Clinical effects of spa therapy on patients with bronchial asthma and characteristics of its action mechanisms.
- VernacularTitle:気管支ぜん息に対する温泉療法の臨床効果とその特徴
- Author:
Yoshiro TANIZAKI
;
Haruki KOMAGOE
;
Michiyasu SUDO
;
Hiroshi MORINAGA
;
Jun OHTANI
;
Ikuro KIMURA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine
1985;48(2):99-103
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Twenty-nine patients with bronchial asthma received spa therapy at Okayama University Medical School, Misasa Branch Hospital. Twenty out of 29 cases were steroid-dependent intractable asthma.
Spa therapy was markedly effective in 8 cases (27.6%), moderately effective in 14 cases (48.3%), slightly effective in 5 cases (17.2%) and not effective in 2 cases out of 29 cases.
Spa therapy was more effective in the cases with age over 40 years than in the cases under 40 years. Non-atopic type asthma was more successfully treated with spa therapy compared to atopic type asthma. Regarding pathophysiological classification, spa therapy was greatly effective in the cases with bronchiolar obstruction and with hypersecretion.
