Health resort treatment of psoriasis: in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

It is believed that psoriasis cannot be cured completely. Therefore, medical specialists do everything possible to alleviate the symptoms of the disease as much as possible and speed up the onset of remission. Sanatorium and resort treatment of psoriasis helps to increase the effectiveness of traditional treatment. Long-term observations have confirmed that it is in sanatoriums that patients achieve stable periods of attenuation of the psoriatic process, since such medical institutions use specific rehabilitation methods.

Required documents

To undergo a course of psoriasis therapy in a sanatorium, you need to have a sanatorium card with you, or, alternatively, a doctor's extract from your medical history.

It is on the basis of the listed documents that the health resort’s medical staff will be able to prescribe the complex of treatment procedures that is right for you.

In some sanatoriums you can get a card on site, but you will have to pay extra for it.

What is a health resort card? It is a medical document confirming the diagnosis, which is attached to the voucher to a specific health resort. This document is issued by your attending or local doctor, or in a private medical institution, or directly at the health resort. Usually, the SCC contains the following data:

• conclusion of a general practitioner;
• conclusion of your attending physician;
• fluorography result;
• electrocardiogram with decoding;
• results of a general blood and urine test;
• Gynecologist's report (for women).

Typically, the SCC is filled out and signed by a doctor, after which it is certified by the head physician or head of the hospital outpatient department.

Before applying for a SCC, it is important to remember that its validity period is limited to 2 months.

Additionally, before undergoing spa treatment for psoriasis, you should take your passport and travel voucher with you. Some spas also require an insurance policy.

Indications

Indications for spa treatment are considered to be inpatient, regressive stages and periods of remission:

• eczema;
• neurodermatitis;
• lichen planus;
• psoriasis;
• atopic dermatitis;
• itchy rashes;
• itching;
• urticaria;
• scleroderma;
• ichthyosis;
• hereditary epidermolysis bullosa;
• indurative erythema, etc.

In addition, spa treatment is recommended for patients with all sorts of consequences of skin diseases, ulcers, damage to nails, hair, glandular system of the skin, acne, and cosmetic defects.

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Contraindications

Sanatorium and spa treatment is contraindicated:

• in the acute stage of psoriasis and other skin diseases;
• for contagious diseases;
• for mycoses;
• for malignant lesions of the skin;
• in case of individual hypersensitivity to therapeutic mud, water, etc.

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The treatment protocol

Treatment of psoriasis is mostly carried out by those sanatoriums that have the opportunity to use therapeutic mud and mineral waters.

To successfully transfer psoriasis to the calm stage, in combination with physiotherapy sessions, mineral-containing and enriched baths, massage showers, mud and mineral applications are often used. You can learn more about the treatment methods in a specific sanatorium by visiting the official page of the health resort on the Internet.

For general information, we can highlight the main treatment procedures used for spa treatment of psoriasis.

• Water treatment – hydrotherapy – improves blood circulation and metabolism and stimulates tissue regeneration.
• Heliotherapy is a dosed effect of sunlight.
• Cryotherapy is the therapeutic effect of cold on the skin.
• Phototherapy is the use of ultraviolet light for therapeutic purposes.
• Electrosleep is a procedure using pulsed low-frequency current to stabilize the functioning of the nervous system.
• PUVA therapy is a combination of ultraviolet light and psoralens (herbal medicines).
• Diadynamic therapy is a physiotherapeutic application of diadynamic current to eliminate pain, inflammation, and swelling.
• Aromatherapy is the use of specific aromas to stabilize the functioning of the nervous system.
• Aerotherapy is the effect of fresh air and sunlight on the skin to stimulate immunity and blood circulation in the skin.
• Thalassotherapy is a complex method that combines bathing with sea water and the general therapeutic effects of the sea climate.
• Balneotherapy is a treatment using local or imported mineral waters.
• Mud therapy involves the application of mud that has unique biological properties.
• Naphthalan treatment is the use of naphthalan oil and preparations based on it.
• Applications of ozokerite, a waxy substance derived from petroleum.
• The Bucky (Grenz) ray method is a procedure of ultra-soft X-ray irradiation.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoriums of Ukraine

Ukraine has a huge network of sanatoriums with various specializations, including specialized treatment of psoriasis. Compared to sanatoriums in other countries, Ukrainian treatment is no less effective, but more affordable. At the same time, the price does not affect the quality of service in any way. Currently, Ukraine has more than half a thousand different sanatoriums that use mainly natural resources for treatment.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Mirotel"	Lviv region, Truskavets city, Kobzar square 1	Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, balneotherapy.
Sanatorium "Geneva"	Lviv region, Truskavets city, Sukhovolya street 61	Cryotherapy, infrared sauna, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy.
Medical center "Tustan"	Lviv region, urban settlement Skhidnytsia, Shevchenko street 92b	Electrotherapy, hydrocolonotherapy, ozokerite therapy, water treatment, hardware procedures.
Sanatorium "Thermal Star"	Zakarpattia region, Uzhgorod district, village Nizhne Solotvino 226	Siliceous thermal water therapy, hydrotherapy, showers, physiotherapy, laser treatment, oxygen therapy.
Sanatorium "Premium Podolye"	Vinnytsia region, Khmelnik city, Kurortnaya street 10	Radon waters, peat mud, electrosleep, light therapy, ultraviolet irradiation, speleotherapy, hydrocolonotherapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in Crimean sanatoriums

Crimea is a unique place for combining rest and treatment. Crimean sanatoriums have all the conditions for high-quality health improvement: qualified personnel, modern medical equipment, and, of course, favorable climatic and natural factors.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Pine Grove"	Yalta, Gaspra village 2, Alupkinskoe highway 21	Hydrotherapy, massage, physiotherapy, climatotherapy.
Sanatorium "Druzhba"	Evpatoria, Mayakovsky street 7	Balneotherapy, mud therapy, therapeutic showers, galvanic mud, hydrocolonotherapy, aromatherapy.
Sanatorium "Family Resort"	Evpatoria, Kyiv street, 48k	Climatotherapy, physiotherapy, spelitherapy, balneotherapy, laser therapy.
Health center "Sudak"	Sudak, Lenin street 89	Hydrotherapy, heat therapy, light therapy, hydrogen sulphide baths.
Sanatorium "Demerdzhi"	Alushta, Perekopskaya street 4	Salt cave, aromatherapy, mud therapy, physiotherapy.

Sanatorium Saki

Saki sanatoriums are some of the most famous and popular health resorts in the post-Soviet space. The main source of mud therapy here is considered to be the Saki salt lake. The mud of this lake is recognized as extremely useful for the treatment of skin diseases. Of course, in this specific place there are a large number of large and small sanatoriums and boarding houses that offer their clients all sorts of procedures to get rid of psoriasis.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Saki"	Saki, Kurortnaya street 4	Mud therapy, hydrotherapy, massage, hardware procedures.
Sanatorium "Sakropol"	Saki, Kurortnaya street 14	Mud therapy, hydrotherapy, massage, exercise therapy, halotherapy, hardware procedures.
Sanatorium "Poltava-Crimea"	Saki, Morskaya street 8	Mud therapy, mineral and brine baths, climatotherapy, aromatherapy, phototherapy, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Northern Lights"	Saki, Morskaya street 12	Electrosleep, herbal medicine, balneotherapy, mud therapy, exercise therapy, massage.
Sanatorium "Yurmino"	Saki, Morskaya street 11A	Drinking therapy, oxygen therapy, exercise therapy, mud therapy (including galvanic mud), hydrotherapy, physiotherapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in Russian sanatoriums

Russia has most varieties of resort resources. This vast territory has almost all types of mineral springs, different climatic conditions. For the convenience of patients, health resorts have been created based on natural healing factors, using advanced medical technologies, with high-quality infrastructure, modern approaches to health improvement and recreation.

For spa treatment of psoriasis in Russia, you can choose one of many treatment centers. We suggest paying attention to only some of them.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Elton"	Volgograd region, Pallasovsky district, Elton settlement, Dzhanybekskaya street 1	Mud therapy (hydrogen sulphide mud), hydrotherapy using brine.
Sanatorium "Yarovoe"	Altai, the city of Yarovoe, Gagarin street 5	Mud therapy, hydrotherapy, galvanic mud, air baths, shower, phonophoresis, light therapy, phototherapy, magnetic therapy.
Sanatorium "Hot Key"	Krasnodar region, the city of Goryachiy Klyuch, Psekupskaya street 2	Mud therapy, water therapy, salt speleoclimatic chamber.
Sanatorium "Assy"	Bashkortostan, Beloretsky district, Assy village	Hardware procedures, light therapy, herbal medicine, hydrotherapy.
Sanatorium "Siberia"	Tyumen region, Chervishevsky tract, 19 km, building 1	Thermal and mineral waters, sapropel mud.

Sanatoriums for the treatment of psoriasis in the Moscow region

Sanatoriums of the Moscow region are an opportunity to receive quality treatment away from the bustle of the city. The climate in the Moscow region is familiar to most of us, which will save us from problems with acclimatization in advance. For residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, this option is the most acceptable: there is no need to go far, since the quality of rest and recovery in these sanatoriums is no worse than in other more remote health resorts.

Sanatorium and resort treatment of psoriasis in Moscow region medical institutions is a successful combination of picturesque landscapes, clean air and healing procedures.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Health center "Verba Mayer"	Yaroslavskoe shosse, 17 km from MKAD	Cleansing the body using Dr. Mayer's method.
Sanatorium "Barvikha"	Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway, 6 km from MKAD	Hyperbaric oxygenation, cryosauna, electrosleep.
Sanatorium "Red Pakhra"	Kaluga highway, 30 km from MKAD	Tambukan and sulphide-silt muds, bromine-iodine mineral waters, massage, exercise therapy.
Sanatorium "Staraya Russa"	Staraya Russa, Mineralnaya street 62	Mud therapy, hydrotherapy.
Sanatorium "Vatutinki"	Kaluzhskoe highway, Leninsky district, p/o Vatutinki 1	Hardware procedures, massage, hydrotherapy, UV treatment.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoriums of Sochi

Sochi sanatoriums have always been popular – and, first of all, because of the healing local climate. Clean air, enriched with useful substances; sea water, more than 50 active springs with mineral water, large deposits of therapeutic mud – all this allows for high-quality treatment of psoriasis and other diseases in Sochi hospitals.

Along the entire length of the Sochi coast there are a huge number of sanatoriums and holiday homes. They can be located right by the sea or surrounded by greenery several kilometers from the shore.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Avangard"	Sochi, Khostinsky district, Kurortny avenue 83	Mud therapy, physiotherapy, massage, baths, exercise therapy.
Sanatorium "Dagomys"	Sochi, Dagomys settlement, Leningradskaya street 7	Physiotherapy, hydropathy, irrigation, showers, massage, mud therapy.
Sanatorium "Belarus"	Sochi, central district, Politekhnicheskaya street 62	Hydrotherapy, hydromassage, ozokerite and paraffin applications, shower, herbal medicine, physiotherapy, psychotherapy.
Sanatorium "Orbita 1"	Sochi, Adler district, Lenin street 280A	Climatotherapy, hydrotherapy, treatment with Tambukan mud, psychotherapy, light therapy, galvanic mud, aromatherapy, phytotherapy.
Sanatorium "Odyssey"	Sochi, Lazarevskoye village, Sochinskoye highway 28	Physiotherapy, halotherapy, psychotherapy, mud and water therapy, massage shower, hydrocolonotherapy, ozone therapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in Anapa sanatoriums

Anapa is a wonderful place with a large strip of sandy beaches, with climatic and balneological mud sanatoriums, with the possibility of year-round health improvement.

As a rule, local health resorts offer comprehensive programs using therapeutic mud and mineral waters, as well as climatotherapy, because the climate of Anapa is a combination of steppe and mountain air, which is ideal for health improvement.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Deauville"	Anapa, Pionersky Prospect 14	Hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, phyto-sauna, galvanic mud.
Sanatorium "Malaya Bukhta"	Anapa, Tamanskaya street 4	Iodine-bromine baths, pearl baths, phytosalt, pine baths, hydrotherapy, Charcot shower, balneotherapy, electrosleep, oxygen therapy.
Sanatorium "Anapa-ocean"	Anapa, Pushkin street 19	Balneotherapy, therapeutic shower, mud therapy, exercise therapy, Chinese gymnastics, climatotherapy, aromatherapy, speleotherapy, hardware procedures, laser and cryotherapy.
Sanatorium "Rodnik"	Anapa, Pionersky Prospect 30	Balneotherapy, mud therapy, own sources of hydrogen sulphide, iodine-bromine and sulphate-magnesium-sodium composition.
Sanatorium "Nadezhda"	Anapa, Kalinina street 30	Aromatherapy, colon cleansing, hydropathy, light therapy, magnetic therapy, salt cave.

Treatment of psoriasis in the sanatoriums of Belokurikha

Belokurikha is a federal resort town located in the Altai region. The uniqueness of this area is that it is rich in nitrogen-silicon radon thermal springs, which have an extremely beneficial effect on human health.

There are 12 sanatoriums and 5 boarding houses of various profiles in Belokurikha. Patients with psoriasis most often visit the following of them:

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Altai Castle"	Belokurikha, Slavskogo street 29	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, alternative medicine, massage, hardware physiotherapy, mud therapy.
Sanatorium "Belokurikha"	Belokurikha, Slavskogo street 9	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, ampilotherapy, aromatherapy, color rhythm therapy, kinesitherapy, psychotherapy, electrosleep, hardware procedures, mud therapy, UV treatment, hydrocolonotherapy.
OK "Altai Valley"	Danilovka village, Lesnaya street 10	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, ampilotherapy, aromatherapy, eniotherapy, barotherapy, hypnotherapy, kinesitherapy, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, psychotherapy, mud therapy, irrigation, UV radiation and cryotherapy, vibration sauna.
Sanatorium "Siberia"	Belokurikha, Slavskogo street 67	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, halochamber, hypnotherapy, kinesitherapy, psychotherapy, electrosleep, massage, mud therapy, infrared radiation.
Sanatorium "Aurora"	Belokurikha, Slavskogo street 53	Nitrogen-silicon radon baths, hydrotherapy, pearl baths, hardware procedures, climatotherapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoriums of Belarus

Belarusian sanatoriums are high-quality health facilities equipped with modern medical equipment. The staff of Belarusian treatment centers is famous for its friendliness, attentiveness and qualifications.

Among the treatment methods successfully used in Belarus are physiotherapy, mud therapy, stays in salt caves, cryotherapy, magnetic therapy, etc.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Medical center "Vesta"	Minsk region, Dzerzhinsky district, highway M1-E30, second kilometer from Dzerzhinsk	Hydrotherapy, heat therapy, mud therapy, herbal medicine, physiotherapy, aromatherapy, halotherapy.
Sanatorium "Golden Sands"	Gomel region, Novaya Guta village	Mud therapy, hydromassage, halotherapy, infrared cabin.
Sanatorium "Neman 72"	Grodno, Sanatornaya street 23	Climatotherapy, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Lesnoe"	Vitebsk region, Dokshitsy district, p/o Lesnoye	Therapeutic sapropel mud, mineral springs, hydrotherapy, mud therapy, phytotherapy, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Voenny Lepelsky"	Vitebsk region, Lepel district, village Borovka	Sodium chloride and sodium sulfate-calcium waters from local sources, hydrotherapy.

Sanatorium Berezina

The Berezina River, vast, clean forests – these are the conditions in which the specialized Berezina sanatorium is located, which accepts patients with diseases of the nervous system and non-infectious skin pathologies all year round.

The sanatorium is located in Belarus, in the Berezinsky district of the Minsk region. On its territory there is its own spring source, the water of which has healing properties.

The health resort was founded 40 years ago, but in 2005 it was completely reconstructed and currently offers patients comfortable conditions of stay and high-quality effective treatment of specialized diseases.

The main methods used for treatment at the Berezina sanatorium:

• climatotherapy, including aerotherapy, heliotherapy, and dasotherapy;
• mud therapy using sapropelic therapeutic mud masses from the freshwater reservoir Sudobl;
• pearl and general baths;
• purgation;
• phyto wrapping;
• massage;
• UFO treatment;
• electrotherapy;
• laser treatment;
• magnetic therapy.

Additionally, you can get advice from specialized specialists: dermatologist, neurologist.

The address of the sanatorium: Belarus, Minsk region, Berezinsky district, Guta village.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoriums of Azerbaijan

The most famous of Azerbaijan's sanatoriums are the Naftalan health resorts. They are known mainly because of the unique properties of Naftalan oil. However, this is not the only thing that the country's resorts are famous for. The waters of the Caspian Sea and the air of this region also have healing properties.

	Address of the sanatorium	Basic treatment methods
Sanatorium "Naftalan"	Naftalan, Shirvan Avenue 31	Mud therapy, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, spa therapy.
Sanatorium "Gashalty"	Naftalan, Shirvan Avenue 37	Balneotherapy (naphthalan-mineral baths), mud therapy, hardware procedures, massage.
Sanatorium "Garangush"	Baku, Mardakan village, Kolkhoz street 45	Hydro-mud therapy, iodine-bromine mineral waters, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Shikhovo"	Baku, Shikhov village	Mineral water therapy, electro-light therapy, oil applications, naphthalene therapy, mud therapy, climatotherapy, exercise therapy.
Sanatorium "Gyunashli"	Baku, Mardakan settlement, Yesenin street 99	Iodine-bromine baths, light therapy, psychotherapy, aromatherapy, massage showers, climatotherapy.

Efficiency

Experienced specialists claim that the optimal duration of a therapeutic spa course for psoriasis is 21 days. If the patient is diagnosed with mild psoriasis, then the treatment duration can be reduced to 14 days. The recommended terms are the period during which visible results can be achieved and consolidated.

Sanatorium and resort treatment of psoriasis with therapeutic mud is considered one of the most thoughtful and successful methods. As a rule, patients note significant relief of the condition and elimination of unpleasant manifestations of the disease after 2-3 sessions. The result obtained after a full course of treatment lasts at least six months or a year.

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Reviews of psoriasis treatment in sanatoriums

What methods prevail in spa treatment of psoriasis? The most traditional procedures include laser and reflexology, mud therapy and balneotherapy, and the therapeutic use of mineral waters.

All the above sanatorium options are unique – both in terms of treatment features and climate. Therefore, it will not be possible to single out any one sanatorium among all of them and award it the title of the best.

Each medical institution uses the specifics of local natural resources for the treatment of psoriasis:

• lake or sea salts and mud;
• clean air;
• mineral waters;
• salt caves;
• open natural sources.

Sanatoriums treat psoriasis using modern equipment and the latest techniques. Of course, it is better to choose a sanatorium whose specialists actively monitor the development of medicine and try to use innovations in treatment programs.

The comfort of living, the infrastructure of the hospital and the qualifications of the service personnel also play a significant role in choosing a sanatorium.

Sanatorium and resort treatment of psoriasis, according to numerous positive reviews, demonstrates effectiveness that is many times greater than the results after conventional treatment with medications.