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Article Dans Une Revue (Article De Synthèse) International Journal of Biometeorology Année : 2022

Health management of patients with COVID-19: is there a room for hydrotherapeutic approaches?

Laurent Meriade
Christelle Blavignac
Anne-Cécile Fournier
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With highly variable types of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms in both severity and duration, there is today an important need for early, individualized, and multidisciplinary strategies of rehabilitation. Some patients present persistent affections of the respiratory function, digestive system, cardiovascular function, locomotor system, mental health, sleep, nervous system, immune system, taste, smell, metabolism, inflammation, and skin. In this context, we highlight here that hydrothermal centers should be considered today as medically and economically relevant alternatives to face the urgent need for interventions among COVID-19 patients. We raise the potential benefits of hydrotherapy programs already existing which combine alternative medicine with respiratory care, physical activity, nutritional advice, psychological support, and physiotherapy, in relaxing environments and under medical supervision. Beyond the virtues of thermal waters, many studies reported medical benefits of natural mineral waters through compressing, buoyancy, resistance, temperature changes, hydrostatic pressure, inhalations, or drinking. Thermal institutions might offer individualized follow-up helping to unclog hospitals while ensuring the continuity of health care for the different clinical manifestations of COVID-19 in both post-acute and chronic COVID-19 patients. Our present review underlines the need to further explore the medical effectiveness, clinical and territorial feasibility, and medico-economic impacts of the implementation of post-COVID-19 patient management in hydrotherapeutic establishments.

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hal-03682138 , version 1 (30-05-2022)

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Mélina Bailly, Bertrand Evrard, Emmanuel Coudeyre, Corinne Rochette, Laurent Meriade, et al.. Health management of patients with COVID-19: is there a room for hydrotherapeutic approaches?. International Journal of Biometeorology, 2022, 66, pp.1031-1038. ⟨10.1007/s00484-022-02246-w⟩. ⟨hal-03682138⟩
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