Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor. 2021; 28(1): 27-36 / DOI: 10.20986/resed.2021.3810/2020
Marcos Edgar Fernández, María Jesús Albaladejo, Sandra Alava, Daiana Peña, Olga Susana Pérez
ABSTRACT
To date, there is no definitive treatment for the new SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Three evolutionary stages are recognized in SARS-CoV-2 infection (early infection, pulmonary phase and systemic hyperinflammation), with characteristic clinical signs and symptoms. There are 80 international experimental trials underway seeking an effective treatment for the COVID-19 pandemic. Of them, there are only 3 that consider to Ozone Therapy as an alternative (major auto hemotherapy). There is no study that evaluates Rectal Ozone Insufflation, despite being a safe, cheap, risk-free technique and that it is a systemic administration route (Oxygen-Ozone 95 %-5 %) and that justifies conducting clinical trials to validate the theoretical properties of Ozone in the management of SARS-CoV-2, given the excellent results observed in the management of ebola.
Ozone has 4 proven biological properties that could be of potential theoretical utility as a complementary therapy in the different phases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Ozone could inactivate the virus by indirect oxidation (ROS and LOP) and could stimulate the cellular and humoral immune system, being useful in the early infection phase (stages 1 and 2a). Ozone can improve gas exchange, reduce inflammation, and modulate the antioxidant system, so it would be useful in the hyperinflammation or cytokine storm phase, and in the hypoxemia and / or multi-organ failure phase (stages 2b and stage 3).
Given the current pandemic, it is urgent to carry out an experimental study to confirm or rule out the biological properties of Ozone and thus allow it to be a complementary or compassionate therapy for the effective management of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
RESUMEN
No existe a la fecha un tratamiento definitivo para la nueva pandemia SARS-CoV-2. Están reconocidos tres estadios evolutivos en la infección por SARS-CoV-2 (infección temprana, fase pulmonar e hiperinflamación sistémica), con signos y síntomas clínicos característicos. Hay en marcha 80 ensayos experimentales internacionales que buscan un tratamiento efectivo para la pandemia COVID-19. De ellos, solo hay tres que consideran como alternativa de tratamiento la ozonoterapia (autohemoterapia mayor). No existe ningún estudio que evalúe la insuflación rectal de ozono, a pesar de ser una técnica segura, barata, sin riesgos y que es una vía de administración sistémica (oxígeno-ozono 95 %-5 %) y que justifica la realización de ensayos clínicos para validar las propiedades teóricas del ozono en el manejo del SARS-CoV-2, dados los excelentes resultados observados en el manejo del ébola.
El ozono tiene demostradas cuatro propiedades biológicas que podrían ser de potencial utilidad teórica como terapia complementaria en las diferentes fases de la infección por SARS-CoV-2. El ozono podría inactivar el virus por oxidación indirecta (ROS y LOP) y podría estimular el sistema inmune celular y humoral, siendo útil en la fase de infección temprana (estadios 1 y 2a). El ozono puede mejorar el intercambio gaseoso, reducir la inflamación y modular el sistema antioxidante, por lo que sería útil en la fase de hiperinflamación o “tormenta de citocinas”, y en la fase de hipoxemia y/o fallo multiorgánico (estadios 2b y estadio 3).
Dada la actual pandemia, urge llevar a cabo un estudio experimental que confirme o descarte las propiedades biológicas del ozono y le permita así ser una terapia complementaria o compasiva para el manejo efectivo de la infección por SARS-CoV-2.
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02/06/2024 19:48:58
Estimados profesionales, muy interesante el estudio, quería comentarles que en Cuba desde la década de los 70 se aplica la ozonoterapia en varias patologías, es uno de los piases en el mundo en aplicar el ozono con fines de salud, y que el coronavirus (covid-19), se trata con ozono desde los inicios de la pandemia con resultados eficaces, por lo que quiero decirles que van bien orientados en su estudio en la aplicación del ozono en paciente afectados de covid-19. Gracias por su atención y desearles éxitos en el tratamiento. Felicidades.
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