Treatment in Pamukkale

Pamukkale is a resort area in Denizli province in southwestern Turkey. The resort is widely known for its unique landscape - a cascade of natural water reservoir-terraces decorated with snow-white calcite stalactites. These terraces are composed of travertine, a calcareous deposit of carbonic acid springs. Over many thousands of years, water from a geothermal spring with a temperature of 35.6 °C has flowed down the 70-meter-high hillside, depositing on it bit by bit the gel-like calcium carbonate - the basis of travertine. In total, Pamukkale has 17 thermal water springs with temperatures ranging from 35 °C to 100 °C, and people come here to treat diseases of the musculoskeletal system, skin, nervous system, and some heart diseases.

The website sanatoriums.com currently has no offers for Pamukkale resort. But as an alternative you can consider the resorts of Naftalan (Azerbaijan), Ein Bokek (Dead Sea, Israel), Smrdaki (Slovakia), Abano Terme (Italy) and Portoroz (Slovenia), which have similar indications for treatment. Use our search tool for more information on the treatment of a specific condition you are interested in. Similar in composition and properties mineral water with a high content of hydrocarbonates, sulfates, calcium and carbon dioxide is extracted and used in the treatment programs of the resorts of Karlovy Vary, Teplice, Rimske Terme. 

Composition and characteristics of Pamukkale thermal water 

Vacationers do not bathe directly in the cascades, there are practically not allowed visitors, so as not to inadvertently disrupt the chemical processes of calcium carbonate solidification. The main therapeutic procedure at the resort is bathing in natural and man-made swimming pools with thermal water, the main one is Cleopatra's pool, recreated in the middle of the 20th century on the site of ancient thermae. 

Chemical composition and properties of the thermal water in Cleopatra's pool: 

Carbon dioxide dissolved in water dilates blood vessels and is effective in some diseases of the cardiovascular system. Radon, contained in water in small quantities, has an analgesic effect and is effective in rheumatism. Also local thermal water accelerates wound healing, has an anti-inflammatory effect, has an immune-stimulating effect, has a positive effect on the mucous membranes of the respiratory system. Staying in the water positively affects the condition of patients with candidiasis, eczema, psoriasis. Bathing has a general strengthening and tonic effect, relieves chronic fatigue and stress.

Pamukkale thermal spring water is prescribed for internal use. At a temperature of about 35-36 °C, the water has a pleasant taste and has a healing effect on gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, constipation, gallbladder diseases, osteoporosis, myopathies. Taking water eliminates stomach spasms, improves kidney function, restores electrolyte balance, helps in the fight against obesity and migraines.

Treatment methods in Pamukkale 

Bathing in thermal pools and drinking cures are the basic procedures of all treatment programs in Pamukkale. Mud therapies play an important role in diseases of the skin and musculoskeletal system, and peloid therapy is often combined with water procedures, as the therapeutic mud is deposited directly on the bottom of the pools.

If we talk about procedures not related to natural therapeutic factors, the resort actively uses underwater massage, therapeutic showers, hardware physiotherapy, electrotherapy, classical massage, gymnastics in gyms and pools. In case of contraindications to mud treatment, it can be replaced by a softer treatment with paraffin.

Indications for the treatment in Pamukkale

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (practically all, special emphasis on cerebral palsy, arthroses, arthritis, spondylitis, osteoporosis and rheumatic diseases).
• Dermatologic diseases (neurodermatitis, scleroderma, eczema, psoriasis, candidiasis)
• Respiratory diseases (rhinitis, sinusitis, COPD, bronchial asthma)
• Diseases of the cardiovascular system (arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, hemorrhoids)
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, peptic ulcer, chronic constipation)
• Diseases of the nervous system (neuritis, paralysis, sleep disorders, stress, chronic fatigue)

Contraindications to treatment in Pamukkale

• Pregnancy
• Period of exacerbation of chronic diseases
• Epilepsy
• Alcoholism
• Drug addiction
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Heart failure