The unforgettable Duremar from the children's fairy tale about Pinocchio earned his living by selling leeches. Supposedly useful and medicinal. Caught from a dirty pond, the individuals brought income to the fabulous would-be physician, but certainly did not have a healing effect. Because they had nothing in common with real, medicinal leeches. However, Duremar’s “business” was based on a method well known since the time of Avicenna, namely, hirudotherapy. True, the real method had nothing in common with the craft of the fairy-tale deceiver. We invite you to find out how modern medicine uses hirudotherapy, and whether leeches can be useful for varicose veins.
It is necessary to treat varicose veins or other pathologies with the help of medicinal leeches grown in special, sterile conditions. The process of raising individuals is not quick or easy. We think you will be interested to know that before a blood-sucking creature is placed on your body, it is not fed for 3 or even more months! The predator must be very hungry in order for her to want to cling to your skin. If the leech is full, you will not get any therapeutic effect from it. Just because she won't bite you.
For varicose veins, the scheme for placing leeches can be different. But one unshakable rule still exists.
The doctor will carefully select a place on your skin where there are no large vessels. Ideally, leeches will be placed along the diseased vessel on both sides.
They are arranged like chess squares, i.e. so that they are not at the same level. The doctor can use from two to four specimens for the area of one vein.
The end of the session occurs when the leech falls off on its own. If after 30 minutes this does not happen, and you got a particularly hungry leech, the doctor removes the leeches with tweezers or washes them off with water.
Leeches are never reused.
But whether it is possible to do massage for varicose veins, you can find out from this article.
The resumption of hirudotherapy is supported by widespread advertising about the miraculous effects of this method. As for varicose veins, let's talk.
The disease occurs not because your blood is too viscous, but because of the imperfect valve apparatus of the veins. It is the venous valves that leeches do not affect. No way. However, patients experience some relief - pain in the legs disappears due to the analgesic effect of hirudin, swelling and skin pigmentation disappear for a while. But you shouldn’t delude yourself - after a certain period of time everything will return to normal. If it really is varicose veins, you won’t be able to do without phlebological help.
We assume that in the initial stages of varicose veins the therapeutic effect will last for a long time. But the problem is that in these stages, patients rarely seek treatment.
If you decide to undergo a course of hirudotherapy, first of all you need to consult with your regular local doctor. The fact is that many pathologies are direct contraindications for this technique.
You cannot make an appointment with a hirudotherapist if you have the following diseases:
The procedure will not be performed in the following cases:
Now about finding a good specialist. It is best to contact hirudotherapists working at the sanatoriums of large health centers. They employ specialists who have undergone special training after receiving a medical diploma. Such a doctor must have a certificate confirming his specialization.
Do not seek services from small private offices. You risk meeting Duremar and receiving appropriate treatment.
Hirudotherapy is a type of ancient treatment method based on bloodletting. In modern medicine, this technique has significantly decreased in use. However, treatment of varicose veins with leeches is still actively used today.
Do leeches help? The attitude of doctors towards hirudotherapy is not clear, however, the positive effect of leeches in some diseases was noted 20 years ago. For the treatment of varicose veins, they began to be widely used at this time to thin the blood and remove venous clots from them.
Some experts are skeptical about hirudotherapy and do not recognize its relevance against the backdrop of the latest treatment methods.
The saliva of these small worms contains many bioactive substances, the main ones being hirudin and orgelase. These substances prevent the formation of blood clots and platelet aggregation. Orgelase smoothes the walls of blood vessels, which ensures normalization of blood flow.
As a result, microcirculation of blood and a decrease in venous pressure eliminates the accumulation of blood in the veins of the legs and relieves swelling. When used regularly, leeches can have a truly miraculous effect.
Hirudotherapy is indicated for many diseases:
Treatment with leeches for varicose veins of the lower extremities (and not only) is recommended for increased pressure in the walls of blood vessels and their swelling. Mechanical pressure relief is effective for protruding veins of the lower extremities.
Blood thinning is also effective for inflammation of the walls of blood vessels, which is observed with thrombophlebitis. Blocked veins are a dangerous phenomenon, so thinning the blood with a substance contained in saliva can solve this problem. The risk of blood clots is reduced.
However, there are direct contraindications to treatment:
Many patients have a misconception about the dangers associated with hirudotherapy. Some patients are afraid of contracting blood diseases from these worms. This would be possible if the same leech was administered to several patients.
But this is not so: the bloodsuckers used in hirudotherapy are disposable and are destroyed after use. It is not advisable to reuse an individual, since it will get hungry after a few months, and sometimes even after a year. Therefore, it is more profitable for doctors to purchase new specimens that are absolutely sterile.
But there are some unpleasant moments during treatment:
Most of these complications arise from improper use and failure to comply with sanitary and hygienic standards when using them, combing bite sites, or poor-quality wound treatment.
Before treating varicose veins, it is necessary to undergo a medical examination and check the following indicators:
Many patients are wary of hirudotherapy, believing that the stinging process is too painful. In fact, the pain feels comparable to a mosquito bite. During the suction process, the leech releases analgesics, so the bite is practically unnoticeable. Fears that a leech will crawl across the body are also in vain, since the doctor places it at the right point and it is fixed immediately.
Hirudotherapy for varicose veins is a treatment that takes more than one day. To obtain a therapeutic effect, regular sessions are required over a certain period of time. The minimum course of treatment is 7-8 sessions with intervals between procedures of 5-6 days.
With stable and regular use of the technique, the condition of the veins begins to gradually stabilize. The decrease in vein volume is noticeable after 4-5 sessions. Spider veins gradually fade and after the 6th session they become barely noticeable.
How to place leeches correctly? Before the procedure, you should take a shower without using perfumed products, since leeches cannot tolerate strong odors. Before the procedure, you need to remove hair from your body.
The treatment procedure consists of the following stages:
To avoid complications after a hirudotherapy session, you should adhere to the following recommendations:
The course of treatment lasts from 30 to 45 days. Treatment can be repeated only after 6 months.
Using leeches to treat varicose veins on your own at home is possible, subject to some recommendations from specialists. Treatment at home must begin after undergoing the same examination that is recommended for treatment in the clinic.
For the session, active individuals are selected, without a sticky coating on the back. Before attaching them to the shin, you should prepare the following tools and materials:
For the procedure, you will need the help of a partner, since you will not be able to attach the leech to the back of the shin yourself. In addition, the body may react negatively to the session, so a person capable of providing first aid will not hurt.
You need to start treatment by installing one individual, from the second session two individuals are used, gradually the number can be increased to 6-7 pieces. It is not recommended to use larger amounts for self-treatment at home.
Hirudotherapy sessions in different clinics differ significantly. This is due to the qualifications of doctors, the cost of additional services, and the status of the clinic itself. You should not choose the cheapest option, because the success of treatment depends not only on the direct action of the natural “healer”, but also on the correct application of its properties.
A good hirudotherapist is able to provide better services than a poorly qualified nurse. When choosing between an affordable price and the maximum effect of the procedure, it is better to choose the latter.
Average prices for procedures are as follows:
Visually familiarize yourself with the principles of hirudotherapy:
This article is an expression of one opinion, one point of view regarding the effectiveness of treating varicose veins with leeches - hirudotherapy for varicose veins.
It is possible that it is erroneous and not true, if you have the opposite belief, personal long-term experience of using leeches for varicose veins, the results of any studies and other evidence of the opposite point of view, please leave your feedback in the comments.
This is very important to us and our readers. “How many doctors, so many opinions” - this is the exact wording for this topic. The most common questions that interest people suffering from varicose veins: is treatment with leeches effective, is it possible to get rid of varicose veins with the help of hirudotherapy?
Leeches have been used for the treatment of various diseases since ancient times, namely since those times when there were practically no means for therapy, there was not so much scientific research, knowledge about the human body, the causes of diseases and the deep processes occurring at the cellular level. Today, hirudotherapy is primarily a business that is advertised as a very effective method, explaining their action as a panacea for almost all diseases.
Before you trust your precious health to hirudotherapists, you should understand what varicose veins are and what a leech can do by injecting hirudin into your body. Most people suffering from varicose veins have a fairly superficial understanding of the disease itself and the trigger mechanism for the development of varicose veins, believing that the cause of varicose veins is thick blood and that it should be thinned.
Varicose veins are a disruption of the natural functioning of venous valves, characterized by the occurrence of blood reflux, that is, reverse blood flow. This is a profound disruption of the physiological balance at the cellular level between collagen, muscle cells, and elastic fibers of the venous wall. How can leech treatment affect this balance?
In case of varicose veins, the main pathological factor is the expansion of the lumen of the venous vessel. As a result, valvular insufficiency of the veins occurs, and an improper flow of venous blood occurs in both the deep and superficial venous systems. And the same blood thinning that leeches provide for 15 minutes has nothing to do with reducing the lumen and changing the condition of the valves (see treatment of varicose veins).
Today, advertising for hirudotherapy provides a whole list of hirudotherapy effects, confidently stating that treatment with leeches has the following positive effects:
This may be true, only the existing opinion and belief that leeches thin the blood, even to the point of blood loss in patients prone to bleeding, is not confirmed by some studies at the clinical level. In 1910, the doctor G. A. Zakharyin stopped profuse nosebleeds by installing leeches on the tailbone and in the anus. And in 1948, doctor V. A. Lukashov claimed that in the Samara province they used powder made from dried leeches to stop various bleeding - throat, nose, uterine bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding.
In 1936, doctor I.R. Petrov and other co-authors conducted an experiment on rabbits, which showed that under the influence of leech secretion, lysis of an intravascular thrombus occurred without changing hemostasis in the general blood flow, that is, serious blood thinning did not occur. It is believed that the mechanism of the hemostatic effect during treatment with leeches is to restore blood flow due to the weakening of vascular spasm, which during treatment is blocked by edema and infiltration of surrounding tissues.
The opinion of many doctors about the cases in which leg veins can be treated with leeches is inflammation of the superficial veins and thrombophlebitis, and then only in cases where a person refuses traditional effective methods of therapy. Many phlebologists believe that treating varicose veins with leeches is useless, since the effect consists of a short-term 15-minute blood thinning and spasm of the venous wall for 1-2 days - then everything returns, it’s good if there are no complications, allergic reactions and other negative consequences.
Today, very often, phlebologists are faced with the fact that after hirodotherapy, patients come to them with complications, advanced forms of varicose veins and disappointment in medicine and in the competence of hirudotherapists.
To fully understand what varicose veins are, you should also know the mechanism of development of this disease.
The veins of the legs consist of a huge network of deep and saphenous veins, which are connected by perforating veins. The outflow of blood from the skin and subcutaneous tissue occurs through the superficial veins, and from other tissues through the deep veins. Perforating vessels equalize the pressure between these veins; normally, blood through them should flow from the superficial to the deep veins, only in one direction.
The muscle layer of the venous wall is quite poorly developed, so it cannot independently cope with the blood moving upward. This is accomplished using pressure from nearby tendons and residual blood pressure. In this process, the muscle pump plays one of the key roles: when muscles contract during physical activity, blood is pushed upward, as venous valves prevent downward movement.
To ensure that such blood circulation is not disturbed and that constant venous pressure exists, normal venous tone is necessary. The vasomotor center located in the brain regulates the pressure in the veins. Therefore, various diseases of the central nervous system can influence the development of varicose veins.
When weakness of the vascular wall and valve insufficiency occurs, blood flows both up and down due to the muscle pump. When the pressure on the vessels is too high, the veins dilate, nodes form and a vicious circle arises, which further provokes the progression of valvular insufficiency.
This is how the flow of blood through the perforating veins is disrupted. The reverse flow of blood from deep to superficial vessels leads to a progressive increase in pressure in the superficial veins. The nerves located in the walls of the veins give signals to the vasomotor center, and it, in turn, gives the command to increase venous tone.
The veins cannot cope with such a load; over time they lengthen, expand, and become tortuous. Constant high pressure in the veins creates atrophy of the muscle tissue of the vein walls and leads to the death of the nerves that regulate venous tone. Now it should be clear why treatment of varicose veins on the legs with leeches, such a deep circulatory disorder, is ineffective, moreover, it often becomes downright dangerous.
When contacting hirudotherapists, the patient is assured that varicose veins will resolve after leeches, swelling will go away, and heaviness and pain will go away. The positive effect, which is sometimes weak and short-lived during treatment, creates a deceptive temporary relief. Then a relapse occurs quite quickly, to a more pronounced degree.
Everyone knows that a leech is a blood-sucking parasite living in a swamp, whose saliva, in addition to a mass of allergenic substances, also contains a complex of bacteria - spirachete rods, streptococci, diplococci, staphylococci. Of course, specially grown pure leeches are used for treatment, but allergic manifestations can also occur when using them. Allergenic substances begin to stimulate at the site of leech placement, and in case of chronic venous stagnation - allergic and inflammatory reactions.
What other negative consequences and complications may occur after hirudotherapy in patients with varicose veins, which experts are silent about, either out of ignorance or deliberately:
Today, in the arsenal of pharmacology, there are plenty of different drugs that have an anticoagulant effect, with a lasting effect and their use is safe.
If you have treated varicose veins with leeches, please leave your feedback about the consequences and effect, it will be interesting to our readers.
In 2011 I decided to treat my legs with leeches. There was absolutely no effect! Time and money were wasted in vain. But she acquired dark brown spots in the places where the leeches bitten, and until now they have not even lightened.
I agree with Alla, the spots did not go away, I applied leeches 8 years ago in a decent medical institution, the result was sad: the leg was swollen, the temperature rose, I was on antibiotics for a week, but the medical staff had nothing to do with it, they said: “Deviations are possible...”
I don’t agree with the article; doctors, especially phlebologists, will of course be against such treatment, after all, who would agree that their work is done by nature. Yes, I agree that surgery will help completely remove the veins, but we won’t talk about how much this operation costs. And nothing is said about the leeches themselves, that there are many types of them, but in total only three types of leeches are medicinal and that it is correct to catch them not in ponds, but to buy them in pharmacies, where they come from biofactories, specially grown conditions. those who made their comments are also not entirely right, and then there are different specialists in placing leeches, they must be placed correctly, then the effect will be different. I have been putting leeches on myself for two years now and I see the results of their effectiveness. Veins can also be removed by bees, which also have hirudin and do not leave bite marks, like those from leeches. My friend went to a beekeeper and had her veins removed and was delighted with the effect. And the effect will always be only on the person you receive treatment from. So try it and don’t be afraid, there will be no harm.
I admit that doctors who surgically treat varicose veins do not underestimate the role of the leech in the treatment of this problem. If you try it on yourself, and with a qualified hirudotherapist, you will not have those negative consequences that are so ominously written about in the article. After giving birth, I had to see a hirudotherapist - I was tormented by varicose veins. I was treated for 1.5 years: 3 courses of 10 sessions. The doctor placed leeches not only on the areas of bulging veins on the legs themselves, but also on special points in the circulatory system and liver (I say, perhaps, not very correctly, because it was a long time ago, I forgot some of the doctor’s words and comments). So, after that, 8 years passed, I wore heels, didn’t wear varicose stockings, didn’t take any medications and didn’t remember about varicose veins. Now, after 8 years, I plan to take a new course, because... on one leg the veins came out again - but this was after 8 years! Where is the guarantee that after the operation (anesthesia, medications, cost) repeated surgical interventions will not be required? And how much money should you spend on supportive orthopedic German stockings and what is their cost and service life if worn constantly - anyone who is interested knows! Therefore, I consider hirudotherapy an effective way to combat varicose veins! But this is my personal opinion - everyone will make their own choice!
After treatment with leeches, varicose veins of the left foot, non-healing wounds appeared near the toe and ankle. The temperature has risen, there is hellish pain, now I have been receiving treatment from a surgeon for 20 days, but there is no end to the edge, my leg has turned purple. I wouldn’t wish it on my enemy!
I have been using leeches for over 11 years! me and my whole family! the effect is wonderful. and with varicose veins and with many other diseases (intervertebral hernias, hypertension, recovery from a fracture, gynecological problems, atopic dermatitis and many others have happened in the family). The main thing is to be treated by a good specialist! And all of the listed anti-effects from unprofessional placement of leeches. (with varicose veins, for example, not a single good doctor will immediately put a leech on the legs, first, according to the scheme, various other points! famous doctor Kamenev.)
Of course, such articles are very beneficial for doctors and pharmaceutical companies, since the task of medicine in our country is not to cure, but to heal the patient. I completely disagree with the opinion, I felt the magical effect of leeches on myself from the first procedure, varicose veins disappeared completely after three sessions of hirudotherapy, before starting treatment I repeatedly turned to different specialists who prescribed expensive ointments and tablets, nothing helped, I tried hirudotherapy out of hopelessness and the result was the most effective already from the first procedure, this problem has not bothered me for five years, my only regret is that I trusted the doctors too much and wasted a lot of money.
I treated varicose veins-thrombophlebitis with leeches at a treatment center... the result was certainly not great... but I felt it... but it’s really temporary... I don’t know what to believe... but the only thing that saves me so far is a little phlebodia6000 tablet... without them I practically can’t sleep... pain hellish in the legs...
The leeches are great! They know their stuff. They helped me a lot.
Personally, my nightmare has been going on for 7 years now, after using leeches in a private hospital! I went to treat my legs, which were tired from walking for a long time due to varicose veins! I came for this procedure for the first time and told everything about myself, that my blood pressure was constantly low, and my blood clotting was not very good! The doctor listened to me and took me into a room where they started planting a bunch of leeches on me! It’s good that many didn’t stick and fell off! Looks like 4 left! Then, in the evening, after the procedure, I started bleeding, I didn’t have time to tear the sheets! I felt bad, the blood was oozing terribly and I had to call an ambulance! They gave me hemostatic injections, but they didn’t help either! They took me to the hospital and put on a special bandage! It seemed like the bleeding had stopped and the pain in my legs had gone away, although the bites were very itchy! And then, three days later, the fun began! I was covered all over, like measles, and a terrible, nighttime itch with tears began! Whatever I smeared myself with was useless! I went to the dermatologist and carried out the prescribed treatment! It seemed that everything calmed down for a while, but after a while, everything began to repeat itself, of course, not in such quantities, but in places, all over the body and itching a lot! I took antihistamine tablets, it went away, but again, it all appeared again! So many years have passed, but I still suffer from this problem! Then it will pass, then it all appears, in the form of red spots, sometimes merging with each other and itching a lot! I’m already tired of going to doctors and undergoing pointless treatment! Either they advise you to go on a diet, then you are treated with one thing, then with another, but the outcome is the same, spots and scratching them! I’ve already given up and am constantly sitting on Elak gel! So, I went for a leech procedure at the Umid clinic, in Taraz, Kazakhstan! Let our people know how they treat there, not the quality, but the quantity of money that I had after the procedure, they almost ripped it out of my throat for their own quantity of leeches! It turns out that the leeches were dirty, perhaps from someone with dermatitis! And no matter how people say and write that leeches can be contagious, I’ll tell you straight, they can, and how! Doctors transfer them from one, dirty one, to another, clean one, which has never suffered from this muck! Freaks, not doctors!
Dear woman, you may have come across unfortunate specialists And now you have such an opinion about leeches. In principle, a leech is a disposable product and must be disposed of after its use. However, in our lives there are also dishonest doctors and simply charlatans. With the right approach and setup, a disposable sterile leech cannot give such consequences You're just unlucky, this happens just like in all our medicine
I also have a very severe allergy to leeches. It's all individual. The places where the leeches were placed became terribly red and swollen, it itched so much that it was even shocking. But they really help a lot of people. This is the body's failure to accept a foreign protein.
If we omit the “interested” comments of doctors, I would like to note the following: it is sad when a person ends up with a dishonest hirudotherapist or a medical center. After this, the complications listed above arise, however, as with any type of treatment carried out by a bad specialist. I am a hirudotherapist with 20 years of experience. I note that I did not have the same patients with the same diagnosis. Leeches helped me identify hidden pathology and treat them individually, without standard regimens. The results were different, but there were many patients for whom this method helped to become healthy again. Moreover, of different ages and degrees of neglect of health. Amazing leeches can cure varicose veins, angina pectoris, hypertension, diabetes, prostatitis, prostate adenoma, improve vision by at least 2 diopters. C With their help, I managed to cope with the main cause of the ailments: stagnation of blood flow, ischemia, atherosclerosis. Professor, head of the department of Moscow State University Izolda Baskova and co-workers. I confirmed my practical results with her scientific conclusions (I have been studying the properties of leeches for 40 years). If you treat a patient, taking into account dozens of factors (the characteristics of the patient, the course of the disease, the body’s response to each procedure, timely correction of the treatment zones), the result will be excellent. I left official medicine - I was disillusioned with its methods and approaches to the patient. I don’t pay attention to the reaction of doctors to hirudotherapy (I feel sorry for them). Nature has long figured out how to help with this or that illness. We need to treat the living alive, without complications and surgical interventions (where possible).
Hello! But some people say that you can’t install them in winter! Yes or no! I'm afraid of them! ) everyone around says it's good! Can you also use it on all parts of the body? They told me that they would bet on my head, I started to worry. You can answer)
I would like to say about hirudotherapy - this is the only method of treatment that has no side effects and is a natural method of treatment. The leech, as experts write above, has up to 70 enzymes, which it produces itself. Pharmacology has managed to create analogues, I emphasize analogues of about 5-7 enzymes, the rest of the enzymes cannot reproduce In addition, the treatment of varicose veins can be treated with a medicinal leech, since the leech has enzymes that restore the elasticity of the veins and also cleans the veins, removing cholesterol plaques and microthrombi, which almost everyone has. Pharmacology is a very large and stable business, and a leech is a cheap method of treatment and if everyone will start advertising hirudotherapy, what will happen then with pharmaceutical drugs that have many side effects? Therefore, hirudotherapy in our country is despondent and the treatment is very worthy and there is a wide range of treatments. People come with one problem and later it turns out that they received complex treatment. Surgery for varicose veins is not a panacea at all. since there are only two main veins in the leg, removing one double load falls on the other. I have a lot of positive reviews and grateful clients. I can talk about leeches endlessly. But the most important thing is that business is not hirudotherapy, but drugs that are sold in pharmacies for big money and, as a rule, are very rarely panacea
Monotherapy has never been successful, since only the right combination of techniques always gives the most impressive results. For varicose veins, you should not give up venotonics, but combine their use with hirudotherapy, apitherapy, special massage and acupuncture. The result is much faster and the effect of the right combination of techniques is much superior to treatment with leeches alone. It is also important to monitor your diet and do fasting days. Also, a number of diseases such as obesity and diabetes do not give positive results when treating varicose veins with hirudotherapy.
After treatment with leeches, my husband died a day later
and the autopsy showed that it was from leeches that your husband died. Maybe just an unfortunate coincidence? People die while being treated with medications, while working in their dachas, on airplanes, just walking on the street, and in their sleep. Somehow I don’t want to believe that people die from leeches. I give myself courses of leeches every six months.
Galina. I think you turned too late having tried everything. For example, I saved my mother from death 4 times with leeches. after 30 years of unsuccessful treatment in hospitals. The leech quickly restores what medicinal methods cannot cope with. I am a hirudologist myself and am delighted with hirudology. I am undergoing treatment myself and recommend it to others. It is especially effective for injuries. I never cease to surprise myself every time. Glaucoma of the thyroid gland. In hospitals they only sing songs about how they will be cured. I have not seen a single person who would have had their thyroid gland or glaucoma cured. Please cut out or remove the eye
A friend from Kazakhstan, who actually cured varicose veins with leeches, says his method is excellent without complications. I read about leeches in varicose veins - doctors say they need to remove the vein.
Hello! Where and what medical center can I go to? Treatment of varicose veins with leeches. Please tell me? Thank you
I am undergoing treatment, after the first day I did not notice much effect. I need to wrap it with an absorbent thick bandage, the bleeding goes away after 6 hours.
Who can tell me what needs to be done, and why my nephew’s wounds from leech bites on his leg have not healed for more than 2 months after treatment of varicose veins with hirudotherapy?
Hello everyone, doctors and patients, there have been and will be leeches, but you say that this is a business, but what is pharma? Yes, releasing medicines that are not curative but that destroy people, making them addicted to non-existent diseases, this is normal, but we no longer trust God’s creation, which was created to treat his slaves, it turns out that our creator, in your opinion, does not know what he has created. Unfortunately, all doctors are businesses who are in the system, in a terrible system, so I would rather put myself in the hands of a good woman with leeches who works, yes, and not even at the hirudotherapy center, than to a person in the system. Sincerely. Don't give up on people with their illnesses. If God sent the treatment, it will be there, and there is no need to blame anyone or anything, but the question is why do people leave doctors and look for other methods of treatment, think about this, if everything is so good in medicine, why are we returning to the forgotten old method.
Your nephew scratched the wound, that’s why it doesn’t heal, unless there is a triangle from a leech bite, this proves that when the wound heals, it itches, so he tried to treat it with peroxide.
I started using leeches out of nowhere; no medications helped lower my blood pressure. After the first procedure, a lasting effect came only after 2 weeks; it lasted for half a year. At first I was terribly afraid of them, but when they began to really help me, I fell in love with them. I install the leeches myself. For pressure on the shoulders, for varicose veins, you need to place it 2-5 centimeters above the varicose veins, but on the inside of the thigh. The effect is wonderful, it lasted for 6.5 years. There is a lot of slack in the hirudocenters.
You write that you have been putting leeches on yourself for two years. not being a specialist and confident that you are setting them correctly for yourself at certain points... and at the same time relying on the fact that going to specialists is dangerous. since they can place the leech incorrectly..nonsense..initially our grandmothers simply placed leeches on a sore spot...a tooth hurt..they put it on the gum next to the damaged area and there were no consequences..the leg hurt. the same process and everything went through..what points are you talking about? yes, grandmothers, without training in medical knowledge, intuitively placed them next to the veins and arteries and watched so as not to get into the vessel.. and no one died from placing leeches.. here they write about dark spots from an alleged leech bite... nonsense.. these are ordinary age spots , which are in excess in your body - this is melanin.. Leeches do not harm anyone and what doctors write about the harm is their advertising campaign.. now new drugs are appearing. which cost a lot of money and have a bunch of contraindications, and all this needs to be somehow shoved into the poor patient... so they write such articles... I have been doing hirudotherapy professionally for many years and for 15 years such patients have come who were killed by our doctors and not me, but leeches put them on their feet... and hidden varicose veins are treated by leeches, and trophic ulcers and open rotting wounds are healed by leeches with their saliva... what can we even be talking about here??
My sister developed varicose veins on her right leg after giving birth. At first it didn’t bother me too much, but over time my legs began to hurt when walking in heels or when walking for a long time. I underwent medication treatment from a phlebologist several times. There were no significant improvements. They offered surgery, which my sister refused. A friend suggested trying treatment with leeches. There are many positive and negative results on this matter. But since my sister did not dare to have surgery, she decided to try this method. The result exceeded all expectations. After only 3-4 procedures, the swelling and tension of the veins began to subside. And after 10 sessions, the pain in the legs disappeared. The course was enough for about 6 - 8 months. My sister considers this a good result. In addition, she engages in special physical therapy and takes herbal decoctions. I gave up the pills completely. Repeated treatment with leeches was carried out again. I'm happy with the result.
What herbs does he drink? I read the reviews and it’s scary. Mom’s varicose veins are not strong, doctors do not recognize them as varicose veins, and therefore I hope that the leeches will not harm. But I doubt it because... I myself attended 2 sessions (with a good specialist, a family friend runs his own clinic, not from the street and not self-taught, but originally a surgeon, etc.). I treated neuralgia of the facial nerve and everything is fine. Then I treated my leg - since childbirth, one leg has been hurting strangely, all along the outer side of everything, and I can’t lie on it for a long time; it’s numb. Leeches were placed on the lumbar region in the second session and, unlike the first session, which went off with a bang, the allergy started (here in the comments they described it - itching, acne). but after a week and a half or two it passed. but this is still lucky - but people write terrible things and, based on my experience, I can believe it because I think that the substances that leeches inject are probably not fully studied, and different people have different reactions. Regarding myself, I’m generally surprised - why suddenly I have an allergy, after all, the first time, even the wounds didn’t itch at all. By the way, it didn’t help my leg. and the scars from the bites have remained for 3 months - will they ever go away?
Hello. I can’t pass by without commenting. I'll tell you my story of healing. Don't pass by.
1. Nature (God, the universe. Whatever you call the meaning) has thought of everything! Look around. Night without day cannot..... A man needs a woman, and a woman needs a man. Both emotionally and physiologically. There will be no continuation of the human race if this rule is broken. Nature gave water to man! And “Water wears away stones!” Is that what they say? And why? Noticed. Hundreds of years ago they noticed... And a person is 70% water. Moreover, our brain is 90% water. (This is not so long ago, but scientists discovered it). Water is the main component of the building of our cells. All traditional and non-traditional medicine doctors recommend drinking 1-1.5 liters of water daily... But this is difficult for most people! And drinking soda and beer by the liter, eating it all with rolls and smoked sausages is not difficult... Here is the first answer to all ailments. And including the effectiveness of a particular treatment.
2. Leeches, grass... Sun!! It was also not so easy to come up with. And people learned to use their properties. Even in the tombs of the Pharaoh there are drawings that depict treatment with leeches! This confirms that the treatment was effective and people tried to pass this fact on to future generations. The question is who to trust! Rule 1: never believe advertising in the media. (I say this as an experienced advertising specialist). You should look for a treating doctor only based on recommendations. Let it be through “8 handshakes”, but not through advertising.
3. I never liked supporting formology. I try not to use antibiotics or other pharmaceutical drugs. I prefer methods such as morning exercises. Swimming. Acupuncture, massages and hirudotherapy. I didn’t immediately fall in love with leeches. I heard about the effectiveness, but there was no doctor whom I could trust.
In the course of my work (by the way, no longer in advertising. I got tired of these soap bubbles after 15 years), life brought me together with a good person. This is a reflexotherapist doctor of the highest category with 20 years of experience. Hirrudotherapist. By the time we met, I had already tested the effectiveness of needle treatment. But when moving to another city, I didn’t know where to find a good specialist.
While we were working, I had to often visit this doctor's waiting room. I saw people leaving the office. (By the way, appointments are held in 3 booths from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.) ... For a long time I looked closely at the doctor ... I listened to the emotions of the people coming out. We tried to find friends who would give recommendations for this specialist. (I found it by the way, but that’s not what the story is about).
One day she came to a meeting with some kind of compress on her neck. And she said that we have about an hour, and then she needs to be home, because she put leeches on her neck, there is bleeding and she will soon need to change the compress. “Do you install them for yourself too?” I was surprised. "Of course! Definitely! Courses." “I also go to the sanatorium for water once every six months. I do cleansing. I play sports and swim.” (I note that the woman is over 50... she is slim and light). “Are you doing this for a specific illness?” “No. Just for the sake of the general health of the body. Although every person has some kind of ailments. They can be genetically determined. Or they can manifest themselves due to external factors: stress, poor nutrition, lifestyle. And treatment for each person is individual in each specific case ".
On the way home, I tried to remember at least one general practitioner who would take what he recommended. I don't remember. Well, it’s natural... Moreover, images of doctors with whom I had the opportunity to communicate throughout my life rushed into my consciousness; more than half of them were clearly overweight, and excess weight, as we know, brings with it a bunch of different ailments that are not written on the face.....
The next wonderful discovery was when one day she cured me of an incipient allergy without medication. I came to our next meeting. I speak into my nose, and fluid has been running out of my nose for three days now. When she saw me, she naturally checked my well-being by looking at my ear! The allergy point was painful. For those who don’t know what this is, I advise you to read about immunity points in the ears and feet. Then I also didn’t know much... and after gluing a millet grain onto this point with a tiny patch, I was told to massage this point every 2 hours AND NOT GO TO THE PHARMACY! After 2 days, a miracle happened, in my opinion. The nose stopped running. From a medical point of view, everything is understandable. And this method is called seed therapy.
Well, finally I’ll tell you about LEECHES. I finally decided to take the course! For what? I have the most terrible Hepatitis C virus (A). Chronic. This means that my blood is completely bad. Hepatitis C is called the “gentle killer.” Because it slowly burns you out... no one knows whether you will live peacefully for 20 years or whether it will turn into cirrhosis and cancer... According to research from 15 years ago, more and more people are sick in whom Hepatitis C cells attack the brain, forming brain cancer. (I am not a doctor; I may not explain myself accurately from a medical point of view). Treatment is very expensive. But I want to live and be healthy! The most important organ for me is the liver. In addition, recently I began to feel heaviness in my legs. Varicose veins! I took the plunge and took the course: 1. Sacral section. 2 Liver. 3. Kidneys. 4. Liver again. 5 Legs, legs again 6. Cervical spine. 7. Legs 2 more times. 8. Neck. Treatment took place from April to. June. Somewhere we took a break of 3 days. Somewhere in 2 weeks. (The breaks between sessions depend on how I feel, my menstrual cycle and my terrible busyness). SO! TREATMENT RESULTS! THE PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE IS GONE COMPLETELY. A blood test shows a decrease in the virus by almost 2 times. LEGS DO NOT HURT. I walk easily. The condition of the skin has improved (the skin is oily, I was constantly tormented by pimples and, accordingly, post-acne (red-blue remnants of scars after acne). By the way, leech saliva has a rejuvenating effect. It flows down.. and I catch it with my finger and smear it on the face. Where there are facial wrinkles . The result is that everyone says that I began to look better. Watching the leeches, I noticed that they know where to get sucked in. The bottom ones are active and hungry, and there are also lazy ones. They are thrown into a jar of alcohol in front of me and flushed down the toilet. (Or I I can throw it out of there), which means they won’t get to another person. And the scars from leeches are slowly dissolving... they are getting lighter. Again, nature and the desire to be healthy and beautiful help. - I wipe it with lemon. And about scratching. Well, this is a natural process healing of any wound. (Remember those who are in a cast... and scratch with a ruler). Well, the weight is gone. About 2 kilograms for sure. With a normal diet.
My comment is big, but useful! Let me summarize!
*Leeches will help turn on the immune systems in the blood, and therefore in the immunity of the whole body. *There are many charlatans, so look for a good specialist.
*Treatment should be carried out in courses and at least once a year.
* Drink more good water and watch what you eat.
Thank you for your attention. Health and happiness to your home.
Weak blood vessels and weak valves cannot be cured. Varicose veins can be removed, but recurrence is guaranteed. Varicose veins will appear in other veins. Leeches are used to thin the blood, more precisely to reduce blood clots. And to say that the effect will only last 15 minutes is nonsense. Blood flows from the site of the bite for at least a day, and reduced platelet aggregation, which is achieved during treatment with leeches, takes much longer. So leeches can replace medications. Not to mention the fact that medicines are made from hirudin, contained in the blood of leeches, to “relieve” varicose veins. I didn't have any side effects. Although allergies and other dangers must be taken into account
Normal people have long understood that where big money starts circulating, there is no place for humanity and all sorts of “Hippocratic Oaths”. The modern “mass pharmacopoeia” is not interested in curing a person, but in temporarily suppressing the symptoms. If previously a person, having fallen ill with the flu or a sore throat, lay in bed with a fever (as it should be, since a sick body needs rest and high temperature to synthesize interferon) - now “pharmacopeia specialists” offer to swallow a “magic pill” that “relieves pain and fever,” and allow you to “go about with your normal lifestyle” (which, of course, cannot be done, since in fact the body is sick, and normal activity further overloads it, exacerbating the damaging effects of the disease).
People have been using them for thousands of years for many diseases (mainly blood vessels and blood circulation) and the effectiveness of this method is beyond doubt. But, since a leech is essentially a “medical instrument,” the final result will depend on its quality and the skill of its use. Unfortunately, in “medical centers”, for reasons of “cost-effectiveness,” they can come up with anything, including reusing leeches or buying leeches from unverified suppliers, hence the “nightmares” described in the comments with swelling, inflammation and phlegmon. Leeches are born “clean” from cocoons, and if they are cultivated as expected (on tested blood from cattle), then the likelihood of “picking up” anything from them tends to zero. As for the infection of the wound, it is also doubtful, because blood oozes from the site of the leech bite for quite a long time, thereby thoroughly washing and cleansing it. But an allergy can actually occur, and it is better to place one small leech before starting treatment, and not on a sore spot, but on a obviously healthy area of skin with a thick layer of muscle and the absence of large subcutaneous vessels. Based on the reaction of the tissues to the bite, it will be possible to say within a few hours whether it is possible or not for you to be treated with leeches.
Also, we should not forget that varicose veins and phlebitis/thorombophlebitis almost always go hand in hand. Often phlebitis/thorombophlebitis “disfigures” the valve system of the veins, making them “wooden”. There is a sound grain in the comments above: you can treat, but wisely. You should not immediately place leeches on a varicose limb near the veins. First, a comprehensive procedure is needed in order to improve the rheological properties of the blood (decreased cell aggregation, increased fluidity), and dissolve clots and microthrombi that every adult has. This alone will significantly increase the supply of body tissues with nutrients and oxygen and reduce ischemic phenomena. And only then put leeches on the sore limb + venotonics.
An important point: if you know for sure that there are large blood clots, it is preferable to be treated in a hospital, since during lysis (dissolution) there is always a risk of a blood clot or a piece of it breaking off, which can lead to pulmonary embolism (with an outcome that can even be fatal in case of a large blood clot), and help in In this case, it is possible to provide assistance only in a hospital setting (the ambulance simply will not have time to get there, since in acute ELA the outcome is decided by minutes). However, you must also understand that, in exactly the same way, an existing blood clot can break off on its own, for example from a sudden movement or a blow to a sore limb. I consider surgical removal of veins to be absolutely not an option, since the removal of one vein increases the load on the remaining ones, and in fact, it is only a matter of time before the remaining ones “swell.”
Therefore, even if you decide to be treated with leeches, it is better to go to a phlebologist first and ask to be referred for a Doppler ultrasound of the blood vessels. To assess the condition of blood vessels and the presence/absence/size of blood clots and clots. And of course, periodically applying leeches to healthy people to prevent blood stagnation will not harm at all.