{"id":2323,"date":"2021-04-15T17:47:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T10:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T10:56:43","slug":"frequent-hot-baths-tied-to-better-health-in-patients-with-t2d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/?p=2323","title":{"rendered":"Frequent hot baths tied to better health in patients with T2D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-header content-header\">\n<h1 class=\"title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"topic-authors\">\n<div class=\"author-profile\">\n<div class=\"author-name-light\">Elvira Manzano<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"date\">12 Oct 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-share-btn\">\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox hide-md\" data-url=\"https:\/\/specialty.mims.com\/topic\/frequent-hot-baths-tied-to-better-health-in-patients-with-t2d\" data-title=\"Frequent hot baths tied to better health in patients with T2D | Latest news for Doctors, Nurses and Pharmacists | Multidisciplinary \" data-description=\"Frequent hot baths tied to better health in patients with T2D\">\n<div id=\"atstbx\" class=\"at-share-tbx-element addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"at-188519ef-5b06-46fe-9017-2ab8a41e47ec\">\n<div class=\"at-share-btn-elements\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-detail-content\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Taking regular hot baths may have a positive impact on glycaemia, blood pressure (BP), and body weight among Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes(T2D), according to a real-world study touted as the first to analyse the effect of heat therapy in T2D.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur analysis demonstrated that the frequency of hot tub bathing could have beneficial influences on glucose control, hypertension, and obesity even after adjusting for confounding factors,\u201d said study investigator Dr Hisayuki Katsuyama from Kohnodai Hospital, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, who presented the findings as a poster at the recent EASD meeting, held virtually this year. [EASD 2020, abstract 342]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeat therapy in the form of hot tub bathing can be an effective therapeutic option for patients with T2D,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No large studies on hot baths in diabetes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Until the current study, there were no large studies looking at the effects of regular hot tub bathing on metabolic parameters in diabetes, said Katsuyama.<\/p>\n<p>A previous study in T2D patients showed a significant reduction in fasting glucose and HbA<sub>1c<\/sub>\u00a0\u00a0with hot tub therapy lasting 30 minutes each day for six days, and up to 3 weeks. Researchers said the benefits could be due to increased blood flow to the skeletal muscles. However, the study was small, with only eight patients included. [<em>N Engl J Med<\/em>\u00a01999;341:924-925]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the regular hot baths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking a regular hot bath is integral to Japanese.\u00a0Hot baths are thought to help improve blood circulation and relieve stress, among other benefits. This prompted Katsuyama to conduct the study in his own country.<\/p>\n<p>Using a self-reported questionnaire, he and his team investigated the frequency of hot-tub bathing in 1,297 Japanese patients with T2D who regularly visited the Kohnodai Hospital over 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Patients were divided into three groups based on the frequency of hot tub bathing: group 1 (\u22654 baths per week, n=693); group 2 (1 to &lt;4 baths per week, n=415); and group 3 (&lt;1 bath per week, n=189). Mean age of the patients was 67 years, weight was 67 kg. Mean BMI was 25.9 kg\/m<sup>2<\/sup>,\u00a0\u00a0and HbA<sub>1c<\/sub>\u00a0was 7.2 percent. There were more men than women (713 vs 584) in the cohort.<\/p>\n<p>The mean frequency of bathing was 4.2 times a week; mean duration of bathing was 16 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Patients who bathed more often (group 1) had lower BMI, waist circumference, diastolic BP, and HBA<sub>1c<\/sub>\u00a0compared to groups 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits may be similar to exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaily heat exposure by hot tub bathing may be beneficial particularly for patients who are unable to exercise,\u201d Katsuyama said. \u201cIt may be similar to the benefits they get from exercise,\u201d which may help to improve insulin sensitivity and enhance energy expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>He said the relatively large number of participants was a key strength of the study. One limitation though was the cross-sectional nature of the study. \u201cWe cannot guarantee causality, and various confounding factors, such as diet and other life habits, could influence the results,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>https:\/\/specialty.mims.com\/topic\/frequent-hot-baths-tied-to-better-health-in-patients-with-t2d?channel=multi-specialty&amp;elq_mid=53306&amp;elq_cid=40987<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elvira Manzano 12 Oct 2020 Taking regular hot baths may have a positive impact on glycaemia, blood pressure (BP), and body weight among Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes(T2D), according to a real-world study touted as the first to analyse the effect of heat therapy in T2D. \u201cOur analysis demonstrated that the frequency of hot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/?p=2323\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frequent hot baths tied to better health in patients with T2D<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitefer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}