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The Effects of Immersion in Dead Sea Water on Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

NCT01580852 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2019-04-05

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Summary

BACKGROUND: Bathing in sweet or mineral water can induce significant physiological changes in several body systems including the endocrine system. To date, there have only been a small number of reports that balneology can reduce blood sugar Levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM\].

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of a immersion in sweet or mineral water on blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 DM.

METHODS: Forty patients with type 2 DM will immerse in either sweet or mineral water twice daily. In both cases the water will be warmed to a temperature of 35 degrees C and the bath continue for 20 minutes.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Dead Sea water

Subjects will immerse in mineral (dead sea) waters for twenty minutes twice daily for a period of 10 days

PROCEDURE

Pool water

Subjects will immerse in sweet(pool)waters for twenty minutes twice daily for a period of 10 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Victor Novack

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Idit Liberty, MD · Soroka University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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