Antihypertensive Effect of Artificial Mineral Bathing.
- VernacularTitle:人工ぼう硝重曹泉浴の降圧効果について
- Author:
Kiyoshi OKAMOTO
;
Kazuo KUBOTA
;
Hitoshi KURABAYASHI
;
Etsuo KAWADA
;
Takuo SHIRAKURA
;
Toshio FUJIWARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
artificial mineral bathing;
venous blood gas;
blood pressure;
heart rate;
deep body temperature
- From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine
1991;54(4):211-214
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We investigated the effects of artificial mineral bathing in water containing sodium sulfate and sodium bicarbonate on venous blood gas, blood pressure, heart rate, and deep body temperature in 10 patients with hypertension or history of hypertension. After a 10-minute bathing at 40°C, the parameters described above were carefully checked. The pH and PO2 levels in venous blood increased and the PCO2 level decreased after the artificial mineral bathing in comparison with plain water bathing. However, these changes were not statistically significant. The systolic blood pressure tended to decrease up to 10 hours after the artificial mineral bathing. The heart rate markedly reduced after the artificial mineral bathing and remained at a low level for 10 hours. The deep body temperature began to decrease 40 minutes after the artificial mineral bathing. However, it increased over the base-line level 6 hours later. From the above result, it is considered that artificial mineral bathing is useful for patients with hypertension.
