What is Ozone Therapy?
Ozone gas (O3) discovered in the mid-19th century is a colorless and odorless gas containing three atoms of oxygen. The oxygen used for clinical use is a medical grade, administered in specific therapeutic doses and never via inhalation. IV ozone therapy has been well-documented and used to treat chronic infections, wounds, Lyme Disease, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, ulcerative colitis, lupus, and as many as one-hundred and fourteen diseases! In the 1800's, Nikola Tesla patented the very first ozone gas generator in the United States, later starting the "Tesla Ozone Company". During World War I, doctors applied ozone treatment to wounds topically for its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties and also were later able to disinfect drinking water to be applied as a spray or compress in dental medicine.
How Ozone Therapy Works
As the ozone purifies the air we breathe, it also functions as a detoxifier for our bodies by selectively attaching and eliminating bacteria, fungi, parasites, mold, yeast, and virus. Ozone therapy may also help our bodies in removing toxic metals. Quite impressive for something we take for granted daily.
Ozone therapy increases the production of cancer-fighting compounds and strengthens various parts of the immune system that are suppressed by chronic infection and cancer. Ozone therapy helps stop the growth of human cancer cells from breast, lung, and uterus by 40-90%. Better yet, ozone therapy selectively destroys cancer cells without causing harm to healthy cells!
More than forty-five thousand physicians in over fifty countries across the globe have merged ozone gas (O3) with medical grade oxygen (O2) to successfully treat patients with Lyme disease, ulcerative colitis, fibromyalgia, diabetic ulcers, rheumatoid arthritis, HPV, and Hepatitis B and C. This is not even half the list of what ozone therapy can do for your health!
Preventive Health
When used as preventive care, ozone can help defend you from illness and strengthen your body's natural defenses. Words spoken by Benjamin Franklin, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," isn't far from the truth. Preventing disease is much easier than treating it. However, in the busy world we inhabit today, we are exposed to a large amount of chemicals. These chemicals can not only be in the food we eat or the water we drink, but even in the air we breathe. The human body is largely made up of oxygen, an element we often neglect to think about when it comes to having better overall health. According to Dr. Otto Warburg, "Cancer is, fundamentally, a relatively simple disease where cell oxygen levels fall to a level sufficiently low enough for the cell to change in nature". The decline of health and the growth of disease in the United States can be directly linked to the increase in toxins and low levels of fresh oxygen. With our hectic lifestyles, breathing in the low levels of oxygen and increased toxic fumes in the air further weakens our immune systems and leads to illness.
Ozone therapy can help stimulate the immune system and can also calm down the part of the immune system that leads to autoimmune disease. The body's immune system creates unique messengers called "cytokines" as an activation response through ozone therapy. These cytokines, tell other immune cells to set off a cascade of powerful changes throughout the immune system to fight disease. Administration of ozone therapy is useful as preventative medicine because it both turns on the immune system in patients with a low immunity (cancer, chronic illness) or serves as a regulator of the immune system in individuals with an overactive immunity (autoimmune disease).
Benefits of IV Ozone Therapy
1. Autoimmune Disease
Ozone therapy's numerous therapeutic properties have been used to help treat numerous ailments, including autoimmune disease.
In a study of patients with diabetes, ozone therapy improved controlled blood sugar levels, substantial improvement of lesions without side effects, and fewer amputations than the controlled group. In patients with other autoimmune diseases such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis. lupus, and Lyme disease, ozone therapy can help in reducing inflammation, accelerate damaged tissue recovery and also minimize pain
2. Cancer
In the body, ozone gas is converted to hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen peroxide probably is the main component for the therapeutic effects. It is a strong oxidant that has the potential to produce antioxidants which are useful in preventing cancer. In research, hydrogen peroxide has been used to cause death of cancer cells. Since healthy cells can not survive under a stressful environment for prolonged periods of time, ozone therapy boosts antioxidant enzymes to cause death of cancer cells but helps survival of healthy cells.
Safety
Now, you understand the many advantages of ozone therapy and how it functions, but, you may be asking yourself, "Is ozone therapy safe?". The answer is "Ozone therapy is safe when done properly". Ozone therapy has been utilized and studied heavily for centuries, with its results being proven to be safe with minimal side effects. Under strict guidance of an expert, ozone therapy will not just help in preventing and treating various conditions but can be an effective boost to your overall health and well-being!
For more information about Dr. Linette's practice and Ozone Therapy in Rancho Bernardo, California, contact us at 760-875-2627 or visit our website at LinetteWilliamson.com and schedule your appointment today!
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