BACKGROUND: Bathing in sweet or mineral water can induce significant physiological changes in several body systems including the endocrine system. To date, there have only been a small number of reports that balneology can reduce blood sugar Levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM\]. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of a immersion in sweet or mineral water on blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 DM. METHODS: Forty patients with type 2 DM will immerse in either sweet or mineral water twice daily. In both cases the water will be warmed to a temperature of 35 degrees C and the bath continue for 20 minutes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
35
Subjects will immerse in mineral (dead sea) waters for twenty minutes twice daily for a period of 10 days
Subjects will immerse in sweet(pool)waters for twenty minutes twice daily for a period of 10 days
Soroka University Medical Cetner
Beersheba, Israel
Glucose Levels
Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hotel stay, an expected average of 5 days
HbA1c levels
Time frame: three months afer intervention
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