Treatment with leeches: hirudotherapy

Treatment with leeches

Irina18.02.2016 Treatment of leeches

Dear readers, today we will continue talking with you about the treatment with leeches, or as it is called scientifically called hirudotherapy.

I told you already about the benefits of hirudotherapy, we learned the peculiarities of this method of naturotherapy, about indications and contraindications, what you should pay attention to if you are going to such a session.

Today we will talk in more detail about how the treatment session itself is going and also about what diseases can be treated with medical leeches.

Perhaps, this treatment sounds scary, (the word "leech" of many scares), but I think it deserves our attention as an alternative treatment without medicines for many diseases.

Medical leech. Composition of saliva

Let's talk first about what the saliva of a leech is. It has a very rich chemical composition, due to which there is a multifaceted therapeutic effect on the human body.

But, unfortunately, it has not been sufficiently studied yet.

Although the beginning of this process was laid back at the end of the XIX century, at the moment, 20 biological components in its composition have been thoroughly described and this is far from the limit! Microelements in the saliva of the leech are more than 100. Let's consider some of them:

• Hirudindilutes the blood, improves blood circulation, dissolves the already existing thrombi and prevents formation, has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.
• Апиразаremoves from the blood substances that promote the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
• Destabilase(a complex of substances) dissolves existing thrombi and prevents the formation of new ones.
• Hyaluronidasefacilitates resorption of adhesions and scars.
• Eglin(group of substances) reduce inflammation and tissue damage, have a therapeutic effect in rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lung diseases, etc.
• Bradykinins(group of substances) are anti-inflammatory.

Treatment with leeches. Session hirudotherapy. Benefit and harm

How does the hirudotherapy session occur? First of all, before the procedure, it is forbidden to take a bath or shower with fragrant soap, use a deodorant,

Leeches are very sensitive to odor and can refuse to suck.

Places where leeches will be planted, processed immediately before the session: if there is hair, they are shaved, the skin is washed with warm water and soap without a smell and wipes with sterile cotton tampons.

The patient is conveniently located: he should feel relaxed and calm. Under the area where leeches will be located, an oilcloth and diaper are put, and the skin in the places of application is moistened with a sterile glucose solution for better sucking.

The leech is put into the tube with its tail down, applied to the point of impact and waiting for it to stick. Under the tail of the worm, it is necessary to put a piece of waxed paper or cotton wool, since otherwise it can be attached to the second sucker that it has there.

Animals are kept until full saturation, sometimes up to 60 minutes, and in some cases, forcibly taken away: this depends on the method of treatment for each individual disease.

Since the leeches do not tolerate sharp odors, we take out the weed by bringing a piece of cotton wool soaked in alcohol to the worm. When animals bite, they themselves fall away.

Bites from bites are covered with a sterile cotton-gauze dressing and fixed. Blood from the wound can drain up to a day - this is normal. If the dressing is soaked with blood, then it is not removed, but a new one is fixed on top.

A day later, the bandage is removed and, if the blood stops, then the wound is treated with a disinfectant solution, for example, iodine, and covered with a new sterile bandage for another 1-2 days.

It is very important not to infect the wound.

If the wounds continue to bleed 24 hours after the session, the blood should be stopped, for which it is necessary to drop a couple drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide solution.

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Then the places of bites are also covered with a sterile bandage.
Careful care should be taken to avoid infection. Usually 2-3 days later they heal.

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Treatment with leeches. Indications and contraindications

What treats hirudotherapy? Hirudotherapy is effectively used to treat a number of diseases:

• cardiovascular,
• gynecological and urological,
• GIT,
• ENT,
• dermatological,
• metabolic disorders,
• thyroid gland,
• various diseases of the spine and joints,
• eye diseases,
• diseases of the nervous system,
• to enhance immunity,
• normalization of the work of the whole organism as a whole.

Treatment with leeches. Harm. Contraindications

I always talk about our wisdom. First of all, you need to find a competent doctor and discuss everything with him. He will ask you all the questions, give recommendations depending on the picture of diseases and health problems. Will tell you how many sessions need to pass.

Treatment with leeches has a number of contraindications. It:

• poor blood clotting,
• severe anemia (hemoglobin level below 100 g / l),
• presence in the recent past or ongoing bleeding, including internal chronic,
• cachexia,
• individual intolerance or allergy to treatment with leeches.

Let's see the video. That's what doctors say about the treatment with leeches.

What can be the reaction after a hirudotherapy session?

Many people complain that after a certain number of sessions hirudotherapy they began to feel bad, and the places of bites burn, itch, etc. and because of this stop treatment.

A good doctor is obliged to warn about a possible such a reaction of the organism.

This effect is called pre-reaction and occurs 12 to 14 hours after the 3 procedure and can include:

• itching,
• puffiness,
• increase in temperature at sites of bites of leeches,
• local temperature rise,
• an increase in the surrounding lymph nodes,
• increased body temperature,
• myalgia,
• deterioration of general well-being.

Such a reaction is observed in mild form in 85% of patients, and the doctor - girudoterapevt should give recommendations on facilitating its course.

Many people consider such a reaction allergic and stop treatment, but in fact it is not so: thus demonstrates the process of activation of the immune system, there may also be an exacerbation of some of the patient's diseases. Once again I will say that this is normal: only 9% of patients do not experience any unpleasant sensations!

Hirudotherapy for the heart and blood vessels

As already mentioned, the composition of saliva leech primarily affects its blood and blood vessels, and, consequently, the heart. Hirudotherapy is used to treat the following cardiovascular diseases:

• hemorrhoids,
• atherosclerosis,
• thrombophlebitis,
• ischemic stroke,
• hypertension,
• lymphostasis,
• phlebeurysm,
• thrombosis of blood vessels.

In addition to medicinal purposes leeches are used as a preventive agent, as they purify and restore the circulatory system, remove toxins from the body, improve metabolism. The number of leeches and the place of their setting are determined by the doctor on the basis of tests and depending on the disease.

Treatment of varicose veins with leeches

For example, in varicose veins, it is very important to begin treatment at earlier stages of the disease. The session is conducted only under the supervision of a physician. Leeches put in staggered order at a distance of 2-10 cm.

from a sick vein, but in no case on the veins or venous nodes.

As a result, inflammation, itching, heaviness, burning, convulsions, blood thinning, microcirculation improves, clots dissolve, walls of blood vessels strengthen.

Hirudotherapy in gynecology. Hirudotherapy infertility

Widespread use hirudotherapy found in gynecology, including for the treatment of infertility.

It should be understood that if a woman does not have ovaries, a uterus or other organs, the leeches will naturally not be able to help her.

If the cause of infertility are such diseases as endometriosis, adhesions in the tubes and uterus, inflammatory processes, fibroids, hormonal imbalance, the chance to become a mother repeatedly increases.

Due to substances in the saliva of leeches, stagnant phenomena disappear, inflammation disappears, tubes, nutrition of the pelvic organs, blood circulation, the number of hormones is normalized, strengthens immunity. All this contributes to the restoration of the reproductive system of a woman and prepares her body for the conception and safe bearing of the child.

Treatment leech joints and spine. Hirudotherapy with cervical osteochondrosis

At present, more than 90% of the working population suffers from spine diseases, and if they connect joint diseases here, the picture appears quite depressing. Hirudotherapy is successfully used to treat the following diseases of this group:

• arthritis,
• arthrosis,
• radiculitis,
• back pain,
• hernia of the spine,
• osteochondrosis,
• deformation of joints with gout.

Most people do not even suspect that many diseases in the human body arise from problems with the spine.

Due to the treatment with leeches, blood circulation improves, stagnant phenomena disappear, slags and toxins are removed, to damaged tissues begins oxygen and useful substances that help their recovery, reduces swelling of nearby areas, there is an unblocking of the nervous endings. When complete treatment is performed, the damaged intervertebral discs are often restored.

Leech leech can be of great help in the presence of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, which is most painful. After treatment, people, except for those already listed, get rid of spasms, feelings of squeezing, inhibition, constant headaches, insomnia.

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Treatment with leeches - list of diseases, procedure and possible complications, reviews and prices

Hirudotherapy sessions or treatment with leeches is a method of alternative medicine that is aimed at combating a variety of diseases: gynecological, venous, urological, etc.To conduct therapy can only girudoterapevt - a doctor who specializes in this topic. In the first session, the presence of an allergy to the leech in the patient is checked.

What is the treatment with leeches?

What is hirudotherapy? This is a known method (science) of treatment with leeches, without the use of additional drugs or equipment.

The procedure is painless and has no side effects with proper treatment (the patient can only feel a bite - a bit more painful than a mosquito).

Leeches in the process of sucking off the blood secrete active substances, which have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the immune and vascular systems. The session lasts about an hour.

The size of the leech is small at first, then it sucks out 5-10 ml of blood and grows, then disappears from the human body. From this moment and up to 24 hours after, the blood continues to ooze - a sterile dressing is applied to the wound site.

If you simultaneously use 5 worms, the indicator will increase to 200-250 ml.As a result, there is a long hours of bloodletting, veins are loaded, microcirculation of tissues, cell exchange improves, stagnation of lymph is eliminated.

The use of medical worms is associated with the maintenance in their saliva of a variety of enzymes that have medicinal properties, enhance immunity.

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The properties of their saliva are applicable in diseases that are accompanied by severe inflammatory processes, worsening of blood flow and increased permeability of tissues. Inflammation leads to a decrease in the concentration of the drug in the outbreak. The problem is solved by increasing the amount of funds.

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The action of leeches is to improve blood circulation in the areas of the disease, increase the concentration of drugs in the outbreak.

Healing worm can harm a person.This happens in home treatment and without the supervision of a specialist. Among the characteristics that are harmful to humans, the following are distinguished:

• The body of the worm contains a bacterium that protects it from diseases. Getting into the blood of a person, a microorganism can cause upset of the gastrointestinal tract and poisoning.
• Leeches can tolerate diseases. The patient's blood remains on the jaw of the worm, and when the bite of the disease can be transmitted to another person.
• Because of the dilution of blood, which is provided by the enzymes of saliva leech, the wound can bleed for more than a day. In such cases, professional medical care is needed.

Benefits for women

Pathologies on the gynecological part can be treated with leeches. Among the diseases that gynecologists recommend to treat hirudotherapy, the following:

• Inflammatory processes, stagnation of blood in the veins of the pelvis, malfunctions of menstruation.
• postpartum spikes on mucous female genital organs. Several courses of hirudotherapy are used with a long break between them.
• Urination with painful sensations. This phenomenon often worries women against hormonal failure. With this, the course of hirudotherapy helps to fight. The first session is prescribed a few days before the start of menstruation, then every day until the symptom disappears.
• Cysts on the surface of the ovaries. Treatment hirudotherapy is used to get rid of fluid cysts, and the result is noticeable from the first session. One short course eliminates the problem and slows the growth of new formations.

Indications for hirudotherapy

What is treated with leeches?Therapy is used for a variety of diseases that are treated with hormonal, antibacterial drugs. Among them are such diseases and health problems:

• arthritis;
• atherosclerosis;
• hypertension;
• stroke and complications after it;
• allergic reactions;
• infertility;
• bronchial asthma;
• osteochondrosis;
• uterine myoma;
• endometriosis;
• edema and hematoma after injection (for recovery);
• Breast mastopathy;
• hemorrhoids;
• eye diseases;
• pathology of the dermatological part;
• metabolic disease;
• varicose veins.

Varicose veins are a disease associated with the malfunction of the valves of the veins, but not with the viscosity of the blood. In this regard, medical worms have no effect on the disease, because they can not change the medical valves in any way.

Hirudotherapy reduces pain, inflammation, swelling, external manifestation of the disease.This effect does not last long - surgical intervention is necessary for complete cure.

Leeches can heal the disease in the early stages, but patients do not practically turn to doctors when the disease has only begun to manifest itself.

Hernia

Treatment hirudotherapy with a hernia of the spine is based on biologically active substances, which are contained in the saliva of the medicinal leech.

Enzymes promote the resorption of the particles of the fallen intervertebral disc, improve metabolism, blood flow. This accelerates the healing of tissues, helps reduce edema, inflammation and pain.

Treatment with medical worms is effective in combination with other types of therapy and if the hernia is not more than 10 cm.

Infertility

Treatment of infertility is a long, time-consuming process. Healing worms are placed on certain places: the sacrum, the perineum, the anus, the vagina. The duration of the session is from 20 to 60 minutes.

During this time, medicinal leeches suck in, injecting with saliva beneficial substances for humans, are saturated, fall off.

After the procedure, the patient should rest, so it is carried out in the afternoon.

Prostatitis

the problem in the treatment of prostatitis is to get rid of stagnation of blood flow, from swelling and inflammation.

Getting rid of a large amount of blood in the sick zone, anesthesia with hirudin, removal of inflammation, improvement of blood flow - all these are merits of the hirudotherapy session.

Leech is useful not only for the sucking of the blood containing toxins, but also for the content of special substances in its saliva.

Contraindications

Leech therapy has a number of contraindications. As practice shows, some of the prohibitions are relative and if the therapy is conducted under the supervision of a hirudotherapist, then they can be ignored. Contraindications:

• Hemophilia. This is a violation of blood clotting, which is inherited. If a patient with such a disease is put on a leech, the wound will not be prolonged and without the intervention of doctors everything can reach a lethal outcome.
• Hemorrhagic diathesis is a spontaneous frequent bleeding that can be caused by trauma.
• Anemia is an inadequate quantity of red blood cells (red blood cells) in the blood. With such an illness, blood loss in any quantity is undesirable, therefore hirudotherapy can worsen the general condition of the patient.
• Low pressure. The session with leeches lowers it by 20 units, which sharply makes the patient feel very heavy. Hirudotherapy is shown only on the 3rd day after the normalization of the blood pressure index. Hypertension is an indication for the use of leeches.
• Pregnancy. Treatment in this state is allowed, but before each session, a new examination of the patient is needed.
• Intolerance, which is a very controversial contraindication. Rarely, this prohibition leads to severe consequences if treatment is conducted under the guidance of a professional.

Scheme of treatment with leeches

The field of worms depends on the disease.The most common treatment of diseases:

Disease	Place for leeches	Number of healing worms
Fertility of the brain	The region of the coccyx	3-5
Diseases of an infectious nature	The region of the coccyx	2-4
Suspicion of a stroke	The region of the coccyx	4-7
Overflow of the blood vessels of the spinal cord and its membranes	The region of the coccyx	5-7
Hemoplegia: without pathology of organs; pulmonary tuberculosis; heart diseases.	The region of the coccyx	1 never more than 5, - 3-5 rarely to 7
Urological diseases	The area of ​​the coccyx, liver, anus, groin	,
Female diseases (gynecology)	The area of ​​the liver, anus, coccyx	3,,
Hepatitis, cirrhosis	Liver and anal area	7, 4

Number of hirudotherapy sessions

How many sessions are needed? The rate of hirudotherapy is calculated based on the weight of a person. If the patient weighs 60 kg, then 60 leeches will be needed for the course - this is 10-15 sessions.

Practice shows that the improvement of the patient's condition often occurs with a minimum number of medical worms - 15-20 and 7-10 procedures.

Between sessions should take about a week or 10 days.

The technique of posing leeches

Therapy with leeches has several principles that every physician should adhere to - the hirudotherapist:

1. Stop points for hirudotherapy: areas of large venous vessels (especially the femoral artery), in places with thin skin, on the face, abdomen, inside the body.

2. The skin area of ​​the procedure should be sterile.
3. There are points of general impact - the coccyx, the perineum, the pancreas, the liver, the points along the chakras. If the treatment is directed to a local effect, then the delivered medical worms to the above points will only enhance the effect.
4. Acupuncture points - those places where the most pain, the focus of the disease. These areas are used more often than others.

Creams, tablets and ointments based on hirudin

Girudokosmetika or preparations for oral administration are effective remedies against varicose veins and other health problems with the presence of a leech-hirudin extract. Medicines can be found and bought in clinics or pharmacies.

Name	Indications	Contraindications	Instructions
Cream "Sophia"	Inflammation of ve; leby; aricose widening of veins, limbs, hemorrhoids.	Individual intolerance of components.	Apply on the vein from the bottom up 2-3 minutes 2-3 times a day. The course of treatment is 3-5 weeks.
Cream "Extract of leech"	Vascular asterisks, venous insufficiency, varicose veins, rhombophlebitis, anemones.	Individual intolerance of components, can not be applied to open wounds and purulent processes.	The same.
Capsules and solution "Piyavit"	Varicose veins, hematoma and edema, thrombophlebitis, phlebitis.	Gastric ulcer, increased bleeding, decreased blood clotting.	1 capsule or 300 mg 3 times a day. Course - up to 20 days.

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What is hirudotherapy, indications and contraindications for use

Hirudotherapy is called leech treatment. This procedure is used for more than one millennium, and it firmly deserved the recognition of official medicine.

Most often it was used in the XVIII-XIX centuries. In the Soviet period, the technique was undeservedly forgotten, and only now it has begun to gain popularity again.

What is unique about this therapy?

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Foronly medical leeches are used, which excludes infection in the body. Their saliva has incredible healing properties and contains many useful substances: hormones, hirudins, vitamins, euglins and enzymes.

The method of hirudotherapy is the use of leeches for the purpose of complex treatment of many diseases.

Use leeches on the principle of acupuncture, that isput in certain reflex pointsfor hirudotherapy, depending on the disease.

They are placed in a certain place on the patient's body, after which they suck in and drink blood.

Do not place leeches in the immediate vicinity of veins and blood vessels, as well as on the face and areas of the body with thick skin.

The duration of the session can last from 10 to 40 minutes, depending on the doctor's appointment.At one time you can put up to 10 individuals.

At the end of the procedure, leeches themselves fall away from the body, leaving small slightly bleeding wounds. They can bleed for quite some time. Guilty in this special substance - hirudin, which prevents blood clotting.

After using leeches, destroy, and do not use it again. On the wounds from the bites impose sterile dressings. And to avoid infection, blood-soaked swabs are not removed, but superimposed on top, until the bleeding stops completely.

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What heals and in what cases applies

Indications for the use of leeches very much.

It is widely used for varicose and thrombophlebitis, hemorrhoids, mastopathy, infertility and various gynecological diseases.

Often this method is used to prevent and eliminate atherosclerosis, dystonia, hypertension and heart attack.

Good leeches and with various skin and urological diseases, as well as in dentistry and even in ophthalmology.

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Benefit and harm

The main advantage of the procedure islong-term preservation of the curative effect. In addition to the merits can be attributed:

• removal of edema and pain;
• reduction of blood pressure in hypertension;
• the possibility of using in certain chronic diseases;
• availability;
• improvement of well-being;
• absence of surgical intervention.

In each case, it is difficult to predict the occurrence of any complications.

The longer this session lasts, the higher the risk of negative consequences.

Despite all the advantages,to treat the method of hirudotherapy in treatment should be cautious, since there are disadvantages of such therapy:

• prolonged and profuse bleeding;
• allergic reactions;
• appearance of pigment spots in places of bites;
• suppurative skin inflammations and abscesses;
• trophic ulcers.

In some cases, the positive effect of the procedure is of a short-term nature.

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At what diseases to use and when it is impossible

This therapy is prescribed for the treatment of a large number of diseases. Indications for use are:

• gynecological diseases (adhesions and cysts, uterine myoma, endometriosis, colpitis, mastopathy, infertility);
• dermatological diseases (psoriasis, acne, eczema);
• pulmonary problems (bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, pneumonia);
• heart and vascular disease (ischemia, heart attack, heart disease, stroke);
• disorders of the digestive tract (cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, etc.);
• hemorrhoids;
• neurological ailments (migraines, neuroses, paresis);
• prostatitis;
• cystitis;
• kidney disease (pyelonephritis, renal colic, polycystosis);
• rheumatological diseases (arthrosis, sciatica, arthritis);
• endocrine disorders (obesity, diabetes);
• dental problems;
• otitis, sinusitis, and the like;
• varices and thromboses;
• eye diseases (glaucoma, keratitis, conjunctivitis);
• increased fatigue.

Treatment with leeches increases immunity, improves sleep and appetite, raises hemoglobin levels in the blood, lowers blood pressure, helps to aggravate hearing and eyesight.

Contraindications for such therapy is much less. Do not use leeches with:

• hemophilia (blood incoagulability);
• acute period of stroke;
• pregnancy;
• oncology;
• physical exhaustion;
• anemia;
• mental illness;
• hypotension (low blood pressure);
• menses;
• diathesis and saliva allergy to leeches;
• tuberculosis;
• individual intolerance.

Children under 10 years of age are not appointed.

What is the benefit of hirudotherapy in cosmetology, what harm can the procedure cause, as well as the points of sucking and the scheme of posing leeches, see in this video:

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Preparation for the procedure and its conduct

A few days before the session, you can notuse alcohol and smoke, use creams, ointments, perfumes, deodorants and other strongly smelling cosmetics, take a hot bath. A week before the procedure, it is recommended to adhere to a strict low-calorie diet.

It is necessary to exclude sweets from the diet, spicy and fatty foods, limit the consumption of salt and meat, you can only eat products boiled.

Such adiet should be observed throughout the coursetreatment and at least within a week after it.

The first procedure is a trial.The doctor puts only 1-2 leeches for a very short time. To quickly separate them from the body, an iodized tampon is used.

If during the day after the session the patient does not experience any adverse reactions (itching, severe swelling, redness, fever), thentreatment can be continued. Next time, the number of individuals and the time of exposure are increased.

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Immediately before the procedure, the patient's skin is rubbed with alcohol, treated with hot water and wiped dry.

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This helps increase blood flow and disinfect the bite site.

On average, the duration of the session can befrom 20 to 90 minutesdepending on the severity of the disease.

The entire course of treatment hirudotherapyconsists of 7-12 procedures, and spend them no more than 3 times a week. If necessary, repeat the course, but only after 2 months.

During the treatment it is recommended to do 2-3 enemas a week. This contributes tonot only cleansing the body, but also rejuvenating the skin.

One individual sucks about 10-15 ml of blood at a time, after which approximately the same amount of blood will flow out of the wound throughout the day.

To avoid dangerous complications, you should know that you can not install leeches on the veins of the abdomen, neck and around the large vessels and arteries.

The duration and algorithm of the procedure, location and how many sessions of hirudotherapy should be made are determined by the doctor on the basis of the diagnosis and complete examination of the patient.

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Recovery period

After the operation, the place of the bite is wiped with hydrogen peroxide and a sterile bandage is applied. If a large number of individuals (4 or more) were used, it is recommended to keep bed rest for 2 days.

For several days you can nottake a bath, use cosmetics and perfumes, cauterize the wound with iodine or alcohol. If necessary, the doctor may additionally prescribe drugs with iron content.

Occasionally local reactions may occur, in the form of a small swelling, itching and swelling of the lymph nodes.

Such a reaction indicates the restoration of immunity, activation of the body's defenses.

In this casecan take antihistamines(Loratadine, Cetrin, Suprastin).

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Description of the results, how many sessions are required and average prices

A few hours after the end of the session, a person may experience weakness, dizziness and apathy. But the next day the malaise passes, andwell-being is significantly improved. As a rule, the result of hirudotherapy can be felt after the first procedure.

The number of leeches and the duration of the operation is determined by a specialist based on the patient's general health, age, and concomitant diseases.

The maximum number of simultaneously installed individuals should not be more than 10, and themselvessessions - about 12-15.

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Prices for hirudotherapy vary significantly. How much will the session of hirudotherapy cost depends on the qualification of the doctor who is carrying out the treatment.

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So, the initial consultation of an experienced hirudotherapist will cost an average of 600-800 rubles. The cost of one session of hirudotherapy in the clinic is approximately 1200-1800 rubles. At the same time the price of one individual is 100-250 rubles.

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Side effects

Unpleasant consequences after treatment with leeches are rare.Side effects of hirudotherapy include:

• infection and suppuration of the wound;
• allergic reactions;
• prolonged and profuse bleeding.

To avoid the development of complications after hirudotherapy, treatment should be performed only in the clinic, under supervise the specialist, follow the doctor's instructions and do not touch the bites with your hands to prevent infection.

We recommend you to watch a video, which details the treatment with leeches and directly shows the points and technique of their and you will also learn the detailed information from the expert about indications for use and about contraindications for carrying out hirudotherapy:

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Frequently asked questions and answers

Is it possible to cure infertility with the help of hirudotherapy?

As practice shows, hirudotherapy combined with traditional medicamental treatment allows you to get rid of infertility caused by the adhesive process in the fallopian tubes. To achieve the effect, several courses of procedures are carried out.

Does it help to lose weight?

Yes, this method is increasingly used in dietetics.

Enzymes saliva leeches accelerate the metabolism, oxygenate the blood, activate the brain and provide cheerfulness and good mood.

All this contributes to a fairly rapid and painless weight loss.

How effective is the technique in treating varicose veins?

This method of treating varicose veins is considered one of the safest and most effective.

Thanks to the enzyme hirudin, the walls of the vessels are strengthened, varicose nodules are reduced, blood coagulability is normalized and clots dissolve.

If the disease is started, surgical intervention may be required.

Hirudotherapy is one of the most effective non-traditional methods of treatment.But, in order to avoid possible complications and unpleasant consequences, it is better to conduct treatment with a qualified specialist and only after a thorough examination.

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Hirudotherapy, indications and contraindications

Hirudotherapy, or treatment with leeches, is one of the oldest methods used for a large number of diseases.

Despite the fact that this method is non-traditional, it is widely used in various fields of medicine and is considered a true panacea. Some people hirudotherapy consider almost the only hope for recovery.

Such a method of treatment is practiced in many countries of the world, but, like any other technique, has hirudotherapy and indications and contraindications.

Before applying it on your own experience, you need to familiarize yourself with the features of the procedure, its benefits and possible consequences.

For the procedure in hirudotherapy only medical leeches are used, which are grown under special conditions.

the peculiarity of such leeches is their complete sterility, which makes it possible to reduce human infection to zero.

Leech, which is used only one single time, after the procedure it is disposed of.

For the procedure in hirudotherapy only medical leeches are used, which are grown under special conditions

What is useful hirudotherapy?

The benefits of medical leeches are in their saliva, which in its composition contains a large number of useful components:

• hirudin - an enzyme that has a pronounced anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect, slows the curability of the blood;
• destabilase - an enzyme that does not allow the formation of blood clots in the vessels;
• hyaluronidase - an enzymatic component that cleaves hyaluronic acid, thereby allowing useful components to penetrate deeply into tissues.
• eglina - a substance that has an anti-inflammatory effect, stimulates the regeneration of tissues, accelerates their healing.

Hirudotherapy is often prescribed by doctors of different directions of medicine for therapeutic and preventive purposes.

During the procedure, the leech sucked to the skin and immediately throws out its secret, which quickly penetrates into the bloodstream and spreads through the body, causing a whole chain of reactions.

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Saliva leech refers to powerful anticoagulants, it also has a general strengthening effect, improves the functioning of the nervous system, stimulates appetite, improves overall well-being.

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The benefits of medical leeches are enclosed in their saliva, which in its composition contains a large number of useful components

Leech treatment - indications

Hirudotherapy is indicated in the treatment of many diseases, but mostly it is used in conjunction with other medical measures. In some cases, leeches help to avoid surgical intervention. Hirudotherapy can be used in the following pathologies:

• Stagnant phenomena. Treatment with leeches will help get rid of diseases such as thrombophlebitis, varicose veins.
• Diseases of the female sexual sphere. Treatment with leeches in gynecology is used for such diseases as endometriosis, adnexitis. At many "female problems" it is shown hirudotherapy: a cyst of ovaries, a hysteromyoma, a menopause. Some women claim that this method of treatment was able to cure infertility.
• Diseases of the heart and blood vessels. In cardiology hirudotherapy is used in the complex treatment of such diseases as hypertension, recovery after a stroke, heart attack.

In cardiology hirudotherapy is used in the complex treatment of such diseases as hypertension, recovery after a stroke, heart attack

• Dermatological diseases. Acne, trophic ulcers can also be treated with leeches.
• Diseases of the central nervous system. Widespread use of hirudotherapy in the treatment of headaches, migraines, it is used for neuroses, epilepsy. This procedure dilutes the blood, improves sleep, increases efficiency, eliminates the possible risks of developing cardiovascular pathologies.
• Diseases of the genitourinary system. Treat with leeches you can cystitis, prostatitis, pyelonephritis, polycystic kidney.
• Pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract. Salvage leeches and from gastritis, cholecystitis, colitis, are used for cirrhosis of the liver, dyskinesia of bile ducts.

Salvage leeches and from gastritis, cholecystitis, colitis, are used for cirrhosis of the liver, dyskinesia of bile ducts

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system. A good result can be obtained with leeches treatment of osteochondrosis, especially if it is accompanied by a jamming of the nerve roots. Also, this technique is used in the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis. Hirudotherapy can quickly recover from injury, accelerates the healing of wounds and postoperative sutures.
• Cosmetology. Its use hirudotherapy found in cosmetology. It is used after plastic surgery for resorption of hematomas, removal of scars. Some cosmetology clinics offer hirudotherapy to rejuvenate the skin of the face.

There are cases of successful use of leeches in dentistry. For example, if hirudotherapy is applied, the tooth cyst will be cured in several sessions.

This is not all indications for hirudotherapy, but given their number, treatment with leeches can be considered a true panacea, a unique tool that allows you to solve many health problems.

Pregnancy is a contraindication to hirudotherapy

Contraindications to hirudotherapy

Despite the fact that this method of treatment refers to non-traditional medicine and is considered completely safe for human health, hirudotherapy has contraindications. Among them we note the following:

• Some blood diseases: hemophilia, poor blood clotting, severe forms of anemia, a deficiency of red blood cells in the blood.
• Hemorrhagic diathesis.
• Pregnancy.
• Children under 10 years.
• Chronic hypotension.

In rare cases, after hirudotherapy, an allergic reaction is noted, but it can be present only when a person has increased sensitivity to the components of saliva leech.

If hirudotherapy is prescribed as an additional treatment, the indications and contraindications must also be taken into account by him.

The hirudotherapy session should be conducted only by a professional girudoterapevt who knows all the features of the procedure.

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