Dr Waleed Al-Hajji

By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Interventional radiologist, pain and spine treatment consultant and member of the European Ozone Therapy Society Dr Waleed Al-Hajji said ozone therapy is a highly advanced technology that was recently introduced in Kuwait. He said it is used as an adjuvant therapy for coronavirus patients as per studies conducted recently in Italy and Spain, which showed coronavirus patients recovered better when they received ozone therapy. It also proved that it protects patients who are not infected because it boosts immunity, adding the treatment is safe and does not have side effects. It is also totally safe for diabetes and hypertension patients.

Dr Hajji said this therapy has different methods and includes treatment of "disc" cases, adding that treatment with local injection includes injecting areas of pain. The ozone is injected in the muscles in order to remove inflammations and muscular contractions, but the main treatment is autohemotherapy - ozone treatment in blood.

He said ozone hemotherapy is done in a closed system that has a bottle with pipes at either end, one connected to the machine and the other to the patient's vein. Around 200 ml of blood is collected in the bottle, gets impregnated with oxygen or ozone, then returned to the patient. He said this method aims to improve the body's condition and enhance the functions of the liver, pancreas and kidneys. He said this method helps boost immunity, stimulate blood circulation and increase energy exchange between cells, so the patient feels immediate improvement.

As for patients who suffer from immune deficiency, or autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, lupus or psoriasis, ozone is the ideal therapy because it does not contain any medicine or chemicals; rather, active oxygen goes in the body and increases immunity and reduces side effects. This in turn reduces symptoms, adding that this therapy is also suitable for those who suffer from asthma and colon infections.

Dr Hajji said a patient recovered from psoriasis she suffered from for eight years, and was free of the disease within a month. He said the treatment is a simple procedure that takes 10 minutes, and the patient does not need to be admitted to hospital.