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Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Magdalena Dumitrescu
    • Madalina Gabriela Iliescu
    • Laura Mazilu
    • Sergiu Ioan Micu
    • Adrian Paul Suceveanu
    • Felix Voinea
    • Claudia Voinea
    • Anca Pantea Stoian
    • Andra-Iulia Suceveanu
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    Affiliations: Doctoral School, ‘Ovidius’ University of Constanta, Faculty of Medicine, 900527 Constanta, Romania, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium of Techirghiol, 906100 Techirghiol, Romania, Department of Oncology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania, Department of Gastroenterology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania, Department of Urology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania, Department of Endocrinology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania, Department of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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Abstract

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.
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Dumitrescu M, Iliescu MG, Mazilu L, Micu SI, Suceveanu AP, Voinea F, Voinea C, Stoian AP and Suceveanu A: Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review). Exp Ther Med 23: 122, 2022.
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Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M.G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S.I., Suceveanu, A.P., Voinea, F. ... Suceveanu, A. (2022). Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review). Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 23, 122. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11045
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Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M. G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S. I., Suceveanu, A. P., Voinea, F., Voinea, C., Stoian, A. P., Suceveanu, A."Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23.2 (2022): 122.
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Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M. G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S. I., Suceveanu, A. P., Voinea, F., Voinea, C., Stoian, A. P., Suceveanu, A."Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 2 (2022): 122. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11045
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Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M.G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S.I., Suceveanu, A.P., Voinea, F. ... Suceveanu, A. (2022). Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review). Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 23, 122. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11045
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Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M. G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S. I., Suceveanu, A. P., Voinea, F., Voinea, C., Stoian, A. P., Suceveanu, A."Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23.2 (2022): 122.
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Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M. G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S. I., Suceveanu, A. P., Voinea, F., Voinea, C., Stoian, A. P., Suceveanu, A."Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 2 (2022): 122. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11045
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