Ozone therapy treatment by neurosurgeon in Barranquilla

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Author: Dr. Néstor Wilfrido Perez Mejia Modified date: 07/06/2022

What is Ozone Therapy?

In Ozone Therapy, Medical Ozone is used as a biological medicine, which is suitable and safe to be applied in the treatment of chronic pain and various diseases related to cell damage due to excess free radicals (oxidative stress).

Ozone therapy is administered with a mixture of two gases: 95% medicinal oxygen and 5% ozone, which is what gives it therapeutic properties.

Medical ozone has antiseptic properties (it is one of the most powerful germicides, acting against fungi, bacteria and viruses), analgesic and anti-inflammatory, modulating and stimulating the immune system and also improves peripheral circulation and tissue oxygenation because it favors the transfer of oxygen by hemoglobin and reduces oxidative stress... and all of this has a positive impact on our health.

What is Ozone Therapy for?

Thanks to the medical properties of ozone, Ozone Therapy can be used for many problems.

Ozone therapy is mainly used for the treatment of pain and chronic inflammation. In addition, it can be very useful in the treatment of patients suffering from processes related to the alteration of the cellular oxidation-reduction balance, that is, with an excess of free radicals. These include, fundamentally, chronic inflammation of any nature, immune processes, ischemic processes and infectious processes.

Currently, ozone therapy is used to correct herniated discs, back pain and lumbago, osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, sports injuries, canal stenosis (narrowing of the lumbar canal of the spine), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, wounds or ulcers that do not heal with conventional treatments, eczema, herpes simplex and zoster, skin problems, complications of diabetes, atherosclerosis, headaches of various kinds and as support treatment in oncology and against cellulite and obesity.< /p>

But it is also indicated for all those people concerned about their health and who emphasize prevention, and also for those who endure a lot of stress, whether work or personal.

Ozone therapy has so many uses for our health that here at Doctor Ozono we can advise you and provide you with more information.

What are the benefits of Ozone Therapy in our body?

Oxygenating: Increases the blood's capacity to absorb and transport more oxygen throughout the body, improving circulation and functions in general.
Energizing: Delivers energy directly and stimulates the use of sugars, a fundamental source of energy for the functioning of all the cells of the body.
Revitalizing: Promotes the functional recovery of many patients affected by degenerative diseases. Slows down cellular aging processes.
Antiradical: (scavenger of free radicals). It is the only means capable of stimulating all the antiradical enzymes that are responsible for eliminating free radicals and other dangerous oxidants from the body.
Immuno-modulator: It is capable of stimulating the immune defenses in immunosuppressed patients and of modulating the exacerbated immune reactions that produce the so-called autoimmune diseases.
Regenerative and healing: Promotes the regeneration of different types of tissue, very useful in the healing of difficult-to-heal injuries, in ulcerations of various types, in joint tissues, in aesthetic medicine, etc.
Analgesic and anti-inflammatory: It acts by neutralizing neurochemical mediators of pain and facilitates the metabolism and elimination of inflammatory mediators.
Germicide: Inactivates or eliminates all types of pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Revitalizer: Mitigates tiredness and improves chronic fatigue. Tired, sore and lacking energy muscles are reactivated with ozone therapy.

What are the main effects of ozone?

Ozone stimulates the production of leukocytes, essential cells in the defense against infections and cancer.
Ozone elevates interferons, globular proteins that play an important role in the immune response.
Ozone increases Tumor Necrosis Factor levels, preventing tumor growth and metastatic cells.
Ozone stimulates the secretion of Interleukin-2 (IL-2), a fundamental cytokine in the immune system.
Ozone kills most bacterial cells at low concentrations.
Ozone is effective in any type of fungal infection.
In the face of viruses, ozone breaks down the constituents of DNA, causing it to deactivate and preventing its multiplication.
Ozone is antineoplastic, inhibiting the growth of new tissue in rapidly growing (cancerous) cells.
Ozone dissolves the atheromatous plaque (responsible for arteriosclerosis) by oxidation, improving the oxygenation of the body.
Ozone improves the rheological properties of blood, increasing the elasticity and flexibility of red blood cells and improving circulation and preventing thrombosis.
Ozone accelerates the Krebs Cycle, increasing glycolysis and therefore the production of energy in the form of ATP.
Ozone stimulates antioxidant enzyme systems.
Ozone degrades petrochemicals, which are potentially dangerous to the immune system or worsen allergic diseases.

Is ozone therapy useful for pain?

Frequent ozone is administered intra-articularly, that is, inside the painful joints. But, it can also be administered intramuscularly, paravertebral, subcutaneously, in tendon sheaths, among others. Very small gauge needles are normally used to deliver ozone into these structures.

On painful areas, Ozone Therapy has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect through the reduction of prostaglandins, which are responsible for inflammatory phenomena and pain; of the regulation of cytokines, involved in osteoarthritis; and of the regenerating and oxidizing action by acting on free radicals. It can also improve oxygen perfusion to affected tissues.

What are the benefits of using ozone therapy instead of treatments such as corticosteroids?

The therapy has benefits compared to other treatments such as corticosteroids.

For example:

Does not weaken ligaments and tendons.
It cannot form crystals that could make the pain worse.
Improves local oxygenation, necessary in patients with hip necrosis.
It does not alter the stability of other medical pathologies (diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, obesity, anxiety disorders, gastric disorders).
There is no limit on the number of applications.
Infiltration is less painful as the needles are finer.
Does not trigger painful reactions due to drug intolerance.

All inflammatory pains in joints, tendons or fasciae as well; such as osteoarthritis, tendonitis or plantar fasciitis can be treated with ozone therapy.

Ozone therapy is also indicated for lumbar and radicular pain due to back pathologies (herniated discs, disc protrusions, degenerative disc disease, canal stenosis). Likewise, in pain with muscle involvement.

Does Ozone Therapy cause allergies?

No. Ozone is a natural gas that protects us from the harmful rays of the sun, another important thing is that ozone is an enhanced oxygen. Has anyone heard of oxygen allergy? Of course, it is important to have a serious professional who makes the correct administration, with the appropriate concentration and following strict treatment protocols.

Does Ozone Therapy cure everything?

Ozone is wonderful, it gives incredible results but it does not work miracles and for its result to be really effective, the patient needs to understand its role in the treatment. This means that, like any other medical treatment, it is necessary to make important changes in habits: in eating, leading a sedentary lifestyle and in those that are necessary to preserve your health and accompany the good course of therapy.

Does Ozone Therapy have scientific proof?

Yes, there are more than 50,000 scientific articles published. This practice is well documented and in several countries of the world there are true Ozone Therapy centers.

Ozone does what we call the vaccine effect in our body, that is, it drives your own body to activate metabolic mechanisms of physiological reaction.

Why schedule an appointment with Dr. Néstor Perez for ozone therapy?

Dr. Néstor Pérez is a Neurosurgeon with 30 years of experience, a specialist in Ozone Therapy.

Treatment with ozone therapy is becoming more widespread and there is scientific evidence of long-term superiority in low back pain compared to other types of treatment.

The positive results, together with the safety of the technique and the feared complications of surgery, mean that more and more authors consider conservative treatments with ozone therapy, whether paravertebral or intradiscal, to be the first choice.

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