Abstract

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality worldwide and constitutes a serious clinical and social problem.
Aim: To present the possibility of using selected hydroterapeutic procedures in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Material: The paper presents treatment outcomes of 80 patients with grade 1/2 hypertension who underwent a series of procedures involving water jets at alternating temperatures.
Results: After treatment with water jets at alternating temperatures, the blood pressure of patients with hypertension returned to normal.
Conclusion: a) Selected hydroterapeutic procedures may be more widely used to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.
b) There is an urgent need to promote the use of these procedures, both among doctors and the general public.

Keywords:Hypertension; Prevention; Treatment; Hydroterapeutic procedure