Recently, treatment with leeches (hirudotherapy) has become particularly popular. However, such therapy is not entirely harmless and has a number of contraindications.

What is the peculiarity of the procedure?
Specialists have proved that the enzymes contained inin the saliva of leeches, have unique healing properties. They are used to fight many diseases. Treatment with leeches is used for endometriosis, infertility, habitual miscarriage, inflammatory processes in women, preparation for IVF. Hirudotherapy is effective in urological diseases in men: potency disorders, male infertility. Good results show the treatment of prostatitis leeches. Hirudotherapy shows people with heart disease (CHD), hypertension, patients who have had an ischemic stroke (not less than 6 months) suffering from varicose veins, intervertebral hernia, atherosclerosis, low back pain, migraine, diabetes mellitus.

Treatment with leeches, contraindications
It should be noted that improper conduct of the procedure can lead to serious consequences and an unfavorable outcome.

There is an opinion that in summer,procedure is undesirable, but it is erroneous. Most likely, on the contrary, in a warm time, the activity of enzymes increases in leeches, which contributes to a more effective elimination of the foci of inflammatory disease. Treatment with leeches improves blood circulation, normalizes blood pressure, increases immunity. Enzymes, of which more than 100, produce an antibacterial effect, contribute to the cure of all forms of inflammatory processes.
Hirudotherapy is considered an alternative methodtreatment, it is used in cases where previously used methods of therapy were ineffective. This medication can be combined with other medications, but before that you should consult a doctor who appointed them. So you reduce the risk of negative consequences.