DRINKING MINERAL WATER IN RESTORATIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of the integrated spa therapy of the metabolic syndrome (MS) with the use of drinking mineral waters (MB) of different chemical composition and mineralization, taking into account the dynamics of hormonal parameters, carbohydrate, lipid metabolism, liver function. Eighty patients with MS received a standard clinical and laboratory examination at the beginning and at the end of the course of treatment. By random sampling, two groups of 40 people were formed, each of whom received an internal intake of MB Essentuki-Novaya or Essentuki No. 4. It was established that the complex spa treatment of patients with MS and the pathology of carbohydrate metabolism in the form of impaired fasting glucose and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with drinking MB is pathogenetically directed and includes the main means of actively affecting the well-being of patients, body weight, metabolic processes, hormonal regulatory systems and liver function, the course of concomitant diseases. The results of the study allowed us to recommend MB Essentuki-Novaya for the specified category of people as a curative and preventive agent in order to prevent further progression of carbohydrate metabolism and pathological changes in the liver.