High-altitude speleotherapy in the treatment of bronchial asthma
- Authors: Ivanova O.N.1, Ivanova I.S.1
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Affiliations:
- M. Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
- Issue: Vol 27, No 1 (2024)
- Pages: 95-100
- Section: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1028-7221/article/view/263670
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.46235/1028-7221-13539-HAS
- ID: 263670
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The present study concerns clinical effects of speleotherapy in bronchial asthma. The aim of our work was to study the efficiency of speleotherapy in a group of patients with bronchial asthma. We observed a group of 51 patients with bronchial asthma (BA) aged 18 to 50 years, who received a course of treatment at the private center “Solevik” (Yakutsk City), carried out at the Department of Allergology and Immunology. All the examined patients were diagnosed with atopic bronchial asthma, of moderate severity. Basic therapy in all cases included Symbicort and Seretide treatment. The patients were managed and monitored before and after the course of treatment by a therapist, pulmonologist and allergologist-immunologist at the outpatient center. Laboratory parameters included general blood tests and the levels of total serum IgE. Examination of patients after a course of speleotherapy revealed disappearance and reduction of asthma attacks (up to 1 attack per month) in 80% of the examined. General blood testing before and after speleotherapy showed decreased levels of blood eosinophils after the course of treatment. I.e., the average initial level of blood eosinophils before treatment was 12±0.4%, being decreased after the course of speleotherapy to 5.5±0.2%. Measurements of total IgE before and after speleotherapy revealed the following results: in patients before therapy, the average level of this index was 500±0.8 units/mL. After a course of speleotherapy, this parameter decreased to 80±0.3 units/ mL.
Speleotherapy shows a positive effect on the clinical course of the patients with bronchial asthma and significantly increases the efficiency of treatment.
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Olga N. Ivanova
M. Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
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Email: olgadoctor@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5210-0220
PhD, MD (Medicine), Mainly Freelance Allergist-Immunologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery
Russian Federation, 37 Krupskaya St, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 677018I. S. Ivanova
M. Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
Email: olgadoctor@list.ru
3rd year Student, Medical Institute
Russian Federation, 37 Krupskaya St, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 677018References
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