Ozonoterapia en el tratamiento de la demencia senil [Ozone therapy in the treatment of senile dementia]

María M. Rodríguez, Silvia Menéndez¹, Josue R. Carcía, Evis Devesa & Regla González²

Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico 10 de Octubre, ¹Centro de investicagiones del ozono, ²Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico de Santos Suárez, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.

Revista CENIC Ciencias Biológicas 29(3): 141-144, 1998.

Journal written in Spanish

ISSN: 0253-5688.

Abstract

Dementia is, probably, one of the most fearful diseases for aging and worse-managed from the clinical point of view, which aggravates still more its prognosis, not only for the patient but also for the society in which he or she lives. 250 patients suffering from no curable senile dementia (vascular, degenerative or mixed etiology), received daily ozone by rectal application (20 sessions) in doses according to the enzymatic status of each patient. They were evaluated by clinical examination, psychometric tests, Hachinsky scale, Katz index, Hamilton test and Minimental test, at the beginning and the end of the treatment. An important improvement was attained in the medical (75 %) and mental conditions (75 %), and in the daily life activities (76 %), for all kind of dementia, with an enhancement in the vascular dementia. No side effects was observed. This therapy is recommended in the treatment of no curable senile dementia.