title: [Effects of subacute treatment with S. Croce water from the Sponga Springs in a group of dyspeptic patients].
abstract: The Authors have appraised, in a group of 20 patients suffering from "non-ulcer, non-reflux dyspepsia", the therapeutical action and tolerance of the oligomineral Santa Croce water from the Sponga spring administered at a dose of 500 mL with the main meals up to an overall quantity of 1.5 L per day for ten days. When compared with a comparable control group, taking fairly mineralized water of known composition and free of contaminants, the group of patients treated showed a significant reduction both in the number and intensity of the symptoms marking the dyspeptic condition including above all pyrosis and sensation of epigastric heaviness and laborious digestion. As a first hypothesis, the hydropinic treatment might have indirectly favoured post-prandial gastric emptying, through an action of reduction of endogastric osmolarity and pH. The only collateral effect, reported by only five subjects, consisted of an annoying pollakiuria and nycturia.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina interna e Sanità pubblica, Università degli studi dell'Aquila.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Onori
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000628:therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008900:Mineral Waters / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D008900:Mineral Waters
vernacular_title: Effetti di un trattamento subacuto con acqua S. Croce Sorgente Sponga in un gruppo di pazienti dispeptici.