How Is Ozone Therapy Administered?
- April 20, 2023
- Written by : Rebecca LaMarca, MSN, APN-BC, CNS
If you’re curious about ozone therapy, you may want to know more about the administration process and what you can expect at your appointment. Get to know the process so you feel more comfortable for your first appointment.
Types of Ozone Therapy
While ozone is not safe to inhale, when administered correctly, it can offer various health benefits. The two main types of ozone therapy are:
- Gas contact with tissue: In this method, ozone gas is applied directly to an external problem area or wound. This therapeutic approach is a way to spot-treat different areas of the body. Since ozone is unsafe to inhale, the gas has to make contact with the tissues through a protective covering.
- Intravenously: Intravenous (IV) delivery of ozone gas involves delivering the particles to the bloodstream. Once the ozone-infused blood travels throughout the body, you can experience total-body benefits.
Generally, IV ozone therapy is a much safer option for treatment because there is no risk of inhalation. Additionally, your entire body can experience the therapeutic benefits rather than just a single area.
What’s Included in an Ozone IV?
When you receive ozone therapy, a licensed professional will use medical-grade ozone for the treatment. The gas is created with an ozone therapy machine that takes oxygen from the atmosphere and applies an electrical charge. This charge causes the O2 atoms to separate so they can reform into O3 or ozone atoms. A medical-grade ozone generator will create a gas that is 95% oxygen and 5% ozone to prevent excessive levels of the gas from entering your system.
Ozone is a water-soluble gas. The generator is needed for the therapeutic process, but the gas does exist in nature, and you’ve most likely heard it mentioned in conversations about Earth’s atmosphere. Since the gas is made of three oxygen atoms, the body is able to interact with it at small doses as it would with normal oxygen from the air.
Some of the most notable benefits of ozone therapy include reducing inflammation, increasing antioxidant production, stimulating the immune system and deactivating pathogens.
What to Do Before Your Treatment
A major benefit of IV treatment is how easy it is. You don’t need to make any major changes to your lifestyle before treatment, but it is important to stay hydrated and eat a nutritional meal beforehand. Remember to relax, and trust you’ll be in good hands with your IV provider.
When looking for an IV therapy provider, choose a team with registered nurses, doctors and other trained medical professionals. These individuals will know how to effectively deliver IV treatments and how to use ozone safely.
Understanding the Ozone IV Process
After your IV therapy provider creates the ozone with a medical-grade generator, they will take a sample of your blood. At IV Elements, we have a team of registered nurses, so you can expect them to insert the needle quickly and with minimal pain. Your provider will then infuse the blood sample with the ozone they created. Because ozone is water-soluble, it will combine with the blood sample.
After the blood and ozone are mixed, your provider will reinfuse the blood into your system to carry the ozone throughout your bloodstream. You can expect a single session to last about 30 to 45 minutes.
How Long Does It Take for Ozone Therapy to Work?
Generally, it takes six to 10 ozone therapy treatments to start seeing results, although everybody is a little different. Using this therapy with other IV therapies may lead to faster results. Discuss your options with your provider to design a program for your needs and goals.
Book an Ozone Therapy Session With IV Elements
At IV Elements, your health, wellness and comfort are our priorities. With ozone therapy services at our locations and through at-home visits, you can receive treatment wherever you feel most comfortable. Book an appointment today.
References:
- Ozone therapy: an overview of pharmacodynamics, current research, and clinical utility: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674660/
- Major Autohemotherapy (MAH) Ozone Treatment: https://ivelements.net/ozone-therapy
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Ozone IV Therapy Treatments
Ozone is a type of oxygen. Instead of two oxygen atoms connected to one another, ozone consists of three atoms. According to decades of research, this third atom brings a lot to the table.
