[The principles of health resort treatment]

"Cures" prescribed in spas and health resorts are useful especially for patients who are chronically ill. The differences between pharmacotherapy and physiotherapy are discussed. The treatment in health resorts produces adaptations to repeated irritations, which need time, mostly four weeks. However, the changes of the function of circulatory system, lungs, metabolism etc. do not disappear after the end of the cure. To this extent, the principles of treatment in health resorts are comparable to sporting training. The days of incapacity to working are reduced to 50-60% in the following two years after a successful cure.