Climatotherapy refers to temporary or permanent relocation of a patient to a region with a
climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologi ...
more favourable to recovery from or management of a condition. Examples include:
* The
partial pressure of oxygen is lower at high altitude, so person with
sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is known as sickle cell anaemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red b ...
might move to a lower altitude to reduce the number of sickle crises.
* Several sites around the world are advertised or studied as possibly of therapeutic benefit to patients with
psoriasis
Psoriasis is a long-lasting, noncontagious autoimmune disease characterized by raised areas of abnormal skin. These areas are red, pink, or purple, dry, itchy, and scaly. Psoriasis varies in severity from small, localized patches to complete ...
, most notably the
Dead Sea region.
Climatotherapy sites
National Psoriasis Foundation
See also
* Weather pains
* Meteoropathy
* Thalassotherapy
Thalassotherapy (from the Greek word ''thalassa'', meaning " sea") is the use of seawater as a form of therapy. Note: Thalasso therapy is a sub-definition under the listing for Thalasso. It also includes the systematic use of sea products and shor ...
References
Natural environment based therapies
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