[Possible use of balneotherapy for atherosclerosis prevention]

Balneotherapy was assessed as a method of primary prevention of atherosclerosis. The effectiveness of effervescent hydrocarbonate magnesium-calcium water was evaluated by modification of structural-functional state of red cell membrane in examinees with risk factors. It is shown that combined balneotherapy remodels abnormal lipid component of cellular membranes. This allows using this method in primary prevention of atherosclerosis in persons with risk factors in the absence of changes in serum lipid spectrum.