What is ozone therapy? This is a modern method of treating many diseases using ozone.
Modern medicine is developing and moving forward, offering new methods of treatment. The ozone therapy method is based on oxygen saturation of the body. How this happens depends on the health problem: using water, massage with oil, dropper or injection. Irrigation, rinsing, drinking physiological saline saturated with ozone is also ozone therapy, the indications for use of which are very diverse.
The range of effects on the body of ozone therapy is wide, it is used in various fields of medicine: surgery, neurology, gynecology, dermatology, as well as in the treatment of other diseases of various etiologies. Ozone therapy exerts analgesic, bactericidal, anti-stress, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects ; feedback on the successful use of ozone was heard back in the 70s of the last century.
Ozone is a form of oxygen, but a larger oxidizing agent than oxygen itself. As a result, ozone oxidizes substances that are inert to oxygen. Ozone acts as a stimulator of the body's forces, saturating the blood cells and tissues with oxygen.
A variety of ozone therapy techniques allows its use in all areas of medicine.
Ozone Therapy Techniques
General ozone therapy:
- autohemotherapy - ozone is mixed with venous blood and re-injected into the vein of the patient. Or ozonized saline for intravenous administration;
- small autohemotherapy: ozone is mixed with venous blood and injected intramuscularly.
Local ozone therapy:
- ozone reflexotherapy (the introduction of gaseous ozone under the skin);
- external methods (ozone therapy in the form of drinking and rinsing).
For a greater effect of the procedure and treatment of certain diseases, the general technique is combined with local methods.
Indications for use
Ozone therapy is used to treat alcohol dependence. Patient reviews confirm the high effectiveness of the treatment. The use of small or large autohemotherapy involves a fasting procedure, as well as abstinence from smoking after a session for 40 minutes. Importantly, ozone treatment is combined with other medications. In narcology, ozone therapy is considered the best method of detoxification.
Ozone is actively used in the treatment of diabetes. After the first procedures of general ozone therapy, a positive effect is observed, the level of glucose in the blood is reduced.
In cosmetology and dermatology, local exposure to ozone or intramuscular injections is more often used. The duration of treatment depends on the problem, sometimes it is advisable to conduct several procedures.
In obstetrics and gynecology in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, in dentistry and otorhinolaryngology, ozone therapy is used. Reviews of doctors and patients who have experienced the modern method of healing, speak of a beneficial effect on the whole body. The safety of the method confirms the successful use of ozone in obstetrics.
Contraindications
Despite the high effectiveness of such a treatment method as ozone therapy, reviews of the procedure are ambiguous in some cases. Ozone treatment has a number of contraindications. This procedure affects blood coagulation, is contraindicated in patients with hemophilia, or is possible while taking anticoagulants (aspirin). With thyroid problems, ozone therapy can also cause negative changes. Ozone treatment is incompatible with the use of alcohol, and the procedure is possible only after the removal of the hangover syndrome.
Before you go to the ozone treatment procedure, make sure that the ozonation installation meets the necessary requirements, and consult your doctor.