title: [Innovative balneotherapy with reduced bath volume: foil baths].
abstract: Balneo-phototherapy, in which salt baths are followed by UV-B irradiation, has proved successful in the treatment of psoriasis. Because of practical problems, the major one of which is the large turnover of bath solution volumes, balneotherapy has so far been limited to specialized treatment centres. With the aid of a polyethylene foil the volume of bathing solutions needed can be reduced to a total of 41 per bath. Balneotherapy using small bath solution volumes for total body treatment can now be applied as an outpatient regimen for salt bath and bath-PUVA therapy. The methods for establishing balneotherapy with restricted water volumes and the advantages of bath-PUVA over conventional oral psoralen therapy are described.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hautklinik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Streit
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wiedow
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christophers
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011701:PUVA Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Innovative Balneotherapie mit reduzierten Badevolumina: Folienbäder.