[The efficacy of health resort treatment of psoriatic arthritis at Yevpatoriya].
The authors analyze the efficacy of treatment of 162 patients suffering from psoriatic arthritis in Evpatoria health resort. The treatment modalities included brine baths, mud applications, climatotherapy, etc. Clinical cure or considerable improvement has been achieved in 21.8% of patients, improvement in 74.3%, no therapeutic effect in 3.9%. Along with alleviation of the clinical manifestations of psoriatic arthritis, a number of immunological and biochemical parameters (albumin, lysozyme, IgM levels) have shown a tendency to normalization. The combined health resort therapy is an effective means of the after-care of psoriatic arthritis.
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