Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Impact of peloidotherapy on hystological structure
of dermis and muscles
Surdu O (1-2) , Surdu TV (2) , Surdu M (3) , Demirgian S (1)
(1) Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine.
University Ovidius Constanta. Romania
(2) Balneal and Rehabilitation SanatoriumTechirghiol. Romania
(3) Universitary Hospital, Constanta, Romania
olga.surdu@yahoo.com
Introduction and Objectives
The physical component of the action of mud on the human body refers to the
existing mechanical and thermal conditions during application. Mud thermotherapy
is possible due to mud\'s properties to maintain temperature. This capability of mud
allows its application at higher temperatures than body\'s temperature. There is a
slow transfer of heat stored in the mud, allowing the body to take over an amount of
this heat. Temperature affects living systems starting with the fundamental biophysics
and molecular energy levels up to the most complex systems functionally speaking.
AIM: to evaluate if mud therapy produces histological modifications within
dermis and muscle.
Materials and Methods
MATERIALS:
Sapropelic mud and mineral water from Techirghiol lake;
Glycerinate extract of medicinal plants ;
biopsy from deltoidian region meaning subcutaneous and muscle proofs,
(1,5/0,5 cm);
Laboratory reactive, fixators, solvents, specific dyestuffs, microtom, research
microscope, equipped with automatic expometer and video camera,
soft of image analysis LUCIA© G;
METHODS:
30 patients who received mud-therapy (wrapping, bath, ointement) and 5
who received non-peloid bath, during 12 days;
Including and exclusion criteria were applied upon the four batches;
The histological proofs were procesed by conventional method and were
analysed at fotonic microscope.
Results
We observed the folowing histological modifications on dermis and muscles.
• Superficial dermis:
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 175-176
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ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4