Open AccessTreatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with steam baths of the Yangan-Tau resort of the Bashkir ASSR
Author(s) -
X. X. Gantseva
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj88709
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , barium , radium , chemistry , water vapor , radiochemistry , environmental chemistry , medicine , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
The main therapeutic factor of Yangan-Tau resort, used in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, are natural steam baths. Their atmosphere contains water vapor up to 8-10% of the total volume, a slightly increased amount of heavy water, 3-5% carbon dioxide, nitrogen up to 78.8%, radium emanation within 0.728 nCi/l. Organic substances, a certain amount of fatty and naphthenic acids, active trace elements (aluminum, magnesium, silicon, iron, barium, strontium, calcium, chromium, etc.) were found in the vapor condensate. The steam temperature in the cabins of therapeutic baths ranges from 36-50 .