Sulphate mineral waters: A medical resource in several disorders

Costantino, M.; Izzo, Viviana; Conti, Valeria; Manzo, Valentina; Guida, Antonella; Filippelli, Amelia

doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2019.04.004

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“…Another article published by Constantino et al in 2020 focused on sulfurous water as a medical resource in certain diseases. The authors concluded that daily ingestion of sulfurous-magnesium mineral water increased gastric secretion and stimulated its evacuation, modulating the motility and releasing the substances accompanying the digesting process (33).…”

Section: Evidence-based Literature Data Focused On the Benefit Of Crenotherapy For Gi (Gastrointestinal) Tract Pathologiesmentioning

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Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)

Dumitrescu

Iliescu²,

Mazilu³

et al. 2021

Exp Ther Med

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Balneotherapy, a branch of physical and rehabilitation medicine using the natural factors of balneal resorts for therapeutical purposes to modulate the symptoms of numerous diseases, represents a non-pharmaceutical therapeutic alternative, easily accepted by patients and used both preventively and curatively. Crenotherapy, a branch of balneotherapy, is the method in which mineral waters are used as a therapeutic internal cure by ingestion. This procedure is performed in spa resorts (where these natural resources exist), and the ingestion of mineral water takes place at the source (spring), in the quantities recommended by the medical rehabilitation physician, according to specific regimens for the condition to be treated. Depending on their physical and chemical composition, the therapeutic mineral waters fall into several categories, having clear indications for certain pathologies. Hypotonic, isotonic, or slightly hypertonic mineral waters are recommended in diseases of the digestive tract and hepatobiliary conditions. Over time, studies have been conducted to determine the effect of these types of treatments, highlighting the complex influence of crenotherapy on the gastrointestinal tract, with favorable results, therefore the use of mineral water intake in various pathologies being recommended. The current review focuses on the existing literature data and refers to the main progress made in understanding the benefit, indications, and crenotherapy procedures in the management of gastrointestinal disorders. Contents1. Introduction 2. Pathogenic background for crenotherapy usage 3. Evidence-based literature data focused on the benefit of crenotherapy for GI (gastrointestinal) tract pathologies 4. Conclusions

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Section: Evidence-based Literature Data Focused On the Benefit Of Crenotherapy For Gi (Gastrointestinal) Tract Pathologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)

Dumitrescu

Iliescu²,

Mazilu³

et al. 2021

Exp Ther Med

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“…Sulphide waters contain much less total sulphur compared to sulphate waters, but they contain sulphur at lower levels of oxidation, especially divalent sulphur, which is the most biologically active [8].…”

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Balneotherapy with the Use of Radon–Sulphide Water: The Mechanisms of Therapeutic Effect

2021

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Despite its enormous therapeutic potential, spa treatment is not always properly perceived, hence the numerous attempts to assess its effectiveness. In the world literature, there are few reports on therapy using sulphur- and radon-containing therapeutic waters. In countries with a long tradition of balneotherapy, activity in this field of medicine is evident. Undoubtedly, the interest in balneotherapy results also from natural resources used in spa medicine, which, as geological and balneochemical research shows, are enormous in Poland. A particular example of the occurrence of radon–sulphide waters, rare on the European scale, is the Przerzeczyn-Zdrój health resort. The mechanism of action of therapeutic waters is not fully explored, but their effectiveness in therapy is confirmed by many authors. It is believed to be an effect of combined action of many factors, the most important of which are thermal, mechanical, and chemical.

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“…Hydropinotherapy is a salus per aquam (Spa) treatment consisting of drinking quantities of mineral water at a definite temperature, according to specific prescriptions [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].…”

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Hydropinotherapy with Sulphurous Mineral Water as Complementary Treatment to Improve Glucose Metabolism, Oxidative Status, and Quality of Life

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Hydropinotherapy is a salus per aquam (Spa) treatment suitable as a complementary approach to treat several diseases, which strongly affect the quality of life (QoL). Hydropinotherapy with sulphurous mineral water exerts benefits thanks to components, such as hydrogen sulphide, which is considered mainly responsible for antioxidant and hypoglycaemic effects. Such properties, linked from each other, could favour an improvement in patients’ QoL. However, data on humans are scarce. This study aimed to investigate whether a cycle of sulphurous hydropinotherapy was able to modify plasma levels of glucose and reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) and improve QoL in patients suffering from several chronic disorders. A prospective, observational study involved patients with gastrointestinal diseases who received a prescription of a cycle of sulphurous hydropinotherapy (S-HT). Age- and sex-matched control group was enrolled (No S-HT). Glycaemia and plasma concentration of ROMs were measured in all subjects. The impact of spa treatment on the QoL was assessed using the Short Form 36 Health Status Survey questionnaire (SF-36). All parameters were measured at baseline and at the end of a 2-week treatment. Between the groups, no differences were found in glycaemia and ROMs at baseline. In the S-HT group, a reduction in glycaemia and ROMs, both in respect to baseline (p = 0.005 and p = 0.031, respectively) and to control group, as shown by the delta value calculated, as the difference between the values at 2 weeks and baseline (p = 0.0009 and p = 0.0001, respectively). In the S-HT, delta ROMs was the best predictor of delta glycaemia with a direct linear correlation (beta = 0.559, 95% CI 0.471 to 0.647, p < 0.0001). In the S-HT, the SF-36 total score was improved both when compared with baseline (p = 0.002) and with No S-HT (p = 0.001). Sulphurous hydropinotherapy induces a decrease in glycaemia and ROM levels, also ameliorating the patients’ QoL. Therefore, it could be considered a useful complementary therapeutic approach.

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Sulphate mineral waters: A medical resource in several disorders

Cited by 37 publications

References 43 publications

Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)

Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)

Balneotherapy with the Use of Radon–Sulphide Water: The Mechanisms of Therapeutic Effect

Hydropinotherapy with Sulphurous Mineral Water as Complementary Treatment to Improve Glucose Metabolism, Oxidative Status, and Quality of Life

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