title: [Possibilities of thermal medicine in gastrointestinal functional disorders].
abstract: The aim of this review is that of offer an update on the real therapeutic possibility of the thermal medicine in the functional gastrointestinal disorders. The functional dyspepsia, the irritable bowel syndrome, the functional constipation and the functional disorders of the biliary tract (in accordance with Roma II criteria), are the illness for which the drinking mineral waters could give a valid therapeutic support.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Terapia Medica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto Io, Divisione di Idrologia Medica, Viale de Policlinico, 155-00161 Roma, Italia. marcellograssi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lucchetta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raffa
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000628:therapy; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008900:Mineral Waters; D012106:Research; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D008900:Mineral Waters