Climatotherapy – What is it?
It is a fact that the climate affects human health more than any other ecological element. Areas in which climatotherapy is applied as a treatment for the care of human health are not found in any region of our country officially. However, we notice that climatotherapy is applied indirectly in many areas of thermal springs and that the stay of visitors in the baths is done for the healthy climate. We find e.g. in Thermae Ikarias, Kamena Vourla, Samothraki, Loutraki and elsewhere, how the visitor receives the beneficial effect of the climate.
In our country we did not recognize "climate therapy places or thermal environments". By setting the necessary conditions for recognizing places of recovery - climate therapy, we are essentially recognizing what is already being done. This is how new dimensions of thermalism emerge, especially in our country, which stands out for its different environments. As an autonomous treatment, climatotherapy is practiced in special centers, mainly in central Europe. The maritime climate is especially suitable for:
- Diseases of the respiratory system
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Metabolic disorders etc.
The mountain climate is suitable for:
- Diseases of the respiratory system
- Diseases of the vascular system etc.
Elements of interest to climate therapy, e.g. is the location of an area above sea level, barometric pressure, air temperature, rain height, humidity, wind intensity and direction, cloud cover and solar radiation intensity, etc. In its application the peculiarities of the landscape, the effect of ground radiation and other similar factors play a decisive role. Our country has many places for bioclimatic therapy.
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