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Archives of Physical Medicine and... Feb 1954
Topics: Cross Infection; Humans; Hydrotherapy; Infections
PubMed: 13125758
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Perspectives in Public Health Sep 2010There are frequent and doom-laden messages concerning impending water shortages but the consequential negative effects on the availability of waters for healing and the... (Review)
Review
There are frequent and doom-laden messages concerning impending water shortages but the consequential negative effects on the availability of waters for healing and the factors underlying the decline in the use of water therapies in some parts of the world are ignored. This article reviews the evidence for the medicinal uses of water, past and present, showing how ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celtic and Hebrew societies all used water for medicinal purposes, sometimes in conjunction with herbal medicine. Water treatments consisted of hydrotherapy (techniques of therapeutic bathing and use of water), balneotherapy (therapeutic bathing in medicinal and thermal springs) and thalassotherapy (the therapeutic use of ocean bathing and marine products) and these treatments continue to be used to the present day although their use in the Anglo-Saxon world is diminised. Factors in this decline are the lack of research funding and the availability of allopathic medicine. In ancient society, the factors underlying the efficacious healing properties of water may have been ignored and its benefits instead attributed to divine sources. Latterday science, however, from the 19th century to the present, has isolated those factors in water that have health-giving properties.
Topics: Balneology; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; History, Ancient; Humans; Hydrotherapy
PubMed: 21086819
DOI: 10.1177/1757913910379192 -
Physical Therapy Feb 1969
Topics: Humans; Hydrotherapy; Male
PubMed: 5787948
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/49.2.165 -
Mayo Clinic Proceedings Oct 1987
Topics: Austria; Germany; History, 19th Century; Hydrotherapy; Philately
PubMed: 3309487
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)65050-2 -
International Journal of Molecular... Jun 2018Balneotherapy is a clinically effective complementary approach in the treatment of low-grade inflammation- and stress-related pathologies. The biological mechanisms by... (Review)
Review
Balneotherapy is a clinically effective complementary approach in the treatment of low-grade inflammation- and stress-related pathologies. The biological mechanisms by which immersion in mineral-medicinal water and the application of mud alleviate symptoms of several pathologies are still not completely understood, but it is known that neuroendocrine and immunological responses—including both humoral and cell-mediated immunity—to balneotherapy are involved in these mechanisms of effectiveness; leading to anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, chondroprotective, and anabolic effects together with neuroendocrine-immune regulation in different conditions. Hormesis can play a critical role in all these biological effects and mechanisms of effectiveness. The hormetic effects of balneotherapy can be related to non-specific factors such as heat—which induces the heat shock response, and therefore the synthesis and release of heat shock proteins—and also to specific biochemical components such as hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) in sulfurous water and radon in radioactive water. Results from several investigations suggest that the beneficial effects of balneotherapy and hydrotherapy are consistent with the concept of hormesis, and thus support a role for hormesis in hydrothermal treatments.
Topics: Animals; Balneology; Hormesis; Humans; Hydrotherapy; Immunity; Stress, Physiological; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 29882782
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061687 -
Zdravotnicka Pracovnice Jul 1974
Topics: Czechoslovakia; History, 17th Century; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; History, Ancient; History, Medieval; Humans; Hydrotherapy
PubMed: 4499193
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Cutis Feb 1990Folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been increasing due to the popularity of hot tubs, swimming pools, and whirlpools. The follicular pustules and... (Review)
Review
Folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been increasing due to the popularity of hot tubs, swimming pools, and whirlpools. The follicular pustules and inflammatory papules usually occur after an incubation period of two to four days and improve spontaneously in seven to ten days. Despite the discomforts of the condition, treatment is usually not necessary and may even prolong the infection. Since it is difficult to control the growth of Pseudomonas in hot tubs and whirlpools, attention to water conditions is the best way to prevent this irritating skin condition.
Topics: Folliculitis; Humans; Hydrotherapy; Pseudomonas Infections; Pseudomonas aeruginosa
PubMed: 2107063
DOI: No ID Found -
The Veterinary Record Apr 2011
Topics: Animals; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Hydrotherapy
PubMed: 21498456
DOI: 10.1136/vr.d2383 -
Physical Therapy Mar 1982The number of bacteria removed from a venous stasis ulcer by whirlpool treatment alone and that removed by whirlpool treatment followed by vigorous rinsing are compared.... (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study
The number of bacteria removed from a venous stasis ulcer by whirlpool treatment alone and that removed by whirlpool treatment followed by vigorous rinsing are compared. A single subject received the whirlpool treatment followed by the rinse on 12 separate occasions. The number of bacteria removed was determined by taking samples of the whirlpool water after the subject's whirlpool treatment and again after rinsing the subject's ulcer over the whirlpool. The samples were cultured on agar plates. By calculating the number of bacterial colonies on the plates, the number of bacteria removed by each treatment was determined. The whirlpool treatment followed by vigorous rinsing was found to remove more than four times as many bacteria as the whirlpool treatment alone. Though performed on a single subject, this clinical pilot study suggests that vigorous rinsing of contaminated ulcer following removal from the whirlpool can remove additional bacteria.
Topics: Bacterial Infections; Female; Humans; Hydrotherapy; Leg Ulcer; Middle Aged; Pilot Projects; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Therapeutic Irrigation
PubMed: 7063530
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/62.3.304 -
Quaderni Per La Storia Dell'Universita... 1985
Topics: Balneology; Bibliographies as Topic; Health Resorts; History, Early Modern 1451-1600; History, Modern 1601-; Hydrotherapy; Italy; Printing
PubMed: 11637465
DOI: No ID Found