On what only a woman will not go to feel the joy of motherhood. When the final diagnosis is made - infertility, many are decided to resort to the aid of hirudotherapy.
Treatment with leeches has its origin from antiquity, even there is a legend that the well-known beauty Cleopatra was able to get pregnant after using miraculous leeches. The secret of the medicinal effect of leeches on the body was known in ancient Rome, as well as in European countries during the Renaissance. The famous leech fought and with the plague epidemic in the Slavic territories. It remains unclear why this very effective experience of leeches treatment, applicable not only in gynecology, was forgotten, and only the last decades returned to our society.
What are the benefits of leeches in gynecology?
If our ancestors knew about the curative abilities of this organism, relying solely on the results obtained, then modern medicine took a step forward - scientifically proving the effectiveness of leeches in gynecology.
The essence of the useful action is to get into the human blood a leech secret, which contains trace elements of the entire periodic table and has a powerful effect on the body. Namely: it stimulates the immune system, improves microcirculation in tissues, destroys pathogenic microorganisms, dilates blood vessels, etc.
Let's take a closer look, what is actually treated leeches in gynecology?
First and foremost, has proved to be a good response treatment with leeches in gynecology of diseases associated with reproductive function. Diagnosis of infertility, perhaps, is the first in the list of problems that are successfully solved with the help of hirudotherapy. Use this method and as a preventive measure for healthy conception and bearing of the child. Also, among the diseases to which the medical leech treatment in gynecology applies include:
- violation of the menstrual cycle;
- mastopathy;
- inflammatory processes in the pelvic organs;
- adhesive processes;
- benign formations in the uterine cavity;
- endometriosis;
- cervical erosion;
- diseases caused by sexually transmitted infection (chlamydia, genital herpes and many others).
And this is far from a complete list of diseases in which hirudotherapy is effective, moreover, in the complete absence of side effects.
Where and how to put leeches in gynecology?
On the question of where to put leeches in gynecology, in modern clinics the doctor gynecologist-girudotherapist will give an unequivocal answer. This specialization has appeared in gynecology relatively recently, but it is not by the way, since it is this specialist who individually identifies the scheme and the points of leeches. After all, in fact, the techniques of hirudotherapy are diverse.
Depending on the nature of the disease, age and other factors, it is determined: how many leeches, and also how many sessions are needed for each particular patient. In addition, there are cases when leeches are placed intra-vaginally, you must agree that the implementation of such a procedure requires special skills.
Leeches in gynecology - contraindications
Despite the fact that the leech has anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous, antibacterial, resorptive and circulatory-improving effect, it can be contraindicated in patients with certain diseases, such as:
- leukemia;
- hemophilia;
- malignant formations.