The Potential Role of Ozone Therapy

Akçali, Didem Tuba; Babacan, Avni

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10853-3_13

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“…Other side effects include coughing, nausea, vomiting, and headache (in the case of entering the mouth, nose, or eyes) [ 11 ]. Patients who receive ozone therapy occasionally experience a Herxheimer reaction, which causes flu-like symptoms and other short-term side effects [ 15 ]. Ozone therapy is an alternative approach that utilizes ozone.…”

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Ozone therapy as an alternative method for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer: a case report

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Background Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most important complications of diabetes that can lead to amputation. Treatment of DFUs is a major challenge and places a heavy economic and social burden on patients and their families. Case presentation The present case report is of a 52-year-old kurdish male patient with a 7-year history of type 2 diabetes. While on a bike ride, he sustained a traumatic injury to his right leg, which caused a deep gash measuring 14 × 5 cm on the tibia. During the hospital stay, no improvement was observed after routine wound care including suturing, antibiotic therapy, and dressing change. The patient was referred to our wound-care team. In the first step, the necrotic tissues of his foot ulcer were irrigated and then debrided using mechanical debridement and saline. Next, the patient underwent a 70 μg/dL dose of ozone therapy over a 30-day period in 10 sessions (one 20-minute session every 3 days). Between each session, the patient's wound was wrapped in silver-containing gauze bandages. After 1 month of wound-care using ozone therapy, the patient's foot ulcer had healed and he was discharged from our wound-care service with a stable and good general condition. Conclusion Considering the effectiveness of ozone therapy along with silver-containing dressing in the treatment of DFUs, wound-care teams can utilize it as an adjunct to the standard methods of DFU treatment.

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