subject: The History of Medical Use of Ozone and Its Use in Ozone Discectomy [print this page] The History of Medical Use of Ozone and Its Use in Ozone Discectomy
Ozone is a wonder molecule in medicine; though its potential is yet to be fully explored. It plays a major role in controlling fungal, bacterial and viral infections including treating non-healing ulcers, bacterial infections, rheumatism and other kinds of arthritis, different kind of skin diseases and many others.
Ozone is a tri-atomic Oxygen molecule chemically represented as O3, with a different molecular structure than atmospheric Oxygen, which is chemically represented as O2. At room temperature, Ozone is a colorless gas with a characteristic odor which is similar to the smell we get after thunderstorms, at high altitudes or near the sea.
Ozone in the atmosphere is produced by action of UV rays and thunderstorm on the atmospheric Oxygen; but Medical Ozone is produced from a pure medically graded oxygen with the help of high voltage electrical discharge; this ozone is a mixture of pure oxygen and ozone mixed in different concentration. The medical ozone is always freshly prepared on site for immediate administration.
Treating patients with ozone is not a very new procedure as you might think. During World War 1, ozone was used to treat wounds, trench foot, gangrene and reduce the effects of poison gas of soldiers. Ozone therapy was also used extensively to treat war wounds of soldiers during World War-II.
Today, after 125 years after its discovery in medical treatment, ozone therapy is a recognized practise in many nations: Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Romania, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Israel, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, US states and now in India.
Ozone therapy today is also known as ozone discectomy. It is used commonly cure slipped disc pain, nerve root compression, facet joint pain and also spondylosis. All these conditions are related to the spinal cord.
Ozone discectomy has become very popular globally due to the proven fact that it is very safe and very effective. During Ozone Discectomy, ozone is injected in our inter vertebral disc. Immediately the injected medical ozone (O3) dissociates into an oxygen molecule (O2) and after some time it causes the disc to shrink and mummify, which provides relief to the compressed nerve root; this gives instant pain relief. Along with this, Ozone also exerts anti-inflammatory actions in our body; because of which edema and venous congestion is reduced and the blood supply gets improved.
A trained medicine practitioner will inject this medical ozone into your system after determining the exact dosage. The exact dosage of ozone is determined according to your medical indications and your medical condition.
Earlier it was very difficult to know the exact concentration of ozone that was to be injected. But, now with the invent of Corona-discharge Ozone generators, its possible to know the exact concentration of Ozone to be injected into the body.
It is also gaining popularity in India not only due to less hospital stay, no post-operative discomfort and morbidity and very few side effects but also due to its cost effectiveness. Due to its 80-90 percent success rate we can say that ozone discectomy is definitely here to stay.
