Sanatorium-and-spa treatment of psoriasis: in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

It is believed that psoriasis is not completely cured. Therefore, medical specialists do their utmost to make the manifestations of the disease extremely easy and to accelerate the onset of remission. Sanatorium treatment of psoriasis helps to increase the effectiveness of traditional treatment. Long-term observations confirmed that it is in the sanatoriums that patients achieve stable periods of decay of the psoriatic process, since specific treatment methods are used in such medical institutions.

Required documents

For the course of psoriasis therapy in a sanatorium, you need to have a sanatorium-resort card, or, as an option, a doctor's statement from the medical history.

It is on the basis of the listed documents that the health workers of the sanatorium will be able to appoint the complex of medical procedures that will suit you.

In some sanatoriums the card can be issued on the spot, however, you will have to pay for it.

What is a sanatorium card? This is a medical documentary confirmation of the diagnosis, which is attached to a voucher for a particular sanatorium. Make this document from your doctor or district doctor, or in a private medical institution, or directly in a sanatorium. Usually, the following information is available in the CCM:

• the conclusion of the doctor-therapist;
• your doctor's opinion;
• the result of fluorography;
• electrocardiogram with decoding;
• results of a general analysis of blood and urine;
• the conclusion of the gynecologist (for women).

Usually, the CCM is filled and signed by the doctor, and then certified by the head physician or the head of the outpatient department of the hospital.

Before registering a CCM, it must be remembered that its validity period is limited to 2 months.

In addition to the sanatorium treatment of psoriasis, you should take your passport and ticket. Some resorts also require an insurance policy.

Indications

Indications for spa treatment are stationary, regressing stages and periods of remission:

• eczema;
• neurodermatitis;
• red flat lichen;
• psoriasis;
• atopic dermatitis;
• itching rashes;
• scrapes;
• urticaria;
• scleroderma;
• ichthyosis;
• hereditary bullous epidermolysis;
• inducible erythema, etc.

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

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Contraindications

Sanatorium treatment is contraindicated:

• in the acute stage of psoriasis and other skin diseases;
• with contagious diseases;
• with fungal infections;
• with malignant lesions of the skin;
• with individual hypersensitivity to therapeutic muds, water, etc.

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The treatment protocol

The treatment of psoriasis is mainly occupied by those sanatoriums, which have the opportunity to use medicinal mud and mineral waters.

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

For general information, it is possible to identify the main treatment procedures used for sanatorium-and-spa treatment of psoriasis.

• Water treatment - hydrotherapy - allows you to improve blood circulation and metabolism, stimulate tissue repair.
• Heliotherapy - dosed exposure to sunlight.
• Cryotherapy is the therapeutic effect of cold on the skin.
• Phototherapy is the use of ultraviolet for therapeutic purposes.
• Electrosleep is a procedure for applying pulsed low-frequency current to stabilize the work of the nervous system.
• PUVA-therapy is a combination of ultraviolet action and psoralens (medicinal herbal remedies).
• Diadynamic therapy is the physiotherapeutic application of a diadynamic current for the elimination of pain, inflammation, edema.
• Aromatherapy - the use of specific flavors to stabilize the work of the nervous system.
• Aerotherapy is the effect on the skin of fresh air and sunlight, to stimulate immunity and circulation in the skin.
• Thalassotherapy is a complex method that combines the reception of baths with sea water and the general therapeutic effects of the marine climate.
• Balneotherapy - treatment with the use of local or imported mineral waters.
• Mud treatment - involves the application of mud, possessing unique biological properties.
• Naphthalan treatment is the use of naftalan oil and preparations based on it.
• Applications ozokerite - a waxy substance, an oil derivative.
• The beech method (Grenz) is a procedure for ultra-soft X-ray irradiation.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoria in Ukraine

In Ukraine there is a huge network of sanatoriums with various specializations, including those with specialized treatment of psoriasis. Comparatively with the sanatoriums of other countries, Ukrainian treatment is no less effective, but more affordable. At the same time, the price in no way affects the quality of service. At present, there are more than half a thousand different sanatoria in Ukraine, which use mainly natural resources for treatment.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Mirotel"	Lviv region, the city of Truskavets, Kobzar square 1	Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, balneotherapy.
Sanatorium "Geneva"	Lviv region, the city of Truskavets, st. Sukhovol 61	Cryotherapy, infrared sauna, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy.
Therapeutic center "Tustan"	Lviv region, town. Skhodnitsa, Shevchenko street 92b	Electrotherapy, hydrocolonotherapy, ozokeritotherapy, hydrotherapy, hardware procedures.
Sanatorium "Termal Star"	Zakarpattia region, Uzhgorod district, the village of Lower Sototvino 226	Therapy with siliceous thermal waters, hydrotherapy, showers, physiotherapy, laser treatment, oxygen therapy.
Sanatorium "Premium Podolye"	Vinnytsia region, Khmilnyk city, Kurortnaya street 10	Radon waters, peat mud, electrosleep, light therapy, UV, speleotherapy, hydrocolonotherapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in the sanatoriums of Crimea

Crimea is a unique place for combining rest and treatment. Sanatoriums of Crimea possess all conditions for qualitative improvement: qualified personnel, modern medical equipment, and, of course, favorable climatic and natural factors.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Pine Grove"	Yalta, the village of Gaspra 2, the Alupkinskoye highway 21	Hydrotherapy, massage, physiotherapy, climatotherapy.
Sanatorium "Friendship"	Evpatoria, Mayakovsky street 7	Balneotherapy, mud therapy, therapeutic showers, galvanic mud, hydrocolonotherapy, aromatherapy.
Sanatorium "Femeli Resort"	Evpatoria, street Kiev, 48к	Climatotherapy, physiotherapy, speliotherapy, balneotherapy, laser therapy.
Health-improving center "Sudak"	Sudak, Lenin street 89	Hydrotherapy, heat treatment, light therapy, hydrogen sulphide baths.
Sanatorium "Demerdzhi"	Alushta, Perekopskaya street 4	Salt cave, aromatherapy, mud therapy, physiotherapy.

Sanatorium Saki

Sanatoriums Saki - this is one of the most famous and popular health resorts in the post-Soviet space. The main source of mud treatment here is the Saki Salt Lake. The mud of this lake is recognized as extremely useful for the treatment of skin diseases. Of course, in this particular place is located a large number of large and small sanatoriums and boarding houses, which offer their clients all sorts of procedures for getting rid of psoriasis.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Saki"	Saki, Kurortnaya street 4	Mud cure, 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 treatment, mineral and rasp baths, climatotherapy, aromatherapy, phototherapy, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Northern Lights"	Saki, Morskaya Street 12	Electrosleep, phytotherapy, balneotherapy, mud therapy, exercise therapy, massage.
Sanatorium "Yurmino"	Saki, Morskaya Str. 11A	Drinking treatment, oxygen therapy, exercise therapy, mud therapy (including galvanic mud), hydrotherapy, physiotherapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoria in Russia

Russia has the most varieties of resort resources. In this vast territory there are almost all types of mineral springs, different climatic conditions. For the convenience of patients, health facilities based on natural healing factors, with the use of advanced medical technologies, with a quality infrastructure, modern approaches to recovery and rest, have been created.

For sanatorium treatment of psoriasis in Russia, one can choose one of many treatment centers. We propose to pay attention only to some of them.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Elton"	Volgograd region, Pallasovsky district, Elton village, Dzhanybekskaya street 1	Mud treatment (hydrosulphuric mud), hydrotherapy with the use of brine.
Sanatorium Yarovoye	Altai, Yarovoye town, Gagarin street 5	Mud therapy, hydrotherapy, galvanic mud, aerated, shower, phonophoresis, phototherapy, phototherapy, magnetotherapy.
Sanatorium "Hot Key"	Krasnodar Territory, Goryachy Klyuch city, Psekupskaya street 2	Mud cure, hydrotherapy, salt speleoclimatic chamber.
Sanatorium "Assy"	Bashkortostan, Beloretsky district, Assy village	Hardware procedures, light therapy, phytotherapy, hydrotherapy.
Sanatorium "Siberia"	Tyumen region, Chervyshevsky tract, 19 km, page 1	Thermal and mineral water, sapropel mud.

Sanatoriums for the treatment of psoriasis in the suburbs

Sanatoriums of Moscow region are an opportunity to be treated qualitatively far from city vanity. The climate in the suburbs is familiar to most of us, which in advance will get rid of problems with acclimatization. For residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, this option is most acceptable: you do not need to go far, since the quality of rest and recreation in these sanatoriums is no worse than in other more remote health resorts.

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

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Verba Mayer Health Center	Yaroslavl highway, 17 km from MKAD	Purification of the body by the method of Dr. Mayer.
Sanatorium "Barvikha"	Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway, 6 km from the Moscow Ring Road	Hyperbaric oxygenation, cryosauna, electrosleep.
Sanatorium «Krasnaya Pahra»	Kaluzhskoe highway, 30 km from Moscow Ring Road	Tambukan and sulphide-silt mud, bromine-iodine mineral waters, massage, exercise therapy.
Sanatorium "Staraya Russa"	Staraya Russa, street Mineralnaya 62	Mud treatment, hydrotherapy.
Sanatorium "Vatutinki"	Kaluzhskoe highway, Leninsky district, p / o Vatutinki 1	Hardware procedures, massage, hydrotherapy, UV-treatment.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoria in Sochi

Sanatoriums of Sochi were always popular - and, first of all, because of the curative local climate. Clean air, enriched with useful substances; sea water, more than 50 active sources with mineral water, large deposits of therapeutic mud - all this allows qualitatively treating psoriasis and other diseases in Sochi hospitals.

Throughout the Sochi coast there is a huge number of sanatoriums and rest homes. They can be located near the sea, or surrounded by greenery a few kilometers from the shore.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Avangard"	Sochi, Khostinsky district, Kurortny prospect 83	Mud treatment, physiotherapy, massage, baths, exercise therapy.
Sanatorium "Dagomys"	Sochi, settlement Dagomys, Leningradskaya street 7	Physiotherapy, hydropathy, irrigation, showers, massage, mud therapy.
Sanatorium "Belarus"	Sochi, central district, Polytechnic street 62	Hydrotherapy, hydromassage, ozocerite and paraffin applications, shower, phytotherapy, physiotherapy, psychotherapy.
Sanatorium "Orbit 1"	Sochi, Adler district, Lenin street 280A	Climatotherapy, hydrotherapy, treatment with tambukan mud, psychotherapy, light therapy, galvanic mud, aromatherapy, phytotherapy.
Sanatorium "Odyssey"	Sochi, Lazarevskoe settlement, Sochi highway 28	Physiotherapy, halotherapy, psychotherapy, mud and hydrotherapy, massage shower, hydrocolonotherapy, ozone therapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in the sanatoriums of Anapa

Anapa is a beautiful place with a large strip of sandy beaches, with climatic and balneo-mud sanatoriums, with the possibility of year-round recreation.

As a rule, local hospitals offer comprehensive programs with the use of therapeutic mud and mineral waters, as well as climate therapy, because the climate of Anapa is a combination of steppe and mountain air, best suited for recovery.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Deauville"	Anapa, Pionersky Prospekt 14	Hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, phytosauna, galvanic mud.
Sanatorium "Small Bay"	Anapa, Tamanskaya street 4	Iodide-bromine baths, pearl baths, phytosol, coniferous baths, hydrotherapy, Charcot's 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, Pioneer Avenue 30	Balneotherapy, mud therapy, own sources of hydrogen sulphide, iodide-bromine and sulphate-magnesium-sodium composition.
Sanatorium "Nadezhda"	Anapa, Kalinin street 30	Aromatherapy, monitor cleansing of the intestine, hydropathy, light therapy, magnetotherapy, salt cave.

Treatment of psoriasis in sanatoriums Belokurikha

Belokurikha is a resort city of federal scale, which is located in the Altai Territory. The uniqueness of this area is that it is rich in nitrogen-silicon radon thermal springs, which have a very favorable effect on human health.

In Belokurikha there are 12 sanatoria and 5 different boarding houses. Patients with psoriasis most often visit in such of them:

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Altai Castle"	Belokurikha, Slavsky street 29	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, non-traditional medicine, massage, apparatus physiotherapy, mud therapy.
Sanatorium "Belokurikha"	Belokurikha, Slavske street 9	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, ampilotherapy, aromatherapy, color therapy, kinesitherapy, psychotherapy, electrosleep, apparatus procedures, mud therapy, UV-treatment, hydrocolonotherapy.
OK "The Valley of Altai"	The village of Danilovka, Lesnaya street 10	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, ampilotherapy, aromatherapy, eniotherapy, barotherapy, hypnotherapy, kinesitherapy, ozonotherapy, oxygen therapy, psychotherapy, mud therapy, irrigation, UFO and cryotherapy, vibrosauna.
Sanatorium "Siberia"	Belokurikha, Slavsky street 67	Balneotherapy, exercise therapy, halochamber, hypnotherapy, kinesitherapy, psychotherapy, electrosleep, massage, mud therapy, infrared radiation.
Sanatorium "Aurora"	Belokurikha, Slavske street 53	Nitrogen-silicon radon baths, hydrotherapy, pearl baths, hardware procedures, climatotherapy.

Treatment of psoriasis in the sanatoriums of Belarus

Belarusian sanatoriums are high-quality health-improving institutions, equipped with modern medical equipment. The staff of the Belarusian medical centers is famous for its goodwill, care and qualification.

Of medical methods in Belarus, physiotherapy, mud therapy, stay in salt caves, cryotherapy, magnetotherapy, etc., are successfully used.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Healing center "Vesta"	Minsk region, Dzerzhinsky district, highway M1-E30, the second kilometer from Dzerzhinsk	Hydrotherapy, heat treatment, mud therapy, phytotherapy, physiotherapy, aromatherapy, halotherapy.
Sanatorium "Golden Sands"	Gomel region, Novaya Guta settlement	Mud therapy, hydromassage, halotherapy, infrared cabin.
Sanatorium "Neman 72"	Grodno, Sanatornaya Street 23	Climatotherapy, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Lesnoye"	Vitebsk region, Dokshitsy district, p / o Lesnoye	Healing sapropel mud, mineral springs, hydrotherapy, mud therapy, phytotherapy, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Military Lepel"	Vitebsk region, Lepel district, village of Borovka	Chloride-sodium and sulfate-sodium-calcium waters from local sources, hydrotherapy.

Health Resort Berezina

The Berezina River, vast clean forests - in such conditions is located a specialized sanatorium Berezina, which year-round accepts patients with diseases of the nervous system and non-infectious cutaneous pathologies.

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

The health resort was founded 40 years ago, but in 2005 it was completely reconstructed and now offers patients comfortable living conditions and qualitative effective treatment of profile diseases.

The main methods used for treatment in the sanatorium Berezina:

• climatotherapy, which includes aerotherapy, heliotherapy, dasotherapy;
• mud treatment with the use of sapropelic therapeutic mud masses from the freshwater reservoir Sudoble;
• pearl and common baths;
• purgation;
• phytohunt;
• massage;
• UFO-treatment;
• electrotherapy;
• laser treatment;
• magnetotherapy.

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

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

Treatment of psoriasis in the sanatoriums of Azerbaijan

The most famous among the sanatoriums of Azerbaijan are the hospitals of Naftalan. About them they know, mainly because of the unique properties of naftalan oil. However, not only this is famous for the resorts of the country. The medicinal ability is also possessed by the waters of the Caspian Sea, and the air of this region.

	Address of the sanatorium	The main methods of treatment
Sanatorium "Naftalan"	Naftalan, Shirvan Ave. 31	Mud treatment, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, balneotherapy.
Sanatorium "Gashalty"	Naftalan, Shirvan Avenue 37	Balneotherapy (naftalan-mineral baths), mud treatment, hardware procedures, massage.
Sanatorium "Garanguh"	Baku, Mardakan village, Kolkhoz street 45	Water mud treatment, iodide-bromine mineral waters, physiotherapy.
Sanatorium "Shikhovo"	Baku, Shikhov settlement	Mineral hydrotherapy, electrolight treatment, oil applications, naphthalanotherapy, mud therapy, climatotherapy, exercise therapy.
Sanatorium "Gunashli"	Baku, Mardakan settlement, Esenina street 99	Iodine-bromine baths, light therapy, psychotherapy, aromatherapy, massage showers, climatotherapy.

Efficiency

Experienced specialists say that the optimal duration of the therapeutic sanatorium-and-spa course for psoriasis is 21 days. If the patient is diagnosed with mild psoriasis, then the duration of treatment can be reduced to 14 days. Recommended terms - this is the time for which you can achieve visible results and consolidate them.

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

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Reviews on the treatment of psoriasis in sanatoria

What methods prevail in sanatorium-and-spa treatment of psoriasis? From the most traditional procedures one can name laser and reflexotherapy, mud therapy and balneotherapy, therapeutic use of mineral waters.

All these variants of sanatoriums are unique - both in terms of treatment characteristics and climate. Therefore, it is not possible to single out a sanatorium among all others and assign it the best title.

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

• lake or sea salt and mud;
• fresh air;
• mineral water;
• salt caves;
• open natural sources.

Psoriasis in sanatoriums is relieved, using also 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.

A considerable role in choosing a sanatorium is played by the comfort of living, the infrastructure of the clinic and the qualification of the staff.

Sanatorium treatment of psoriasis, according to numerous positive reviews, demonstrates the effectiveness, many times superior to the results after the usual treatment with medications.