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Bathyhypesthesia
Impairment of sensitivity in muscles and other deep body structures.
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Bathyhyperesthesia
Excessive sensitivity of muscles and other deep body structures.
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Whirlpool bath
A therapeutic stainless steel, fiberglass, or plastic tank that uses turbines to agitate and aerate water into which the body, or part of it, is immersed. Tanks come in various sizes to accommodate treatment of different body parts (Hubbard and “low boy” tanks for full-body treatments or extremity tanks for arm or leg treatments). Water…
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Towel bath
A bath given by applying towels dipped in water 60° to 70°F (15.6° to 21.1°C) to the arms, legs, and anterior and posterior surfaces of trunk, and then removing the towels and drying the parts.
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Sweat bath
A bath given to induce perspiration.
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Sun bath
Exposure of all or part of the nude body to sunlight.
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Stimulating bath
A bath that increases cutaneous blood flow.
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Shower bath
Water sprayed down upon the body from an overhead source.
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Sheet bath
A bath given by wrapping the patient in a sheet previously dipped in water 80° to 90°F (26.7° to 32.2°C), and by rubbing the whole body with vigorous strokes on the sheet.
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Seawater bath
A prolonged warm bath. A continuous flow of water as well as an air cushion or back rest may be used.
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