Hirudotherapy refers to the methods of alternative medicine. With its help, you can get rid of diseases such as angina pectoris, prostatitis, arthritis, arthrosis, varicose veins and others. Especially well proven treatment with leeches for hemorrhoids. Feedback from patients who have experienced this method of therapy confirms the high efficiency of hirudotherapy and its complete safety.
Benefits of hirudotherapy
This method has been practiced since antiquity. The healing properties of leeches were known to Hippocrates. A long-forgotten technique in our days has found a second wind. Today, treatment with leeches is once again becoming fashionable and popular. What is the essence of hirudotherapy?
During the bite, the parasite releases its saliva into the blood, which contains a lot of biologically active substances. In addition, saliva has a component that prevents blood clotting. That is why very often after a leech bite, the blood has to be stopped with a bandage. Thanks to this property, it rejuvenatesblood, and the vessels become less prone to the formation of blood clots. This significantly reduces the risk of atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Treatment of hemorrhoids with leeches (hirudotherapy) has a significant advantage. By its action, leech saliva, reminiscent of acetylsalicylic acid, thins the blood and prevents the formation of hemorrhoidal sacs.
But unlike Aspirin, the parasite's saliva is able to dissolve a clot, which cannot be said about the drug.
How leeches work
Leech is an annelids from the search class. They live exclusively in fresh water, but only medical leeches grown in laboratories are used to treat people. After the worm is used, it is killed. Thus sterility among parasites is maintained. The leech has a huge number of tiny teeth located on both jaws. During the bite, she massages the area of \u200b\u200bthe skin, thereby increasing blood flow. Patients who have experienced hirudotherapy say that the bite of the parasite is quite mild. Some compare it to a slight tingle.
Causes of hemorrhoids and its treatment
The causes of this rather unpleasant disease are: a sedentary lifestyle, heavy physical work, pregnancy, anal sex and frequent constipation. For the treatment of hemorrhoids, suppositories, ointments and tablets are used. And there are also many alternative medicines that are great at helping to cope with this disease. The main thing in the treatment of hemorrhoids is not to start the disease. Otherwise, everything can end with a surgical operation. Running hemorrhoids threatens not only with open bleeding, but also with the appearance of hemorrhoidal bumps, deep cracks and, in the worst case, tumor diseases.
Hemorrhoid treatment with leeches
A photo of the leech is shown below.
Hirudotherapy for hemorrhoids is extremely useful. Leeches perform the following functions:
- Relieve the inflammatory process, since the saliva of these parasites has a bactericidal property.
- Thin the blood and keep it from stagnating. Thanks to this property, swelling disappears and knots in the veins resolve.
- Hirudotherapy promotes healing of all pelvic organs.
- It should be borne in mind that leeches are used exclusively for external diseases. In the case of internal hemorrhoids, they are useless.
Already after the first session, there is a noticeable improvement. Swelling subsides, veins shrink, and pain disappears.
How to plant leeches
For the procedure, the doctor must have the following items: ammonia, hot water, regular medical alcohol and glucose in solution. As well as a test tube that will contain parasites after the session.
Before the procedure, empty the stomach and thoroughly wash the anus. Then proceed directly to hirudotherapy. The patient lies on his stomach as comfortably as possible, as the procedure will last at least 40 minutes. The leech is placed on the coccyx and in the areaanus. The parasite can be applied directly to fissures and hemorrhoids. In the treatment of hemorrhoids, the points with leeches are found independently. You should not be afraid of pain, since the leech injects an anesthetic substance at the same time as the bite. Judging by the reviews, the treatment of hemorrhoids with leeches is comfortable and easy.
Precautions
Sometimes the parasite crawls deep into the anus. After the worm has drunk blood, it will crawl out on its own. To unhook a leech ahead of time, moisten a cotton swab in iodine or alcohol and bring it to the parasites. It is advisable not to remove the leech ahead of time, but to give it the opportunity to complete its work.
The course of treatment is 12 sessions, which are carried out no more than once a week. Up to six leeches are usually used in one session.
You can not carry out this procedure on your own or with the help of non-professionals. In fact, hirudotherapy is not such a simple method of treatment as it seems at first glance. Sometimes there may be complications in the form of bleeding, and due to the fact that the blood is very thin, it can be difficult to stop. Therefore, the treatment of hemorrhoids with leeches at home is practically not carried out. Next to the patient must be a professional who knows how to act in such situations.
If hemorrhoids have an initial stage of the disease, it is enough to use three or four leeches in one session. The positive effect of the treatment of hemorrhoids with leeches occurs after the second session, that isafter 2 weeks of treatment. According to patients, after the first procedure, bleeding stops and swelling disappears, and after the second procedure, hemorrhoidal bumps begin to dissolve.
Doctors' recommendations
In order for hirudotherapy to give a good result, some rules and recommendations of specialists should be taken into account:
- You can not take drugs with acetylsalicylic acid ("Aspirin" or "Citramon") on the eve of the session. This substance thins the blood, which can cause bleeding.
- It is advisable to do exercises for the anus three days before hirudotherapy. To do this, tense and relax the muscles of the anus several times a day.
- When treating hemorrhoids with leeches, the point of setting is determined by a specialist. Do not move or interfere with parasites yourself.
- After going to the toilet, be sure to wash with warm and then cool water. Thus, there is a hardening of blood vessels and stimulation of the muscles of the anus.
- On the day of the procedure, it is forbidden to use aromatic products, as well as to smoke and drink alcohol.
After hirudotherapy, it is highly undesirable to swim for two days. It is recommended to lubricate the bite sites with anti-itch agents and to speed up healing.
Wounds resulting from vermin bites should be treated with care. They can bleed at any time and should therefore not be scratched or torn.
Who is contraindicated
There isa category of people who are highly undesirable to use leeches. These include:
- pregnant women;
- people with anemia;
- low blood pressure patients.
Separately, it should be noted people prone to allergies. They may have skin rashes accompanied by itching or other negative reactions. Such patients are not treated with leeches for hemorrhoids.
User reviews
According to Internet users who have tried hirudotherapy, this treatment method is extremely effective. Of the shortcomings, they single out only the fact that scars can remain after a leech bite. Otherwise, this method of treatment causes only positive emotions. Pain when bitten by a leech is not felt at all. According to patients, it is more like a slight tingling. Leeches sometimes crawl and look for the right place themselves. Sometimes they crawl deep into the anus and stay there for a while. For beginners, this can cause panic. You should not be afraid of such behavior of the parasite, as the leech will definitely come out after eating.
Significant improvements are already noticeable after the first session. First of all, bleeding stops, which practically does not occur anymore. Thanks to therapeutic saliva, cracks begin to heal, and nodes are significantly reduced. Which eventually leads to their complete resorption. Judging by the reviews, the treatment of hemorrhoids with leeches passes without consequences.
Among the side effects, patients note itching, which usually begins to manifest itself the next day after the procedure. Byaccording to patients, the itching is rather unpleasant and much more intense than a mosquito.
Hirudotherapy session is quite expensive. One leech costs about 100 rubles, and in total, up to 10 pieces are required for one session.
