[The influence of different types of bathes for general health on the efficiency of combined spa and resort treatment of coronary heart disease].

The spa and resort treatment of coronary heart disease was given to 106 patients (34 men and 72 women) aged from 45 to 69 years presenting with angina of effort It consisted of basic therapy in combination with a rational diet, remedial physical exercises, thalassotherapy, underwater shower massage, low-mineralized Chvizhense water. The patients were allocated to three groups depending on the type of prescribed baths for general health, viz. radon baths (group 1), iodine-bromine baths (group 2), and hydrogen sulfide baths (group 3). The evaluation of the efficacy of different therapeutic modalities has demonstrated that the differential application of combined treatment with the inclusion of mineral waters of the Sochi health resort and underwater shower massage shower massage produces beneficial effect on the patients presenting with coronary heart disease.

[Magneto-peloidotherapy and hydrogen sulfide baths for the correction of dyslipidemia and immune inflammation in patients with ischemic heart disease during resort treatment].

A total of 55 patients with angina of effort (functional classes I-II) were treated by magneto-peloidotherapy and hydrogen sulfide baths. Effectiveness of he treatment was evaluated based on the lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglycerides, high and low density lipoproteides), atherogenicity index, lipid peroxidation, reactivity of the antioxidative defense system, and immune characteristics. Results of the study indicate that combination of magneto-peloidotherapy and hydrogen sulfide baths has hypolipidemic effect and reduces lipid peroxidation in the absence of activation of the antioxidative defense system and correction of the disbalanced immune system. Taken together, these effects decrease severity of the systemic inflammatory reaction and facilitate remission of the atherosclerotic process.