hadn't done a blog for a few days but today I found several. Phew. Although he doesn't hold back in how dangerous the situation we're in is he gives you the sort of knowledge/information that is empowering.
*that and watching University Challenge #comfortblanket

He said the only time a fever was dangerous was if a patient had a brain or spinal injury. And that, when a patient presented at A&E the first question would be had they taken pain relief because it was difficult to monitor how they were if the pain/temperature had been reduced by medication.

Researchers have found that the corona virus survives better on surfaces at 20 per cent humidity rather than at 50 per cent. Thus a humidifier may be helpful, but they do have to be kept scrupulously clean otherwise they may cause more problems than they relieve.

www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/03/13/2000488/0/en/Humidity-helps-in-the-fight-against-COVID-19-virologists-report.html

I have a humidifier in my bedroom and I am very careful to follow the instructions exactly.

Hang on [brain fog]. Does that mean that it's better to be in a damper environment but, if so hygiene standards must be higher because the virus can survive better on surfaces?