Antinocyceptive effect of oxygen therapy and hirudotherapy in rehabilitation of patients with genital endometriosis

Abstract

The results of treatment of patients (n = 100) suff ering from genital endometriosis are presented. The 1-st (control, n = 30) group of patients, against the background of standard drug therapy, received the Elevit® complex; The 2nd (main, n = 70) group of patients additionally received oxygen therapy procedures, in the form of oxygen inhalations from the Newlife apparatus and hirudotherapy using medical leeches. The course of treatment consisted of 10–12 procedures. The severity of pelvic pain in these patients was assessed on the YOUR scale in the period: before and after treatment, as well as after 1, 3, 6, 9 months. As a result, in patients in the 2-nd (main) group receiving complex treatment, the pain syndrome signifi cantly decreased, and it was also possible to predict its further decrease by two periods ahead, according to statistical regression analysis, compared with the treatment results in patients in 1-th (control) group.