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Spa treatments of adults

The natural iodine spa Číž is the only one in Slovakia which uses natural mineral iodine-bromine water for healing.

In the spa are cured:

  • diseases from metabolic and endocrine disorders
  • nervous diseases
  • diseases of locomotive organs
  • gynecological diseases
  • occupational diseases

The effects of iodine on the human organism

Lack of iodine in the organism can cause thyroid disorders – goiter and hypothyroidism (physical and mental development disorders). Elementar iodine has an ability of sublimation and it contributes to creation of a rich iodine microclimate  in the balneological operation  and it allows an effective inhalation of the clients during their staying in an iodine environment. It interferes in the metabolism of lipid, sugar, protein with a direct effect and through thyroid hormones, it reduces the cholesterol concentration in the serum, and slows down the  formation of arteriosclerosis. A swelling effect on the collagen and elastic structures of the wessel wall causes their vasodilation (widening), improves blood circulation, helps healing the wounds, is anti-inflamatory, softens the painful swellings in  the synovial and ligamentous joint apparatus, decelerates the degenerative processes of the spine and joints. It has an antiseptic and disinfectant effect. Iodine increases the level of calcium in the blood and its stowing in the bones –it is used for osteoporoses, osteonecrosis, bone tuberculosis, for diseases of airways connected with production of thick phlegm – it dissolves phlegm and eases its  expectoration.  Well-known is its antisclerotic and anti-inflamatory effect. Iodine accelerates the resorption of inflamatory exudates.

During the spa treatment it is absorbed by:

  • the mucosa of the airways ( inhalation )
  • the mucosa of the digestive system ( drinking cure)
  • the skin

Iodine water has beneficial effects as well for treatment of sclerosis multiplex.

Healing water

The mineral spring  is an unusual and unreplaceable gift of the nature. For each country where it occurs, it has a huge medical, economic, social and  historic significance. In this direction Slovakia is especially a lucky country because there are only a few countries which would have as various mineral springs on a small area. The natural healing water is microbiologically unobjectionable ground water which has proven healing effects for its chemical and physical features which can be used for prevention, healing and rehabilitation. In the meaning of the notion „ chemical quality“ we understand a dispersive physico-chemical system with concrete  features and biological effects resulting from them. The chemical features  (chemical quality) of natural healing and natural mineral water are the reflections of their chemical composition, resp. mineralization. As natural healing iodine water can be labelled a type of natural water which fulfills  the following conditions:

  • it contains at least 2,0 mg of iodine in one litre,
  • is has proven steady healing effects,
  • is satisfies the required hygiene norms,
  • it is usable in their original state or after the modification which do not disrupt its healing effect

Healing fountain HYGIEA

With its healing effects and balneological values this water belongs to the rarest ones in Europe. The mineral water is abundant in salt, iodine and bromine which occur rarely in mineral waters. It belongs to salty ones and its origin is connected with the occurence of oil fields. It is used for drinking cure. Three preserved certificates of the water quality certifies that the Číž water belongs to the world uniques, one from Budapest (1896), one from Brussels (1987) and the most significant is from the world exhibition in St. Luis (the USA 1904).

The characterization of the mineral water from Hygiea spring

Natural, healing, heavily  mineralised, iodine-bromine, sodium-chlorine, hypotonic water with the temperature of 14°C and pH 7,3. It is hygienically unobjectionable  with an increased content of lithium  and bromine. The total  mineralization of the water is 11 318 mg/l.

Spring BČ 5

It is a really highly mineralized , chlorine, sodium, ferrous water with an increased content of boron and lithium. The water is cold, weakly alkaline, hypertonic. The temperature of  the water is 11,9 °C and pH 7,48. The total mineralization of the water is 30 019 mg/l. The content of iodide  is 93,75 mg/l and magnesium 322 mg/l. It is used only for outer balneotherapy.

WELL BČ 3

In 2010 The Natural Iodine spa in Číž achieved another very perspective source of natural mineral water, well BČ3. With is features it fulfills the parameters of natural water. There were carried out some hydrodynamic tests on the BČ3 well , its purpose was to verify  the substantiality of geothermal waters. On the basis of the implemented monitoring analysis of the geothermal water from the well BČ 3 it is a medium up to heavily mineralized carbon,  hydrogen sulphide  water of Ca-Mg-HCO3 type, with a substantiality of 2,66l/s and water temperature of 31,8 °C. The mineralization of the water is 4826 mg/l. Nowadays the  iodine water from the Hygiea well is filled and sold as a nasal spray for prevention from non-inflammatory diseases of upper respiratory airways.