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Treatment with leeches is the most ancient method in medicine. Often, just the mention of leeches causes disgust in most people, but it is worth saying that hirudotherapy is used in the treatment of many pathologies, including the widespread treatment with leeches of osteochondrosis or other diseases of the spine that occur with severe back pain.

Indications for the use of hirudotherapy

Leeches for medicinal purposes can be used for the following diseases:

• various forms of dystonia;
• hypertension, prevention of heart attacks and strokes;
• varicose veins and;
• angina pectoris;
• trophic ulcers;
• various skin pathologies (acne, psoriasis, eczema, scleroderma, neurodermatitis and others);
• metabolic diseases, such as obesity or gout;
• kidney damage. Hirudotherapy is especially often used for urolithiasis;
• Leeches are also widely used for pathologies of the genitourinary system - for prostatitis, hemorrhoids, prostate adenoma and secondary male infertility, as well as for menstrual disorders, inflammatory diseases of the genital organs, menopause and ovarian dysfunction in women;
• in neurology, hirudotherapy is used in complex treatment for frequent headaches and dizziness, sleep disorders;
• leeches have also found application in the treatment of pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Thus, hirudotherapy turns out to be effective for rheumatic lesions, as well as for various injuries of bones and joints;
• leeches can be used in the field of gastroenterology to treat patients suffering from gastritis or biliary dyskinesia, as well as cirrhosis;
• Oculists also prescribe a course of hirudotherapy to their patients. Often, such treatment is used for eye injuries, glaucoma and keratitis, as well as various inflammatory lesions;
• in endocrinology, leeches are used to alleviate diabetes mellitus and various disorders of the thyroid gland;
• a pronounced analgesic and decongestant effect from hirudotherapy can be obtained for various bruises, fractures and hematomas;
• Increasingly, leeches are becoming widespread in the field of cosmetology, since the components of their saliva help make the skin elastic, elastic, soft and pleasant to the touch.

Despite such a wide scope of use of leeches for therapeutic purposes, it is necessary to identify certain conditions that are a contraindication to hirudotherapy:

• bleeding disorders and taking anticoagulants;
• low blood pressure;
• anemia;
• allergy to leech saliva (extremely rare - in 0.01% of cases);
• It is not recommended to perform hirudotherapy for children under 10 years of age, as well as for pregnant women.

Is it possible to cure osteochondrosis with hirudotherapy?

This disease is characterized by a chronic course and the development of degenerative-dystrophic damage to the intervertebral discs. It is extremely common and is registered among almost 90% of adults.

Hirudotherapy - treatment with leeches has always been practiced, but in recent years it has become more widespread.

What is the secret of the therapeutic effect of medicinal leeches on the human body?

Their saliva contains a specific substance - hirudin, which is a polypeptide and exhibits the following properties:

The secret of the healing properties of leeches is in their saliva

• prevents blood clotting and thrombus formation;
• reveals immunostimulating and sedative effects;
• dilates blood vessels;
• able to eliminate the inflammatory process;
• relieves pain.

In addition, the saliva of leeches also contains a number of biologically active substances that can affect the functioning of the entire body.

When leeches are used in patients with osteochondrosis, their blood supply to cells improves, which contributes to a more active removal of decay products from areas of inflammation. Since hirudotherapy improves blood circulation, the restoration of damaged intervertebral discs occurs faster. In addition, biologically active substances found in the saliva of leeches effectively relieve swelling and congestion in the affected area, so sometimes treatment with leeches can replace some pharmacological drugs that are poorly tolerated by patients and negatively affect liver function.

It must be said that hirudotherapy itself is not able to completely cure osteochondrosis, but in complex treatment it helps patients forget about back pain for a long time.

Treatment is often carried out with leeches. This results in the following positive effects:

• reflex effect on the course of the disease - leeches bite the skin at points that are characterized by high biological activity, so hirudotherapy is similar to;
• mechanical unloading of vessels that become overfilled with blood during the development of inflammation;
• biostimulating effect - ensured by the presence of a large amount of bioactive substances in the saliva of leeches.

Thanks to this effect, a good anti-edematous and anti-inflammatory result is achieved, pain and pain are easily eliminated, and microcirculation in the affected areas improves, blood circulation through the vessels of the brain is normalized, which helps to eliminate intense headaches or dizziness that are inherent in cervical osteochondrosis.

To obtain positive results, it is enough to undergo 7 sessions of hirudotherapy, between which there should be a 5-day break. It must be remembered that strong odors should be avoided during treatment, since leeches cannot tolerate them. Thus, they are sensitive to perfumes, skin impurities, alcohol, cigarettes or even bad breath. If foreign odors appear, leeches simply will not attach to the sore spot on the patient’s body, which will make it impossible to carry out hirudotherapy.

Leech is part of the same nature and has been healing the sick for several millennia!

Medical leech is included in the Register of Medicines of the Russian Federation and is an official medicine.

FROM THE HISTORY OF THE QUESTION

The method of treatment with leeches - hirudotherapy - has repeatedly fallen into oblivion. However, the increasingly obvious inadequacy of pharmacotherapy, the huge number of side effects and a number of complications from the use of drugs, forced us to return to the study and use of hirudotherapy.

Great Russian doctors N.I. Pirogov, M.Ya. Mudrov, G.A. Zakharyin attached great importance to hirudotherapy and used it in the treatment of many ailments. In the 30s of the 18th century, about 30 million leeches were used annually in Russia. The method of applying leeches was used not only for medicinal, but also for cosmetic purposes. It is known that in Russia, on the eve of the ball, even royalty “put leeches behind their ears so that their cheeks would glow with a natural blush and would not be tired of dancing until the morning.”

The therapeutic effect of medicinal leeches is determined by the properties of the secretion of their salivary glands, which enters the human body after the leech bites the skin and continues to flow throughout the entire period of blood sucking.

The use of leeches not only has a fairly pronounced local effect due to the introduction of a complex of biologically active compounds from the secretion of leech saliva, but also has a complex effect on the entire body.

It has been established that this secretion has such potent effects as anticoagulant, thrombolytic, hypotensive, vasodilator, anti-inflammatory, immunostimulating, sedative, bacteriostatic and analgesic, and the list goes on. It’s not for nothing that leeches are called a pharmaceutical mini-factory.

In addition, and this has been scientifically confirmed, the leech is an excellent bioenergy therapist - it provides correction of the human bioenergy field, “patching energy holes.” Our ancestors used leeches to remove the evil eye and damage.

Leeches have a very powerful psychotherapeutic effect.

The hirudotherapy method is not as easy to use as it might seem at first glance. The doctor must have an excellent knowledge of human anatomy and approach the patient individually, taking into account all diseases, physical and mental conditions. Only then can you get the greatest effect and avoid possible complications.

Leech treatment is one of the areas of traditional medicine, which also includes other naturopathic methods of treatment, such as herbal medicine and homeopathy.

MECHANISM OF ACTION OF HIRUDOTHERAPY

The therapeutic effect of hirudotherapy consists of several factors - reflex, mechanical and biological.

Reflex The effect is that the leech bites the skin only at biologically active points (acupuncture points). The mechanism of reflex action is similar to that of acupuncture.

Mechanical the action is expressed in the unloading of regional blood flow by leeches.

Biological The action is ensured by the presence of a whole range of biologically active substances in leech saliva.

The main effects of medicinal leech on the human body:

• anticoagulant (reduced blood clotting)
• thrombolytic (destruction of blood clots)
• anti-ischemic (improving blood supply to tissues and organs)
• antihypoxic (improving blood oxygen supply to tissues and organs)
• hypotensive (normotensive)
• decongestant
• draining
• restoration of microcirculation
• lipolytic (breakdown of fat deposits)
• restoration of neuromuscular impulse transmission
• general reflex
• restoration of vascular wall permeability
• bacteriostatic (death of microorganisms that caused the inflammatory process)
• immunostimulating
• analgesic (pain reliever).

INDICATIONS FOR PRESCRIPTION OF MEDICAL LEECHES:

Leeches have a beneficial effect when:

• increased blood pressure
• inflammatory processes of various etiologies
• violation of venous and lymphatic outflow
• venous thrombosis, hypercoagulation and increased blood viscosity
• wounds, ulcers and other violations of the integrity of the skin and mucous membranes
• excessive formation of connective tissue (scars, adhesions)
• deterioration of tissue trophism
• insufficiency of immunological reactions at local and systemic levels

DISEASES FOR WHICH MEDICAL LEECHES ARE USED

1. Cardiovascular diseases: atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, heart failure, hypertension, neurocirculatory dystonia.
2. Varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, trophic ulcers, peripheral arterial diseases (obliterating endarteritis).
3. Respiratory diseases: acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma.
4. Diseases of the digestive system: acute and chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver, chronic pancreatitis, chronic colitis, chronic constipation.
5. Haemorrhoids. Rectal fissures.
6. Urological diseases: chronic pyelonephritis, prostate diseases.
7. Gynecological diseases: acute and chronic diseases of the uterus and appendages, adhesions, benign formations (fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovaries), painful menstruation, uterine bleeding, menopause, ovarian dysfunction, infertility.
8. Neurological diseases: discirculatory and post-traumatic encephalopathy, migraine, neuritis of the facial nerve, trigeminal neuralgia, stroke, autonomic disorders, neuroses.
9. Spinal diseases: osteochondrosis, herniated intervertebral discs, radiculitis.
10. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system: arthrosis, arthritis, bone fractures, consequences of injuries, chronic osteomyelitis.
11. Skin diseases: psoriasis, neurodermatitis, eczema.
12. Inflammatory diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue: infiltrates, boils, carbuncles, abscesses.
13. Allergic diseases.
14. Rehabilitation after surgery and postoperative complications.
15. Diseases of the nose and ear: vasomotor rhinitis, diseases of the sinuses, auditory neuritis, acute and chronic otitis media, consequences of ear injuries, labyrinthitis, Meniere's disease.
16. Eye diseases: glaucoma, keratitis.
17. Astheno-neurotic syndrome

CONTRAINDICATIONS

• diseases characterized by a tendency to bleeding (hemophilia, hemorrhagic diathesis)
• significant persistent decrease in blood pressure
• individual intolerance

Relative contraindications

• pregnancy
• malignant formations

Where do leeches come from?

We use certified leeches from the leech biofactory (located in the Moscow region).

Leeches are destroyed after the procedure, so reuse of leeches for other patients is excluded.

HIRUDOTHERAPY IN THE PRACTICAL ACTIVITY OF A DOCTOR

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Doctors have long used leeches to treat patients with heart and vascular diseases, and good results have been noted even in cases of organic (sclerotic) changes in the walls of blood vessels.

Atherosclerosis is a chronic vascular disease. Today it is one of the most common diseases in people over 35 years of age.

The symptoms of this disease are related to its location. So, when the blood vessels of the brain are damaged, this results in dizziness, memory impairment, decreased performance, etc. When the vessels of the heart are damaged, these are pain in the heart area, interruptions, weakness, shortness of breath, swelling in the legs, etc. A leech, biting a patient, releases hirudin into his blood and a number of other positive secretions that stabilize the blood coagulation system and have a beneficial effect on the vascular wall, improve microcirculation, which leads to improved blood circulation and oxygen supply to all internal organs.

In the treatment of hypertension With leeches, the effect is not limited to a simple reduction in the volume of blood circulating in the bloodstream, since the secretion of the salivary glands of leeches has a very significant hypotensive (pressure-lowering) effect.

It has been noted that hirudotherapy changes the body's reactivity, resulting in increased sensitivity to drug therapy. Due to this, it is often possible to reduce the doses of medications used, and sometimes even stop using them altogether. If treatment is not started in time, changes in the blood vessels increase and often lead to serious complications such as cerebrovascular accident (stroke) and myocardial infarction. Many doctors recommend using leeches as a preventive measure for cardiovascular diseases, primarily for men over 50 years of age.

The great Russian doctor N.I. Pirogov was one of the first to treat this pathology with leeches. He wrote: “As soon as a little color appeared in the patient’s face and the pulse rose, I now put on leeches.”

Varicose veins Women are more often affected. The disease is dangerous due to such a serious complication as thrombophlebitis. There are many types of treatment. The most commonly used method of treatment is surgical, but recently hirudotherapy has often begun to be used as a very effective method of treatment.

Haemorrhoids similar to varicose veins, but it affects the veins of the rectum.

Hirudotherapy does not exclude other methods of treatment, but the use of leeches for these ailments sharply shortens the process of surgical interventions.

DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Gastroenterological diseases have become very widespread and almost all of them are chronic and accompanied by dysbacteriosis.

Medical leeches are effective because they provide anti-inflammatory, analgesic and metabolism-normalizing effects. In terms of dysbacteriosis, it also has a certain antibacterial effect. In addition, the role of the nervous system in the development of this pathology is well known. Leeches have a general beneficial effect on the nervous system. All this determines the wide use of hirudotherapy for diseases of the digestive system.

HIRUDOTHERAPY IN GYNECOLOGY

The widespread use of hormonal agents, massive, often unjustified, antibiotic therapy, environmental problems, and social preconditions have led to the rapid spread of diseases of the female genital area. Every woman knows how difficult it is to cope with these diseases. Pregnancy, stressful situations, and natural disasters lead to various dysfunctions of the neuroendocrine system.

These diseases often develop against an unfavorable premorbid background (hepatopathy, pancreatitis, hypothyroidism), which complicates the course of these diseases.

Long-term hormone therapy often contributes to dyshormonal disorders - osteoporosis, fat metabolism disorders. And in case of these diseases, it is necessary to remember in time about reliable water helpers - leeches. Already from the moment of suction, the leech has a powerful reflex effect, unloading the pelvic organs, preventing congestion and inflammation, and an immunomodulatory effect. Pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen, itching of the genitals disappear after the first sessions. After treatment with this method of hirudotherapy, after three to four months, the woman’s menstrual cycle normalizes, and pregnancy occurs in previously infertile women.

There is a list of diseases for which hirudotherapy is recommended: chronic salpingoophoritis, menstrual irregularities, adenomyosis, endometrial hyperplasia, mastopathy, functional ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, some forms of infertility, menopausal syndrome, pelvic inflammatory diseases (including viral and specific bacterial infections) .

HIRUDOTHERAPY IN UROLOGY

All doctors know that it is necessary to treat not the effect, but the cause of the disease. Chronic prostatitis is a disease that has now affected most of the male population aged 20 years and older, threatening male infertility, discomfort (physical and psychological), and impotence. Why, despite potent antibacterial therapy, does prostatitis still remain the winner in this fight? Because we forget about the reasons for the chronicity of the process. Why suddenly conditionally pathogenic microorganisms, guarding local immunity, become “stepmothers” for the body and allow the rapid growth and prosperity of pathogenic microflora? It is a local immunological defect, prostate ischemia, microcirculation disorder, and impaired venous outflow that allow such a malfunction in the body. Hirudotherapy allows you to normalize blood flow in the prostate gland in a short time (by regulating both the inflow and outflow of blood), eliminates prostate hypoxia, and significantly increases local immunity. By actively draining the lymphatic system, the leech prevents the infectious process from further flourishing. As a result of treatment, pain disappears, potency increases significantly, and urination is normalized.

HIRUDOTHERAPY IN NEUROLOGY

The method is used for migraines, vertebrogenic diseases of the peripheral nervous system, in persons who have suffered acute cerebrovascular accident, trigeminal neuralgia, and polyneuropathies. Providing a powerful reflex effect, the leech acts as a modern muscle relaxant (relaxes muscles), preventing damage to ligaments, tendons, paravertebral muscles, eliminates ischemic damage, has a pronounced anti-edematous effect, making blood supply possible in previously affected areas. Due to its anti-edema, anti-ischemic and powerful muscle relaxant effects, leech saliva has a strong analgesic effect.

DISEASES OF THE MUSCULOCAL SYSTEM

Today, the percentage of these diseases is growing in people of almost all age categories. Which is largely explained by our lifestyle, diet, and the increasing number of injuries and accidents.

Basically, the use of hirudotherapy is effective for arthrosis, osteochondrosis, injuries and post-traumatic processes in bone and joint tissues.

SKIN DISEASES

The range of use of leeches for these diseases is quite wide. Here we have psoriasis, eczema, and acute inflammatory diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. In recent years, indications for hirudotherapy for various skin processes, including those of a cosmetic nature, have significantly expanded.

Leeches are so effective because they increase immunity, activate blood circulation and especially lymph, which improves the removal of toxic substances and waste, and a certain anti-allergic effect is observed, which is so important for skin diseases.

Many medical practitioners are now turning to traditional methods of treatment with leeches. A doctor, having once used this method, will never refuse it in the future.

Hirudotherapist G.A. Kuznitsyna

Modern hirudotherapy differs from ancient ones in that currently they use bio-grown and medically processed

Modern hirudotherapy differs from ancient ones in that leeches grown in a biofactory and undergoing medical control are currently used. After the therapy session, the leeches are destroyed, which meets the requirements for the prevention of HIV infection, viral hepatitis and a number of other blood-borne diseases.

In neurology, leeches are most often used for cerebrovascular accidents, neuritis of the facial nerve, trigeminal neuralgia, and traumatic lesions of the nervous system. Here is what the famous hirudologist, Professor A.I., writes about this. Krashenyuk: “Leeches have another amazing property - they have a neurotrophic effect. We first encountered this when we began to use leeches in the treatment of children suffering from cerebral palsy (CP). The babies who were brought to our clinic in their arms began to move independently after a few months!.. Uncertainly, with support. But before that they didn’t move at all!” And further: “To explain this phenomenon, we, together with Doctor of Biological Sciences E.N. Chalisova from the Institute of Physiology studied the effect of leech extract on a culture of nerve cells. It turned out that it causes their growth and the appearance of additional processes in them, with the help of which they contact each other.”

Concussion. I will quote the father of Russian surgery, N.I. Pirogov: “As soon as a little color appeared in the patient’s face and the pulse rose, I now put leeches behind the ears.” For bruises and concussions of the brain, leeches significantly alleviate the condition, reduce or stop headaches. The mechanism of action of leeches here is not only an analgesic and distracting effect, but also hemorrhage and vasodilation, which helps restore impaired functions of the brain, and above all, its cortex.

Pre-stroke condition and stroke. Stroke is an acute disorder of cerebral circulation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the incidence of new cases of stroke during the year ranges from 1.27 to 7.4 per 1000 population. In recent years, the number of stroke sufferers with complications in the form of transient or lifelong paralysis in our country has increased. The main reasons are hypertension, cerebral atherosclerosis, and frequent stressful situations.

There are hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes. With a hemorrhagic stroke, the disease develops as a result of the rupture of a blood vessel in one or another part of the brain. In the case of ischemic stroke, the cause is cerebral vasospasm. More dangerous is a hemorrhagic stroke, which most often leads to the development of paralysis that is difficult to treat. Hemorrhagic stroke, as a rule, develops at the age of 45-70 years and, as a rule, manifests itself suddenly, during the day, after sudden overwork or anxiety. Often a stroke is preceded by headaches and flushing of the face; there may be vomiting, increased breathing, increased or slow heartbeat, and confusion; An arm or leg stops moving, speech is taken away, a crooked smile appears on the person’s face. The earlier treatment is started, the greater the hope for restoring lost functions. Treatment is usually carried out in inpatient settings in neurological institutions or departments.

From the long-term practice of hirudologists, we can conclude: leeches are very effective when used in the pre-stroke period, as well as after a stroke has already occurred. Thanks to leeches, the blood in places of thrombosis is diluted and passes through the capillaries more easily. At the same time, the intercellular fluid and lymph are set in motion, which thoroughly wash and cleanse the source of pathology. The tissues are freed from decay products and begin to be better nourished, which brings recovery closer.

An important issue is the prospects of hirudotherapy for patients who have had a stroke for a long time. There are indications related to the presence of hypertension and atherosclerosis. If we focus on the likelihood of improvement in brain symptoms after hirudotherapy, then we should focus on the edema syndrome - in this case, the use of leeches is absolutely justified and will give a clearly positive clinical effect.

Inflammation of the sciatic nerve(sciatica). Sciatica is a lesion of the roots of the lumbosacral spine, manifested by unbearable paroxysmal pain in the lower back, radiating to the buttock, the back of the thigh and lower leg, the outer edge of the foot, as well as sensitivity disorders. Most often, the disease is observed in people suffering from spinal osteochondrosis.

Radiculitis are familiar to many and are caused by damage to the roots of the spinal nerves. There is lumbosacral radiculitis, characterized by pain in the lower back and leg, and the much rarer cervicothoracic radiculitis, in which pain first appears in the neck with irradiation to the areas of the affected nerve roots of the cervical or thoracic spine. Sometimes numbness occurs in the affected areas. The pain intensifies with movement of the head and neck and can spread to the occipital and thoracic regions.

Hirudotherapy for radiculitis helps very well - up to complete recovery, although this does not necessarily imply the abolition of allopathic prescriptions.

Trigeminal neuritis. Neuritis is damage to individual peripheral nerves caused by exposure to various factors (in particular, hypothermia). The disease manifests itself as attacks of excruciating pain in the facial area, accompanied by redness of the skin, lacrimation, and sometimes unilateral or bilateral painful tics. Treatment is carried out by a neurologist. Hirudotherapy gives a good therapeutic effect: after the second session, patients feel a significant improvement, pain decreases or disappears. Recovery occurs quite quickly.

Contraindications to hirudotherapy are quite limited:
- pregnancy
- diseases characterized by a tendency to increased bleeding - hemophilia and hemorrhagic diathesis
- severe anemia (hemoglobin level below 100 g/l), cachexia
- allergy to leeches
- state of mental overexcitation
- physical exhaustion
- malignant oncology

In our Center for Medicine and Aesthetics “TRISH Clinic”, treatment with leeches is carried out only by doctors who have undergone special training. In each specific case, the doctor determines the appropriateness of the procedure.
There are contraindications, consultation with a specialist is required.