慢性呼吸器疾患の温泉療法 ―1987年度入院症例を対象に―

1987年1月より12月までの1年間に当院へ入院した慢性呼吸器疾患患者52例を対象に，その背景因子，免疫アレルギー学的要素および温泉療法の臨床効果について検討を加えた。1．対象52例のうちわけは，気管支喘息37例，瀰漫性汎細気管支炎3例，慢性咳嗽3例，アレルギー性肉芽腫性血管炎2例，慢性気管支炎2例，過敏性肺臓炎2例，気管支拡張症，肺気腫，広汎性肺結核症各1例であった。2．これら52症例のうち，温泉療法を受けた症例は36例（69.2％）であった。3．対象症例の地域分布と温泉療法を受けた症例との関係では，鳥取県内の入院症例（26例）で温泉療法を受けた症例は11例（42.3％）であり，県外（遠隔地）からの入院症例（26例）で温泉療法を受けた症例は25例（96.2％）であった。4．温泉療法の臨床効果では，気管支喘息では30例中25例（83.3％）で有効であり，その他1瀰漫性汎細気管支炎，アレルギー性肉芽腫性血管炎，気管支拡張症などで有効であった。

Backgrounds, immunoallergological characteristics and clinical effects of apa therapy were examined in patients with chronic respiratory diseases admitted at Misasa Branch Hospital in 1987. 1. Fifty five patients with chronic respiratory diseases comprised 37 patients with bronchial asthma, 3 with diffuse panbronchiolitis, 3 with chronic cough, 2 with allergic granulomatous angitis, 2 with chronic bronchitis, 2 with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, each 1 with bronchiectasia, pulmonary emphysema and lung tuberculosis. 2. Thirty six patients (69.2%) out of the 52 cases had spa therapy. 3. Out of 22 patients coming from Tottori prefecture, 11 cases (42.3%) received spa therapy. On the other hand, spa therapy was carried out for 25 cases (96.2%) out of the 26 cases coming from the other prefectures (long distant areas). 4. Spa therapy was effective in 25 cases (83.3%) out of the 30 patients with bronchial asthma. Spa therapy was also effective for patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis, allergic granulomatous angitis and bronchiectasia.