Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
Results
The experimental data obtained show that the air composition of the both studied
salines is characterized by an increased level of CO2, absence of toxic compounds
and the presence of hydrocarbons. Onto the serum protein fractions the salt mine
speleotherapy cause a variation of their values depending on the pathology and used
salt mine.
Experimental cure of speleotherapy in Ocna Dej and Cacica salt mines normalize
hydric and electrolyte balance parameters in most cases (water and sodium
intake, diuresis and renal sodium concentration ability) of rats with induced pathologies
due to the direct effect of salt microclimate on the wounds and burns, and also
due to saline load of the body in the presence of NaCl aerosol.
Conclusions
Induced pathology (burns, wounds, sensitization) does not cause a significant
change in mineralocorticoid function of the adrenal glands regardless of animal age,
instead speleotherapy cure lead to an increase in that, possibly due to a stimulation
of the renin – angiotensin - aldosterone system in Wistar white rats exposed to salt
mines microclimate.
Keywords: Salt Mine Speleotherapy; Induced Pathology; Air Composition; Electrolyte
Balance; Protein Electrophoresis
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2012, núm. 6, 315-316