Balneotherapy in Kangal hot spring with fish
Abstract
SUMMARY
Balneotherapy, although not a well-established dermatological treatment, is thought to have therapeutic properties for psoriasis and is used as an alternative treatment modality throughout the world. Balneotherapy refers to immersion in baths or pools of thermomineral water. This treatment offers a natural, multifactorial, complementary, and nontoxic alternative to the traditional pharmacologic treatments of psoriasis. The major dermatologic diseases that are frequently treated by balneotherapy with a high rate of success are psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. Although a majority of clinical studies have used hypertonic Dead Sea water combined with phototherapy, Kangal Hot Spring is an important balneotherapy center in Turkey.
Keywords: Balneotherapy, psoriasis, Kangal Hot Spring
ÖZET
Balneoterapi, iyi tanımlanmış bir dermatolojik tedavi olmamaısna rağmen psoriasis tedavisi için terapötik özeliklere sahiptir ve tüm dünyada alternative tedavi seçeneği olarak kullanılır. Balneoterapi termomineralli banyo ya da havuzlarda kalarak tedavi olmayı ifade etmektedir. Bu tedavi psoriasisin geleneksel farmakolojik tedavilelrine karşı doğal, multifaktöriyel, komplemanter ve nontoksik bir alternative sunmaktadır. Yüksek oranda başarıyla birlikte balneoterapiyle tedavi edilebilen major dermatolojik hastalıklar psoriasis ve atopic dermatittir. Klinik çalışmaların çoğu Ölü Deniz’de yapılmakla birlikte Kangal Kaplıcası Türkiye’de önemli bir balneoterapi merkezidir.
Anahtar sözcükler: Balneoterapi, psoriasis, Kangal kaplıcası
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September 10, 2015
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September 10, 2015
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Year 1970 Volume: 37 Number: 3