[Effects of subacute treatment with S. Croce water from the Sponga Springs in a group of dyspeptic patients]

Clin Ter. 1997 Dec;148(12):609-16.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors have appraised, in a group of 20 patients suffering from "non-ulcer, non-reflux dyspepsia", the therapeutical action and tolerance of the oligomineral Santa Croce water from the Sponga spring administered at a dose of 500 mL with the main meals up to an overall quantity of 1.5 L per day for ten days. When compared with a comparable control group, taking fairly mineralized water of known composition and free of contaminants, the group of patients treated showed a significant reduction both in the number and intensity of the symptoms marking the dyspeptic condition including above all pyrosis and sensation of epigastric heaviness and laborious digestion. As a first hypothesis, the hydropinic treatment might have indirectly favoured post-prandial gastric emptying, through an action of reduction of endogastric osmolarity and pH. The only collateral effect, reported by only five subjects, consisted of an annoying pollakiuria and nycturia.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Dyspepsia / therapy*
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Middle Aged
  • Mineral Waters / administration & dosage
  • Mineral Waters / adverse effects
  • Mineral Waters / therapeutic use*
  • Time Factors
  • Urination Disorders / etiology

Substances

  • Mineral Waters