Carbon dioxide balneotherapy and cardiovascular disease

Pagourelias, Efstathios D; Zorou, Paraskevi G.; Tsaligopoulos, Miltiadis; Athyros, Vasilios G.; Karagiannis, Asterios; Efthimiadis, Georgios K.

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“…The same study evidenced three main effects of total or partial immersion: a decrease in central temperature, an increase in cutaneous blood flow, and an increase in the thermal sensation score [1].…”

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“…Balneotherapy with carbonated mineral waters has been used since the Middle Ages, but its use in patients with cardiovascular disease is not considered to be fully scientifically grounded [1]. The same study evidenced three main effects of total or partial immersion: a decrease in central temperature, an increase in cutaneous blood flow, and an increase in the thermal sensation score [1].…”

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confidence: 95%

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The effect of carbonated mineral water and mofette treatment in Baile Tusnad after ischemic stroke – a case report

Dogaru¹,

Motricală²,

Bulboacă³

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Carbon dioxide baths might represent an effective therapeutic method in the rehabilitation of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and stroke, as well as in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency, inflammatory diseases and functional disorders. According to the World Health Organization, 5.5 million deaths from stroke were recorded in 2001, and about 15 million people survive stroke every year. Mortality from stroke is 11% for women and 8.4% for men. According to the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention Rehabilitation, phase II and III cardiovascular rehabilitation is performed in Romania only in a proportion of 10%. The therapeutic effects of carbonated mineral waters are due to the action of carbon dioxide. This induces cutaneous vasodilation, with a decrease in blood pressure values. It also causes an increase of cardiac output, while reducing blood pressure and heart rate. Mofettes are natural emanations along the Harghita volcanic massif, which contain CO2 in concentrations of 90-98% with cutaneous vasodilator effects, increasing cerebral and muscle blood flow. The natural therapeutic factors in Baile Tusnad, consisting of carbonated mineral water baths, mofettes, climate therapy, along with medical physical culture, indicated in the rehabilitation treatment of post-stroke patients had a beneficial effect on clinical and functional symptomatology, improving the quality of gait and balance, functionality and exercise capacity in a patient who suffered stroke five years before and was followed up for three years, while she attended an annual medical rehabilitation program in Baile Tusnad. Continuing medical rehabilitation programs, in the absence of contraindications, in Romanian spa resorts for cardiovascular treatment, as well as conducting randomized clinical studies on the efficiency of these treatments is important.

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The effect of carbonated mineral water and mofette treatment in Baile Tusnad after ischemic stroke – a case report

Dogaru¹,

Motricală²,

Bulboacă³

et al. 2018

Balneo

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“…konstatavo balneoterapijos efektą naudojant natūralų terminį vandenį, kurio sudėtyje yra CO 2 , gydant įvairias širdies ligas [66]. Nors dalis mokslininkų teigia, kad sergantiems hipertenzija taikyti balneoterapiją nerekomenduotina, Kapetanoviciaus ir kt.…”

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Balneoterapijos Efektyvumas Ir Perspektyvos

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Briedis

Sudeikis³

2014

Medicinos Teorija Ir Praktika

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SANTRAUKAReikšminiai žodžiai: balneoterapija, geoterminis vanduo, integratyvi medicina, mineralinis vanduo. Pasaulinė sveikatos organizacija pripažįsta terapinį domėjimąsi terminiais ar neterminiais gydomaisiais mineraliniais vandenimis. Mineralinis vanduo gali būti gaunamas iš natūralių šaltinių ir dirbtinių gilių vandens gręžinių. Tikslas. Įvertinti istorinį ir moksliškai pagrįstą balneoterapijos poveikį įvairioms organizmo būklėms bei apžvelgti balneoterapijos ir geoterminio vandens panaudojimo perspektyvas. Metodai. Atlikta bibliografinė balneoterapijos istorijos, poveikio, klinikinių tyrimų, geoterminio vandens šaltinių straipsnių analizė "SpringerLink", "Academic Search Complete", "Wiley Online Library", "PubMed", "Medline", "ScienceDirect", DOAJ, BMJ, "Sage journals Online" bei kitose duomenų bazėse iki 2013 metų. Rezultatai. Archeologiniai radiniai patvirtina, kad mineralinio vandens procedūros žmogaus gydymui ir relaksacijai buvo naudojamos nuo Bronzos amžiaus. Balneoterapijos tyrimai atliekami keletą dešimtmečių, ypač Europoje ir Azijoje, dažniau-siai naudojant vidutinės ir aukštos mineralizacijos vandenį iš natūralių šaltinių, skiriant įvairioms indikacijoms skirtingomis metodikomis. Įrodyta, kad vandens terapija teigiamai veikia visuomenės sveikatą, širdies-kraujagyslių, kaulų-raumenų, endokrininę, nervų ir kitas sistemas. Bendrai balneoterapija ar spa terapija yra gerai toleruojama ir vidutiniškai efektyvi mažinant įvairius simptomus. Dėl aukštos temperatūros ir didelės mineralizacijos stiprinant sveikatą gali būti naudingas geoterminis vanduo. Numatoma pasaulinės sveikatos organizacijos strategija: integruojant tradicinę mediciną/papildomą mediciną į nacionalines sveikatos sistemas, atitinkamai padidinti potencialų jų įnašą į sveikatos ir sveikatos apsaugos, sveikatos kapitalo, socialinės integracijos ir dalyvavimo, tvarios gerovės visiems ir sveikatos institucijų pasitikėjimo sritis. Išvados. Balneoterapija turi ilgą taikymo ir tyrinėjimo įvairioms būklėms istoriją, liudijančią apie efektyvumą ir saugumą. Nors aukštos kokybės įrodymais grįstas išvadas padaryti sunku (kaip ir visų natūralių terapijų), dažnesnis balneoterapijos taikymas integratyvioje medicinoje, panaudojant ir geoterminio vandens potencialą, galėtų būti naudingas kiekvieno individo sveikatai, didinti visuomenės darbingumą; balneoterapija galėtų būti pripažinta pirminės ir antrinės profilaktikos terapinės programos dalimi. Santrumpos: PSO -Pasaulinė sveikatos organizacija, SPA -akronimas "sanitus per aqua" -sveikata per vandenį, NPV -nesteroidiniai priešuždegiminiai vaistai, VAS -vizualinė analoginė skalė, FEMTEC -Pasaulinė hidroterapijos ir klimatoterapijos federacija, FORST -Spa mokslinių tyrimų fondas, MTP -mokslinių tyrimų plėtra, ISMH -Tarptautinė medicininės hidrologijos organizacija. ABSTRACTKey words: balneotherapy, geothermal water, integrative medicine, mineral water. WHO recognizes the therapeutic interest in the thermal and nonthermal mineral water. Mineral water is extracted from natural and artificial sources from deep...

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“…In other words, what non-musculoskeletal diseases respond to health resort treatment? Only few systematic reviews focusing on the effectiveness of HRM treatments in non-musculoskeletal disorders have been published so far (Nasermoaddeli and Kagamimori 2005;Pagourelias et al 2011).…”

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Health resort medicine in non-musculoskeletal disorders: is there evidence of its effectiveness?

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Health resort medicine (HRM; in German: Kurortmedizin) is a field of medicine with long-lasting tradition in several European countries. A number of systematic reviews have shown the effectiveness of HRM in musculoskeletal conditions. Reviews focusing on the effectiveness of HRM in non-musculoskeletal disorders are rare. This systematic review aims to provide an overview about all types of health resort treatments applied in non-musculoskeletal conditions, to summarize evidence for its effectiveness and to assess the quality of published studies. MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge and Embase were searched for articles published between January 2002 and December 2013. We used a broad search strategy in order to find studies investigating the effects of HRM in non-musculoskeletal disorders. Two authors independently extracted data and assessed quality using the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies (EPHPP-QAT). Forty-one studies (19 of them with control group) from eight countries examining the efficacy of various forms of spa treatment for 12 disease groups were included. The studies are markedly heterogeneous regarding study design, population and treatment. HRM treatment is associated with clinical improvement in diseases of the skin, respiratory, circulatory, digestive and nervous system among others. However, small samples, the lack of control groups and an insufficient follow-up often limit the generated evidence. The scientific literature of the last decade has shown that a number of non-musculoskeletal disorders are treated with different kinds of HRM. The challenge for the future will be to carry out thoroughly designed studies in larger patient populations to corroborate the impact of HRM treatment on non-musculoskeletal disorders.

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Carbon dioxide balneotherapy and cardiovascular disease

Cited by 49 publications

References 23 publications

The effect of carbonated mineral water and mofette treatment in Baile Tusnad after ischemic stroke – a case report

The effect of carbonated mineral water and mofette treatment in Baile Tusnad after ischemic stroke – a case report

Balneoterapijos Efektyvumas Ir Perspektyvos

Health resort medicine in non-musculoskeletal disorders: is there evidence of its effectiveness?

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