Balneoterapiya

Balneoterapiya – use of artificially made and natural mineral waters for treatment and prevention of various diseases. Balneoterapiya includes a set (more than thirty) various procedures.

Before the beginning of the nineteenth century the resort therapy preferential consisted of procedures of a balneoterapiya – bathings and bathtubs with mineral water. Stay of patients in pools lasted for nine-ten hours and was followed by small talk. At that time was considered that medicinal water, getting through a skin time, washes away rudiments of any diseases.

Indications to procedures of a balneoterapiya

Procedures of a balneoterapiya are appointed at diseases of a musculoskeletal system, nervous system, the blood circulatory system, a respiratory organs. Balneoterapiya is applied also at frustration of food and disbolism, at diseases of hypodermic cellulose and skin, at chronic intoxications, diseases of blood and the hemopoietic bodies, at eye diseases, diseases of endocrine system, urinary tract and kidneys.

The general contraindications to use of a balneoterapiya

Procedures of a balneoterapiya are not recommended to be applied at malignant new growths, at the expressed atherosclerosis, at a diabetes mellitus in a severe form, at a thyrotoxicosis, epilepsy, at the becoming wet dermatitis and fungus diseases of skin. It is not necessary to use a balneoterapiya after recently had myocardial infarction or a stroke, at aneurism of heart and large vessels, at tendency to dynamic disturbances of coronary and cerebral circulation, at tendency to bleedings, at acute inflammatory processes in an organism.

Main methods of a balneoterapiya

In a balneoterapiya mineral waters are used for preparation of bathtubs, for drink, and also for gastric, intestinal, vulval and other irrigations, washings and wrappings. The principle of action of bathtubs from medicinal waters consists of influence on an organism of the patient of hydrostatic, mechanical, radioactive, temperature and chemical factors. At use of methods of a balneoterapiya specific effects of mineral water are supplemented with mechanical irritation of muscles, skin and sinews or physical exercises. Presently among all known methods of a balneoterapiya the greatest distribution was gained salt, radioactive (radonic) and gas (hydrosulphuric, carbonic, nitric) by bathtubs. Carbonic bathtubs actively affect system of breath and blood circulation. At various forms of a serious illness apply dry carbonic bathtubs. In special installations influence vapor-air mixture with the increased concentration of carbon dioxide the patient.

Use of bathtubs with hydrogen sulfide as a balneoterapiya recovers the broken balance of nervous processes, and also stimulates functions of gonads, a thyroid gland, anesthetic and antiinflammatory has effect. The hydrogen sulfide which is contained in water gets into blood through airways and skin.

Nitric bathtubs possess soothing and sedative actions. They reduce arterial pressure, improve a hemodynamics.

Salt bathtubs prepare from iodine-bromine sodium, chloride sodium mineral waters, a brine of estuaries and lakes, sea water. Such bathtubs possess expressed hydrostatic and thermal, calming and soothing actions. Radonic bathtubs also have the soothing and calming effect. They are applied at diseases of a musculoskeletal system and peripheral nervous system.

Contrast bathtubs with alternate use of mineral water of different temperature are appointed for improvement of a hemodynamics at skin diseases, shin ulcers, an endateriita of the lower extremities.

Irrigation of the head and face of the patient (local shower) is applied at diseases of various sites of the head and person, neurosises and neuralgia, at seborrhea.

Balneoterapiya in the form of the ascending (perineal) shower is appointed at diseases of generative organs, prostatitis, hemorrhoids.

The shower massage with sulfide water is appointed at diseases of a musculoskeletal system, peripheral nervous system, and also at obesity.

Medical pools with sea water, with sulfide, chloride sodium medicinal waters usually use for occupations remedial gymnastics at diseases of the musculoskeletal device.