Hirudotherapy is a treatment with leeches. Such a healing method in modern medicine has found wide application. In this case, not any leeches are used, but only medical ones.
Hirudotherapy treatment is currently able to save a person from a huge number of diseases. Sometimes the use of this treatment method may be the patient's only hope for recovery. It is very important to note that treatment with hirudotherapy does not lead to negative consequences. With its help, you can treat not only adults, but also young children. First of all, it is recommended to undergo treatment with leeches to people who are prone to the development of stagnant phenomena in the body. This procedure copes with the treatment of mastopathy, hemorrhoids, varicose veins of the pelvis and legs, thrombophlebitis.
Complex hirudotherapy has worked well in the treatment of gynecological diseases: endometriosis, uterine fibroids, inflammatory processes, menstrual irregularities and menopausal disorders. She can even help women suffering from infertility.
Complex hirudotherapy is also actively used to prevent cardiovascular diseases, such as: hypertension, dystonia, angina pectoris, heart attack, stroke, etc. Skin diseases also recede under its influence: acne, psoriasis, dermatosis, furunculosis, lupus erythematosus, etc. This procedure has a pronounced effect in the treatment of trophic ulcers. Leeches help well in the fight against diathesis, stones, obesity and cellulite. Recently, medical workers have begun to actively use leeches in the treatment of diabetes, thyroid gland, eye diseases, otitis media and sinusitis.
It should be noted that hirudotherapy is not suitable for every person. This therapeutic technique also has contraindications, but there are very few of them. Leeches should not be treated for those people who have congenital blood clotting, suffer from hemophilia and anemia, in which a sharp decrease in the number of red blood cells occurs in the blood. Pregnant women are also prohibited from hirudotherapy. Contraindications for this group of patients should be strictly observed. The use of leeches in expectant mothers can lead to the development of individual intolerance to one or more components contained in the salivary glands of the leech.
What other contraindications exist when using a method called hirudotherapy? If the patient has a temperature, leeches can be performed, but very carefully. As a rule, after the procedure, it becomes easier for a person, but still, everyone should focus on personal well-being. For people suffering from hemophilia, preparations based on leech saliva extract are strictly contraindicated, as well as hirudotherapy. Contraindications say that people with this disease may have large blood loss after the procedure.
What is the effect of hirudotherapy? Leech when applied to the body gradually introduces the secretion of the salivary glands into the patient’s blood. About 50-70% of all active components contained in the fluid secreted by leeches are in the area of the diseased organ. Then the leech slowly begins the process of suctioning blood. After a bite, the treatment site can secrete lymph and blood for several days. One hirudotherapy session usually lasts no longer than an hour, although it is worth noting that the leeches themselves determine when treatment can be completed and fall away from the applied place. The duration and number of courses for each person is formed individually by specialists. It is usually enough to go through 8-12 sessions to feel the improvement. Conducting sessions is effective only three times a week. Hirudotherapy, which contraindications should be strictly observed, goes well with massage, herbal medicine and other various treatment methods.