- Karlovy Vary
Thermal bath in Karlovy Vary
Thermal baths have on the body at the same time mechanical, thermal and chemical effects. Mechanical due to hydrostatic effect, which improves blood microcirculation in the body. The warmth of the water heats the internal organs, improves metabolism, has an analgesic effect. Chemicals contained in thermal water, affect the skin reflexively, irritating the nerve endings, and humoral, that is, penetrate the skin, saturating the blood. In addition, the patient, while in the bath, inhales the vapors of thermal water that are useful in terms of the effects on the respiratory organs. Please note that depending on the resort, this procedure can be carried out both on the basis of natural thermal water, and on the basis of thermal water, which is diluted with plain water.