[Possibility of using intensive peloid balneotherapy on duodenal ulcer patients].

The authors studied effectiveness of intensive peloidobalneotherapy (PBT)--daily peloids, baths and drinking mineral water--in 124 patients with duodenal ulcer in attenuating exacerbation and incomplete clinical remission. The condition of the gastroduodenal zone was studied with intragastric pH-metry, esophagogastroduodenoscopy with spot biopsy, usease test, rheohepatography. Intensive PBT reduced the time of the treatment by 8-10 days, faster relieved clinical symptoms, raised the number of ulcer healings, normalized acid function of the stomach, prolonged long-term effect. The response of the body to intensive PBT increases therapeutic effectiveness 1.6 times. Tolerance criteria for PBT and the effect prognosis formula have been designed.