FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to experimental biology and medicine and can be used for preventing autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis in rats in an experiment. The method includes protection of connective tissue using mineral water. In order to prevent autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis modelled by subcutaneous injection of Freund's adjuvant into the hind limb, carbonated natural mineral hydrocarbonate sodium and calcium water "Tib-1" is used, diluted with distilled water in a ratio of 1:2, consumed by the experimental animals as drinking water daily for two weeks as calculated for at least 87.3 ml/kg of body weight of the animal.
EFFECT: use of the invention allows for a reduction in the risks of disorders of the musculoskeletal system and extension of the period of active living of animals due to the modification of the dystrophic changes characteristic of autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis from the effect of therapeutic table mineral water "Tib-1".
1 cl, 2 dwg, 1 tbl
