Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Treatment of varicose veins: experimentalclinical
study on the effects of hidromassage
with salsobromoiodine water and comparison
with medical therapy
Ippolito E (1) , Condemi V (2) , Malkowski L (3) , Solimene U (2)
(1) Team of Complex Vascular Surgery. Dep of Specialistic Surgery Sciences,
University of Milano. Italy
(2) Data Mining. Centro di Ricerche in Bioclimatologia Medica, Biotecnologie e Medicine
Naturali dell’a Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana e
Scienze Biomediche Città Studi. Italy
(3) Terme della Fratta. Italy
edmondo.ippolito@unimi.it
Introduction and Objectives
The purpose of this study is has been to evaluate the efficacy of thermal therapy,
in particular of the hydromassage therapy with salsobromoione water , in
patients with varicose veins. The frequency of these patients has a range between
the 15-30% in the people of the east countries.
Materials and Methods
To complete this study we have selected 52 patients suddivided in:
a) casistic group( study’s group):32 patients
a) control group:20 patients
All of them had the problem of varicous veins of the 2-3-4 class of the CEAP
classification. In the anamnesis we have considered the following
symptomatologic indicators : pain, perception of heaviness, paresthesias, nocturnal
cramps, “ restless leg “ syndrome”, pruritus .The symptoms were evaluated for
intensity and frequency second following scale of evaluation, Intensity from 0 (o:
lack of sintomatology) to 4 ( maximal syntomatology). Frequency in the day: 0 (
never present),1( sometimes),2 ( frequently), 3 ( always).The score obtained for
each symptom has been summed to obtain the total relative scores. In the ambit of
the examination we have considered the centimetres measurements of the leg
diametres : supramalleolar, middle calf and middle thight
The patients of the casistic group have been for 12 days daily submitted to a
thermal treatment. The treatment was composed of the hydromassage in a single
basin with salsobromoiodine water at 33 degree of temperature for 20 minutes,
while the patients of the control group have been submitted to a medical therapy
using flebotonic drags ( 600 mg-1000mg daily)
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 259-260
259
ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4