Main description:

Oxygen-Ozone therapy is a complementary approach less known than homeopathy and acupuncture because it has come of age only three decades ago. This book clarifies that, in the often nebulous field of natural medicine, the biological bases of ozone therapy are totally in line with classical biochemistry, physiological and pharmacological knowledge. Ozone is an oxidizing molecule, a sort of super active oxygen, which, by reacting with blood components generates a number of chemical messengers responsible for activating crucial biological functions such as oxygen delivery, immune activation, release of hormones and induction of antioxidant enzymes, which is an exceptional property for correcting the chronic oxidative stress present in atherosclerosis, diabetes and cancer.
Moreover, by inducing nitric oxide synthase, ozone therapy may mobilize endogenous stem cells, which will promote regeneration of ischemic tissues. The description of these phenomena offers the first comprehensive picture for understanding how ozone works and why. When properly used as a real drug within therapeutic range, ozone therapy does not only does not procure adverse effects but yields a feeling of wellness.
Half the book describes the value of ozone treatment in several diseases, particularly cutanious infection and vascular diseases where ozone really behaves as a "wonder drug". The book has been written for clinical researchers, physicians and ozone therapists, but also for the layman or the patient interested in this therapy.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF OZONE. NATURAL PRODUCTION OF OZONE. THE TOXICOLOGY OF OZONE

CHAPTER 2 HOW OZONE IS GENERATED AND ITS CONCENTRATIONS MEASURED?

CHAPTER 3 PREPARATION OF OZONATED WATER AND OIL FOR THE TOPICAL THERAPY. OZONE AS A DRINKING WATER DISINFECTANT. OZONE DISINFECTION TO PREVENT NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

CHAPTER 4 HOW DOES OZONE ACT? HOW AND WHY CAN WE AVOID OZONE TOXICITY?

CHAPTER 5 HOW IS OZONE ADMINISTERED?

CHAPTER 6 THE ACTUAL SIX THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
1. Major ozone autohaemotherapy (AHT)
2. Minor ozone autohaemotherapy
3. The biooxidative therapy with hydrogen peroxide dissolved in the glucose solution. The continuous search of an efficacious blood's substitute.
4. Rectal insufflation of oxygen-ozone (RI)
5. Quasi-total body exposure to oxygen-ozone (BOEX)
6. Extracorporeal blood circulation against oxygen-ozone (EBOO)
CHAPTER 7 THE POTENTIAL TOXICITY OF OZONE. SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS OF OZONE THERAPY

CHAPTER 8 IS OZONE REALLY A "WONDER DRUG"?

CHAPTER 9 THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF OZONE THERAPY
1. Infectious diseases (bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic)
1.1 Viral infections
1.1.1 HIV-1 infection
1.1.2 Chronic Hepatitis B and C
1.1.3 Herpetic infections and Herpes
Zoster
1.1.4 Papillomavirus Infections (HPV)
1.1.5 The common cold
2. Ischaemic diseases (hind-limb ischaemia,
cerebral and heart ischaemia, venous
stasis)
3. Retinal degenerative disorders
4. Neurodegenerative diseases
5. Autoimmune diseases. Can ozone-therapy
do better than antibodies to TNF alpha?
6. Ozone therapy in cancer
7. The dysmetabolic syndrome and
ozonetherapy
8. Is any haematological disease treatable
with ozone therapy?
9. Can ozone therapy slow down the
progression of oxidative stress in renal
diseases and haemodialysis?
10. Dermatological diseases and ozone
therapy
11. Ozone therapy in pulmonary diseases
12. The problems of tinnitus and sudden
hearing loss (SHL). Is ozone therapy of
any help?
13. The paradoxical effect of ozone in
orthopaedic diseases. The problem of back-
ache
14. A therapeutic option for chronic fatigue
syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia
15. Ozone therapy in emergency situations,
before transplantation and elective surgery
16. Ozonetherapy in dentistry and
stomatology
17. Ozonetherapy in cosmetology
18 May ozone represent the elixir of life?

CHAPTER 10 THE DILEMMA BETWEEN HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HOT) AND OZONE THERAPY
CHAPTER 11 THE PROMISING FUTURE OF OZONE THERAPY IN MEDICINE