title: [Clinical efficiency and tolerance of hydrogen sulfide balneotherapy in hypertensive patients living in arid zone].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine clinical efficiency and safety of moderate hydrogen sulfide (HS) baths in the treatment of hypertensive patients living in arid zones.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty patients with stable essential hypertension (EH) of stage I-II according to WHO classification living in arid climate took sparing HS baths. Efficiency of the baths was assessed by changes in blood pressure (BP), 24-h monitoring of BP.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It is shown that systolic and diastolic BP after HS balneotherapy fell significantly both in daytime and at night. The 24-h profile of BP improved, heart rate decreased by 4.3%, physiological fluctuations of BP and BP variability were not damaged.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Moderate HS baths are recommended for wider use in a hot climate of the arid zone as an effective and safe method of balneotherapy which can be adjuvant to basic medication of EH.
authors.forename: Z R
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Zunnunov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001494:Baths / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D003889:Desert Climate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014610:Uzbekistan
chemical_list: D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide