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The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature

The benefits of thermal water in different diseases have been known since ancient times. Over the past decades, a re-assessment of the use of mineral water for the treatment of several pathologic conditions has taken place around the world. Today, water therapy is being practiced in many countries t...

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Autores principales: Cacciapuoti, Sara, Luciano, Maria A., Megna, Matteo, Annunziata, Maria C., Napolitano, Maddalena, Patruno, Cataldo, Scala, Emanuele, Colicchio, Roberta, Pagliuca, Chiara, Salvatore, Paola, Fabbrocini, Gabriella
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7563194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32971735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9093047
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author Cacciapuoti, Sara
Luciano, Maria A.
Megna, Matteo
Annunziata, Maria C.
Napolitano, Maddalena
Patruno, Cataldo
Scala, Emanuele
Colicchio, Roberta
Pagliuca, Chiara
Salvatore, Paola
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
author_facet Cacciapuoti, Sara
Luciano, Maria A.
Megna, Matteo
Annunziata, Maria C.
Napolitano, Maddalena
Patruno, Cataldo
Scala, Emanuele
Colicchio, Roberta
Pagliuca, Chiara
Salvatore, Paola
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
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description The benefits of thermal water in different diseases have been known since ancient times. Over the past decades, a re-assessment of the use of mineral water for the treatment of several pathologic conditions has taken place around the world. Today, water therapy is being practiced in many countries that have a variety of mineral springs considerably different in their hydrogeologic origin, temperature, and chemical composition. Thermal water and balneotherapy offer several advantages: this approach needs no chemicals or potentially harmful drugs; there are almost no side effects during and after treatment, and there is a low risk to the patient’s general health and well-being. However, it is difficult to evaluate the efficacy of this therapeutic approach in clinical practice due to the complexity of molecular mechanisms underlying its efficacy. Here we review the current knowledge of the chemical, immunological, and microbiological basis for therapeutic effects of thermal water with a specific focus on chronic inflammatory skin diseases. We also describe recent evidence of the major dermatologic diseases that are frequently treated by balneotherapy with a remarkable rate of success. Moreover, we discuss the potential role of balneotherapy either alone or as a complement to conventional medical treatments.
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spelling pubmed-75631942020-10-27 The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature Cacciapuoti, Sara Luciano, Maria A. Megna, Matteo Annunziata, Maria C. Napolitano, Maddalena Patruno, Cataldo Scala, Emanuele Colicchio, Roberta Pagliuca, Chiara Salvatore, Paola Fabbrocini, Gabriella J Clin Med Review The benefits of thermal water in different diseases have been known since ancient times. Over the past decades, a re-assessment of the use of mineral water for the treatment of several pathologic conditions has taken place around the world. Today, water therapy is being practiced in many countries that have a variety of mineral springs considerably different in their hydrogeologic origin, temperature, and chemical composition. Thermal water and balneotherapy offer several advantages: this approach needs no chemicals or potentially harmful drugs; there are almost no side effects during and after treatment, and there is a low risk to the patient’s general health and well-being. However, it is difficult to evaluate the efficacy of this therapeutic approach in clinical practice due to the complexity of molecular mechanisms underlying its efficacy. Here we review the current knowledge of the chemical, immunological, and microbiological basis for therapeutic effects of thermal water with a specific focus on chronic inflammatory skin diseases. We also describe recent evidence of the major dermatologic diseases that are frequently treated by balneotherapy with a remarkable rate of success. Moreover, we discuss the potential role of balneotherapy either alone or as a complement to conventional medical treatments. MDPI 2020-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7563194/ /pubmed/32971735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9093047 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cacciapuoti, Sara
Luciano, Maria A.
Megna, Matteo
Annunziata, Maria C.
Napolitano, Maddalena
Patruno, Cataldo
Scala, Emanuele
Colicchio, Roberta
Pagliuca, Chiara
Salvatore, Paola
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature
title The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature
title_full The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature
title_fullStr The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature
title_short The Role of Thermal Water in Chronic Skin Diseases Management: A Review of the Literature
title_sort role of thermal water in chronic skin diseases management: a review of the literature
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7563194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32971735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9093047
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