Jonnie Irwin Tries ‘Salt Therapy’ to ‘Hit My Chest Infection From All Sides’

Jonnie Irwin has revealed he uses salt therapy as one of several alternative treatments to combat his chest infection.

The former A Place In The Sun presenter who announced in November 2022 that he was suffering from terminal lung cancer shared a photo of himself relaxing in the salt room of a clinic in health and wellbeing in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Irwin wrote: “Hitting my chest infection from all sides; antibiotics (tried to get through it but it was getting worse) 2 hours this morning in my @o2worx hyperbaric chamber and now at @sereniti_health breathing deep in the salt room.

“So relaxing and I had this place all to myself! Everything is wrapped up and relaxed. I feel like I have wonderful, knowledgeable people around me. #saltylips #alternativetherapies #healthspa #healthandwellness”

Salt therapy is a natural treatment for respiratory, sinus, allergy and skin conditions that aims to reduce inflammation and congestion through the absorption of minerals from Himalayan salt.

The TV presenter, who is due to turn 50 in November, recently revealed he had a pop-up oxygen chamber installed at his home.

Research is still ongoing to determine whether oxygen therapy can slow the growth of tumors and increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment.

And he has previously spoken about adopting a special diet in an effort to “starve” his tumors and slow their growth, as advised by Jane Mclelland, cancer survivor and author of a book called How To Starve Cancer.

Irwin stayed active, despite his lung infection, by taking his three sons swimming in their trailer.

The Escape To The Country star and his wife Jess are parents to four-and-a-half-year-old son Rex and three-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac.

Doctors gave Irwin six months to live in 2020 and kept his cancer diagnosis a secret from television producers because he feared losing his job.

He recently shared that he overcame his chest infection to enjoy a pumpkin picking outing with his family.

He keeps updating his fans and videos with photos of him making the most of his time with his family.

He and his wife Jess recently celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary with a date night. And Irwin enjoyed a special dinosaur sleepover with his sons.

Over the summer they enjoyed a family day out at a Yorkshire wildlife park, a trip to the beach in Northumberland and a relaxing stay at a four-star hotel in Worcestershire.

The TV presenter is currently undergoing palliative care for his incurable cancer which has spread to his brain.

Irwin has previously said doctors don’t expect him to see 2023.

Recently, Irwin revealed that his cancer is “on the move.”

Irwin kept his diagnosis a secret for two years, and when he told producers of the Channel 4 holiday property show that he had terminal cancer, he was dropped because he was told said they were unable to insure him to work.

He said he felt “discarded.”

Chemotherapy and cancer drugs have helped prolong the initial prognosis and the TV presenter is determined to make the most of the time he has left with his family.

Irwin attended the TRIC Awards in June and said: “I wanted to show that because you have cancer, it doesn’t mean you’re a different person.

You can still work. Look at me now. I don’t think the doctors expected me to make it through 2023, but here I am and I’m available for work.”

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