Ozone therapy during pregnancy: how the procedure is performed

How is the treatment carried out?

Only a doctor can prescribe a course of procedures during pregnancy after clarifying all contraindications and indications for ozone treatment. The solution is administered intravenously.

The standard treatment regimen is 2 courses of ozone droppers at 20 and 30 weeks of pregnancy, 5 droppers in each course.

This scheme is used if the pregnant woman is completely healthy and needs only minor correction of a number of conditions, such as insomnia, fatigue, worsening mood, a slight decrease in blood hemoglobin, obesity.

For women with diseases of the internal organs, genital area, or problems with the fetus, treatment is carried out according to an individual scheme, often in combination with drug therapy. Therefore, it is desirable that both an obstetrician-gynecologist and an ozone therapist participate in determining the optimal treatment regimen.

Typically, ozone therapy during pregnancy is carried out until the 36th week.

How is the procedure performed?

As a method of treatment, ozone therapy is prescribed in a course. Usually it is 5 droppers. During the entire pregnancy, the maximum number of procedures is no more than 10. That is, two courses of 5 droppers are carried out with a significant break between courses.

The saline solution is enriched with ozone and administered intravenously for 30 minutes, no more. After removing the needle, you need to lie down for at least an hour to avoid dizziness and make the procedure more effective. At rest, ozone interacts better with the organs and systems of the body of mother and baby.

Droppers can be done in the morning and evening. But it is recommended once a day, preferably in the morning, especially when administered for the first time. This way the doctor will be able to monitor your condition after the IV.

When treating pain in the lower back and joints, an ozone-oxygen mixture is administered subcutaneously at the sites of pain.

Important! After the procedure, it is better not to drive. This is not prohibited, but is highly recommended.

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Indications

1. Strengthening the immune system, preventing and treating a number of diseases, especially colds, which peak in the autumn-winter period;
2. Treatment or reduction of the severity of symptoms of gestosis;
3. Ozone therapy when planning pregnancy is carried out to increase the likelihood of fertilization and consolidation of the resulting embryo in the uterine cavity, especially if procedures such as donor insemination or IVF are planned;
4. Prevention and treatment of fetal hypoxia in such phenomena as early aging of the placenta, umbilical cord entanglement, impaired uteroplacental circulation, partial placental abruption;
5. Preservation of pregnancy in case of threatened miscarriage, correction of metabolic disorders in the child after eliminating the possibility of miscarriage;
6. Improving the condition of the fetus during intrauterine infection, reducing the risk of consequences of intrauterine infection in the child in the future;
7. As part of complex therapy for the treatment of acute and exacerbation of chronic diseases of internal organs, gynecological diseases;
8. Prevention of weakness of labor;
9. Ozone therapy after childbirth is used to speed up the recovery of a woman’s body and improve lactation.

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Description of the procedure

Patients are given ozone intravenously using a dropper. To do this, they take blood from the expectant mother or saline solution and pass gas through it, which is generated by a special device. The course is prescribed individually, usually there are 5 sessions, each lasting about 30 minutes. During the entire period of pregnancy, up to 10 procedures can be done. Treatment for diseases of the joints and spine, which are accompanied by inflammation and pain, is highly effective. The gas is administered subcutaneously using multi-injector needles.

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Intravenous ozone therapy during pregnancy can be performed 2 times a day to treat pathologies and strengthen the body. After the infusion, you need to rest; it is not recommended to drive on this day. For prevention purposes, IVs are placed every other day. The child's condition is monitored using Doppler ultrasound.

Indications and contraindications

Therapy is approved for healthy women to improve well-being, mood, normalize metabolic processes, and eliminate insomnia. It is recommended to undergo a course of treatment while planning a pregnancy, before preparing for in vitro fertilization.

For expectant mothers suffering from various diseases, intravenous ozone therapy is prescribed in the following cases:

1. Weakening of the immune system.
2. Threats of miscarriage.
3. For inflammation of the genitourinary system.
4. For the treatment of viral infectious diseases: influenza, herpes, enterovirus, ARVI.
5. For joint pain caused by increased stress due to increased body weight of a pregnant woman.
6. To reduce the risk of weak labor. Pathology can occur after infectious or inflammatory diseases, against the background of obesity, or impaired functioning of the adrenal glands.
7. With fetal hypoxia. The disease manifests itself against the background of oxygen starvation during intrauterine development. Treatment helps to get rid of fatigue, rapid heartbeat, nausea, vomiting, headaches, disorientation, and depression.
8. The administration of the mixture is prescribed for gestosis - late toxicosis. The pathology is characterized by a malfunction of the kidneys, vascular system, and brain. Women experience vomiting, nausea, swelling of the extremities, and headaches.
9. For iron deficiency anemia, which leads to oxygen starvation of the fetus, especially the brain. Reduces the risk of premature birth, the mother's body is more protected from various infections.
10. The indication for therapy is pathology of the kidneys and cardiovascular system.

Ozone is used during pregnancy only as prescribed by a doctor. Treatment is prescribed according to an individual regimen, most often in combination with medication. Health improvement can be carried out from 20 to 36 weeks; at later stages, the risk of premature birth increases. In the first months, the formation of all the vital organs and systems of the fetus occurs, so intervention is not recommended.

To reduce pain and relieve acute inflammation in the joints, subcutaneous ozone therapy is performed. After the baby is born, droppers with an ozone mixture help increase lactation and speed up the recovery of the woman’s body.

There are also a number of contraindications:

• poor blood clotting, hemophilia;
• individual intolerance to ozone;
• taking anticoagulants;
• diabetes;
• mental disorders, epilepsy, schizophrenia, seizures;
• decrease in platelets in the blood;
• uterine bleeding;
• dysfunction of the thyroid gland.

Oxygen treatment is contraindicated before the 3rd and last month of pregnancy. You cannot combine therapy with taking medications that affect blood clotting, as this can lead to bleeding.

Contraindications

1. Allergic reactions to medical ozone;
2. Hyperfunction of the thyroid gland;
3. Convulsions in the past, even if these were isolated episodes, epilepsy;
4. Hemophilia and other diseases that lead to disruption of blood clotting processes;
5. The use of drugs that reduce blood viscosity and increase the risk of bleeding;
6. Decrease in the number of platelets in the general blood test;
7. Recent bleeding from internal organs, including the pelvic organs;
8. Mental illnesses.

Contraindications and possible complications

The body of a pregnant woman is a very sensitive thing. Ozone can have an extremely positive effect on it, but it can also be deadly for the mother and her child.

First of all, you need to look at the following complications, consequences and side effects that occur during ozone therapy:

• Poor liver function. If you feel unwell, you should contact your physician and ask for a blood test for alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST).
• Sharp pain in the kidney area. This is due to the fact that ozone promotes the passage of stones from these organs.
• Noticeable increase in urine volume.
• An increase in temperature not only in the pelvic area, but also in the entire body of the pregnant woman.

Any, even the most minor, complication indicates that this procedure is not suitable for the body. If it is not interrupted, it can result in serious consequences for both the mother and the fetus.

Contraindications for ozone therapy during pregnancy can include many different diseases and individual intolerances. No matter how tempting all the positive effects of this procedure may look, it should under no circumstances be carried out if there is:

• Individual intolerance to ozone, which is checked before starting a course of procedures.
• Hemophilia and other diseases that impair blood clotting. In this case, a high concentration of ozone in the blood can lead to internal bleeding.
• Taking medications that thin the blood. These may be drugs containing acetylsalicylic acid or anticoagulants.
• Low platelet count.
• Damage to internal organs that occurred relatively recently.
• Problems with the thyroid gland and other hormonal problems.
• Epilepsy, depression, other mental illnesses.
• Ischemia.
• Pancreatitis.
• Presence of seizures. Regardless of how long ago they last happened. This is a very important factor when prescribing such procedures during pregnancy.
• Diabetes.

Only if the expectant mother does not have all these contraindications, the doctor can prescribe ozone therapy.

results

Ozone therapy improves a woman’s overall well-being, reduces the symptoms of gestosis, improves sleep, makes the skin a pleasant pink color, allows you to resist infections, not get sick or recover quickly.

In some cases, ozone treatment allows you to do without medications (for example, painkillers) or reduce the dose and frequency of their administration.

If the fetus had hypoxia before treatment, which was manifested by disturbances in the rhythm and heart rate, hiccups, and sudden movements, then after a course of IV drips, the child in the womb becomes much calmer, its heartbeat normalizes.

Those women in labor who were prescribed intravenous ozone therapy during pregnancy experience labor with less risk of labor weakness and the development of fetal hypoxia during labor.

Contraindications to ozone therapy

Not everyone can undergo ozone treatment. Before the procedure, you need to make sure there are no contraindications.

These include:

1. Pancreatitis in the acute stage.
2. Presence of seizures.
3. Blood clotting disorder.
4. Heart attack.
5. Alcoholism.
6. Severe intoxication.
7. Thyrotoxicosis.

The procedure is prescribed with caution for kidney or liver diseases. Not recommended at elevated body temperature or during exacerbation of chronic pathologies.

Complications, consequences and side effects

1. Increased levels of liver transaminases in a biochemical blood test;
2. Increased frequency of urination, increased amount of urine excreted;
3. The release of sand and small stones from the renal pelvis with the appearance of pain and pain up to the development of renal colic;
4. An increase in skin temperature in the lower abdomen, accompanied by a feeling of warmth.

Analogues of the procedure

Photo: barotherapy
Barotherapy is an excellent substitute for ozone therapy if a pregnant woman has no fear of closed spaces and wants to avoid injections into a vein.

During a barotherapy session, the patient is placed in a special capsule, in which the required concentration of oxygen is created in the gas mixture and the atmospheric pressure changes.

Under these conditions, the human body better absorbs the oxygen entering the lungs during breathing.

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Is ozone therapy indicated during pregnancy?

Doctors say that pregnancy is not a disease. But it often happens that the expectant mother’s body is already weakened by life in poor environmental conditions, illness and stress.

Therefore, almost every pregnant woman is familiar with the symptoms of gestosis, fetal hypoxia, and infectious and somatic diseases, for the treatment of which with medications there are significant restrictions on the time of bearing a child.

It is clear that there is a need for such a method of healing the body and treating diseases of a pregnant woman that will be effective for both the expectant mother and her child.

Today, this method is ozone therapy for pregnant women.

Prices for ozone therapy during pregnancy

On average, the price for 1 dropper with ozone is 250-300 rubles. Intravenous administration of ozonated saline solution.

Try it, it will help you

Ozone therapy has proven itself very well during pregnancy. After diagnosing and identifying organs that need healing by saturating them with oxygen and ozone, as well as in order to prevent disruption of fetal development after a woman has suffered stress, somatic and infectious diseases, after taking medications, especially in the early stages of pregnancy, the course and regularity of the procedure.

Ozone therapy during pregnancy involves the introduction into a woman’s body, most often intravenously, of a physiological solution saturated with ozone. Mostly, droppers are used for this, but there are cases when the solution is injected subcutaneously, for example, to anesthetize joints or the lumbar spine.