[The blood coagulation system in exogenously induced hyperthermia (steam bath)].
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F Kunz
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[Blood coagulation in hyperthermia].
Young healthy volunteers were treated with physical hyperthermia (baths) in order to investigate changes in blood coagulation. Such therapy is used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. Single hot baths (mean body temperature 38,2-39,9 degrees C) resulted in a rise of fibrinogen, factors IX and XII, maximal amplitude of the thrombelastogram and hemoglobin and in a decrease of plasminogen. In a series of hypothermic baths no additional changes of coagulation or fibrinolysis could be found. The results suggest that hyperthermia causes a tendency to thrombosis.
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Alterations of haemostasis after exposure to sauna.
Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis were examined in young healthy male volunteers before and after sauna baths. No consistent or periodical changes could be found. However on several days the increases of haemoglobin, platelet counts and factor VIII associated antigen and to a lesser degree of haematocrit, factor VIII, IX and XII reached statistical significance after sauna. The results suggest a tendency to an increased activity of the blood coagulation system.
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