climatotherapy
Sign in to saveClimatotherapy refers to temporary or permanent relocation of a patient to a region with a climate more favourable to recovery from or management of a condition. Examples include: The partial pressure of oxygen is lower at high altitude, so a person with sickle cell disease might move to a lower altitude to reduce the number of sickle crises. Several sites around the world are advertised or studied as possibly of therapeutic benefit to patients with psoriasis, most notably the Dead Sea region.
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- Interventions.Name
- Climatotherapy
- Interventions.MeshID
- D013790
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Research
750 papers- Climatotherapy for asthma: Research progress and prospect.Environmental research · 2022
- Climatotherapy of psoriasis.Clinics in dermatology · 2008
- Climatotherapy in Japan: a pilot study.International journal of biometeorology · 2017
- [Climatotherapy].Meditsinskaia sestra · 1984
- [Climatotherapy].Medizinische Monatsschrift · 1961
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Climatotherapy refers to temporary or permanent relocation of a patient to a region with a climate more favourable to recovery from or management of a condition. Examples include: The partial pressure of oxygen is lower at high altitude, so a person with sickle cell disease might move to a lower altitude to reduce the number of sickle crises. Several sites around the world are advertised or studied as possibly of therapeutic benefit to patients with psoriasis, most notably the Dead Sea region.
==See also== Weather pains Meteoropathy Thalassotherapy
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