Ozone therapy is basically a treatment method used to use ozone gas to heal wounds or diseases in the body or to accelerate healing.
Ozone is a colorless and odorless gas and consists of 3 oxygen atoms. It is aimed to cure diseases by using its feature of activating the immune system. It is also used to clean the infected area from infection and accelerate healing.
How Does Ozone Therapy Work?
Ozone therapy corrects unhealthy cellular processes in the body. For example, it prevents bacteria that have entered the body from multiplying rapidly in the tissues. Research has shown that ozone therapy has an important place in the treatment of the following infections.
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Bacteria
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Virus
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Fungi
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Yeast
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Protozoans
Ozone therapy also plays a role in removing infected cells from the body. When the body eliminates damaged and infected cells, it produces healthy and new ones instead. This is the main purpose of ozone therapy treatment.
What are the diseases for which ozone therapy is used?
Respiratory problems: Patients with respiratory problems receive ozone therapy. They benefit significantly from therapy. Ozone therapy reduces stress on the lungs by allowing more oxygen to mix with the blood.
Patients with Diabetes: Since vascular and cell regeneration is reduced in patients with diabetes, serious wounds may occur on the feet. This situation is due to oxidative stress occurring in the body. If ozone therapy helps deliver clean oxygen to tissues and cells, the harmful effects of oxidative stress can be avoided.
Immune diseases: Psoriasis. Ozone therapy may be beneficial for people with immune disorders such as eczema. Because, as we mentioned above, ozone helps regulate the immune system.
How is ozonetherapy applied?
There are more than one method by which ozonetherapy can be applied. The professional who will perform the procedure will make the necessary evaluation for your disease and general condition and decides the method.
Direct application to the tissue: If there is a problem with a limb such as an arm or leg, or if ozone treatment is planned for a wound, this method can be used. This method can also be used in conditions that affect the surface of the skin, such as psoriasis or eczema. In this method, ozone gas is applied directly to the wound or affected body part. The gas is administered to the area to be applied through a protective cover.
Intravenous (intravenous): It can be used in the treatment of diseases such as the HIV virus.
Intramuscular (Intramuscular): This method can be used in the treatment of a possible muscle disease or infection. Before injection, ozone gas is mixed with your blood or sterile water.
Side effects
Ozone therapy is not a treatment method that has wide usage areas today. Because ozone gas has an unstable structure. For this reason, it may cause unexpected side effects.
Exposure to high levels of oxygen can destroy red blood cells. Therefore, the ozone gas given to the patient should be closely monitored.
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