The given factors explain the popularity of spa treatment with mineral water from natural sources. For example, the effect of the Karlovy Vary drinking therapy is confirmed by more than five hundred years of experience, that, in comparison with a century of experience in the use of aspirin, is quite a lot. However, everything should be seriatim.
Indications for a stay at the resort:
– Diseases of the digestive tract:
• stomach dyspepsia, gastritis,
• peptic ulcer and ulcer of duodenum,
• conditions after operations on the stomach and duodenum,
• conditions after severe intestinal infections,
• chronic liver disease, gallbladder with cholelithiasis,
• proctocolitis,
• conditions following acute hepatitis and pancreatitis,
• chronic diseases of the pancreas;
-Metabolic diseases:
• diabetes, preferably of type II
• stabilization of the state with diabetes of type I,
• gout, obesity, disorders of fat (lipid) metabolism,
• atherosclerosis,
• increased blood cholesterol level;
– Diseases of the musculoskeletal system:
• pain syndromes of the spine and joints,
• arthritis and arthrosis of large joints,
• functional disorders of the spine and its degenerative-dystrophic changes (osteochondrosis of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine);
-Stresses:
• the state of stress and spiritual emptiness;
– Periodontal diseases (gingivitis, periodontitis, periodontal disease);
– Restorative, prophylactic and health-building treatments.