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INVESTIGATION OF PH VARIATION OF BLOOD DURING PELOIDOTHERAPY

2012; Romanian Association of Balneology, Editura Balneara; Linguagem: Inglês

10.12680/balneo.2012.1037

2069-7619

Traian Virgiliu Surdu, Olga Surdu, Monica Surdu,

Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies

Background.The main aim of the study is to evaluate the variation of acid-base balance of human body during peloidotherapy.The secondary objectiv is balneal safetyness for the patient suffering of joint degenerative deaseases and post-traumatic sequelles of the limbs, undergoing mud therapy.This paper work presents only the results obtained on pH variations.Materials and methods.The study plot was composed by forty three patients undergoing mud therapy for rehabilitation in Techirghiol Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium.Daily therapeutic intervention consists in: thermoneutral bath (alternativelly mud bath and salt bath), kinetotherapy, massage and electrotherapy.Proofs prelevations (capilary blood) were performed in four moments of the cure: at the bigining of the cure, immediatly after first balneal application, at twenty four hours after first application and at the end of the cure of ten balneal application.Blood determinations were made using CCX Nova Biomedical 6 analyser for critical care.Results obtained were interpretated in corelation with the results of VIASAN 317/2004 study upon variations of biochemical composition of mud after therapeutic use.In order to use results of VIASAN study we asked and we received aproval from the owner and incumbent of the study, Techirghiol Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium.All patients get to know about the rithm of blood prelevation and possibility of results publication and they signed the informed consent.Statistic analysis were made with the soft SPSS 12.0 upon witch Constanţa Ovidius University holds the licence of using.Rezults.Variations of blood pH in the four moments of cure were within physiological limits.They were statistically insignificant with one exception: immediatly after first salt bath application pH increased statistic significant but within physiological limits (p=0.02<0.05).Conclusions.During peloidotherapy the acidity of blood masured throught pH, variates within the frame of physiological limits.This variation might be corelated with the variation of mud bath solution`s pH after application and possibly with skin`s pH variation.Balneal application of mud and salt water of the lake is a safe procedure for te patients.In order to establish the possible corelation between three medium implicated in the pysiological answer to peloidotherapy, respectivelly: mud, skin and blood are nedeed more studies.