Recently, it has become very popularacquires hirudotherapy - treatment with leeches. Although, strictly speaking, in this case the folk wisdom is true that everything new is a long-forgotten old, because this method of treatment has been used for more than one or two centuries. However, many people are interested in what contraindications hirudotherapy has, and for what diseases it is most effective. This is what will be discussed below. Not every leech caught in the nearest body of water is suitable for treating certain diseases. Special medical leeches are used for hirudotherapy, which are grown on specialized medical farms. The main advantage of such medical leeches is their complete sterility, due to which the possibility of infection of a sick person is excluded. Any leech is used only once, after which it is disposed of. By the way, leeches have another amazing ability - they are able to sense any disease. And because of this, they work specifically with the diseased organ or tissue, which allows making the treatment truly effective - the result of hirudotherapy will be noticed very quickly.
Indications for treatment with leeches
Today, leech therapyis used for a huge number of different diseases. In some cases, leeches can even help to get rid of the need for surgical intervention. And for many people, hirudotherapy is the only chance and hope for recovery. Although, alas, in the case of particularly severe diseases, leech treatment is only psychological help. But who knows - perhaps this hope will allow a person to overcome his disease? After all, even official medicine admits that sometimes the patient's desire and hope work real miracles - the most terrible and incurable diseases mysteriously recede. In addition, an important advantage of this type of treatment is the complete absence of side effects and an extremely small number of contraindications. Hirudotherapy is successfully used even to treat small children. So, the indications:
The principle of hirudotherapy
Therapeutic effect is achieved with hirudotherapythanks to the components that are part of the leech saliva. These substances, by the nature of their effect on the human body, can be divided into three groups. The first group effectively stimulates the immune system, has a bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect. The second group of active substances has a positive effect on the walls of blood vessels, strengthening them and increasing their strength. Well, the third group of substances affects the lymph flow and blood movement, prevents any stagnation.
Contraindications to hirudotherapy
As mentioned above, hirudotherapy hasindications and contraindications. The indications have already been discussed above, now it's time to talk about the cases in which leech treatment is contraindicated and may pose a threat to a sick person. Fortunately, there are few such cases:
A good doctor knows all the features of suchtreatment method, such as hirudotherapy: indications, contraindications. And he will be able to prescribe a course of treatment in such a way that it will bring maximum benefit to the patient. We recommend reading:
