[Effects of sodium hydrogen carbonate-chloride-containing mineral water on stress sensitivity in rats]

The investigation used the mineral water (MW) Uralochka obtained from well 4638 located on the territory of the sanatorium Ural (the village of Khomutino, Chelyabinsk Region). Experimental findings suggest that the use of the Uralochka water for 14 days lowers experimental animals' sensitivity to stress. This is manifested by that MW use virtually completely eliminated the hematological manifestations of stress, poststress depression of a cell immunity response and prevented the reduction of cell counts in the abdominal cavity. The immunostimulating effect of the Uralochka MW on humoral immunity and the phagocytosis of peritoneal macrophages preserved with the combined influence of stress and MW.