Delwa-Star Thermo Therapy Unit

[critthinker]

After not receiving any benefit from hot baths, I recently made an interesting discovery. I was spending time in a hot tub with a friend and since we were having a good conversation, I decided to stay in the hot tub for longer than usual (an hour instead of 20-30 min). I felt much better afterward, and I now believe that, at least for me, there's a huge difference between 20 min and 60 min of continuous heat stimulation.

I plan to take hot baths every day now for an hour, but I'm wondering if there isn't an easier way to get the same result. I recently came across something interesting and wanted to hear your take on it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XW ... ag=cp58-20

First, does anyone have any firsthand experience with a product similar to this? Second, what are your thoughts on "dry" heat vs. "wet" (hot bath) heat?

I also found something fascinating:

"The Journal Of Urology, Volume 25, No. 6, printed in 1936, contained a study from the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, which described “striking success” using heat in the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease and “uniformly good results in acutely inflamed prostates.""

It came from the following link: http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=medli ... 2529-0700D

Also, see page 2 of this doc:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/101/21/1658.full.pdf

And this doc:
http://www.anaturalcure.com/mambo/index ... f=1&id=295

[webslave]

I edited the title of this thread to make it searchable for other members looking to buy this unit.

Heat is a tried and trusted remedy for this condition, dating back tens and maybe hundreds of years. Sitz baths were prescribed for prostatitis in some of the earliest medical textbooks.

We also have a thread on heating pads.
viewtopic.php?t=192

[CMT23]

I'm wondering if anyone has used this and if so, how it went. Heating up the pelvis from the inside definitely sounds interesting.

Edit: Went ahead and ordered one today. Will let you know how it goes.

[CMT23]

FYI - been using this 4 or 5 times a week for 6 weeks or so. No noticeable improvement yet.

[fobo]

lol I remember this device 2 years ago. There is a doctor in my country (I think the only one) which uses this as part of his approach (10 days)
- Injection of antibiotics from the anus.
- Heating up the area inside for 35-40 minutes with Delwa-Star Eco Therm
- Massage on the area inside with another electric instrument for 10min

No improvements as you said. I would feel better just having a talk with him about this condition, than using those instruments :)

[CMT23]

Yes I thought it would be interesting to warm the muscles from the inside, but no success yet.

[amsacra]

Hi Fobo, I wonder if the doctor you mentioned is Alqi Gjikondi, who claims a high rate cure within Albania...

[fobo]

Hi Fobo, I wonder if the doctor you mentioned is Alqi Gjikondi, who claims a high rate cure within Albania...

Yes, it's him.