Evaluation of Ozone Therapy Patients in A Traditional and Complementary Medicine Center

ABSTRACT Objective: Traditional medicine refers to knowledge, skills and practices based on theory and experience used in maintaining health, preventing, diagnosing and improving diseases and/or treating physical and mental illnesses. Ozonetherapy is used as a complementary method for osteoarthritis, wound healing and especially pain management. This study aims to evaluate patients who received ozone therapy at the TCM application center in our hospital. Method: Ozone therapy applications performed at the TCM center in the last year were included in our study. Patient files were retrospectively reviewed and age, gender, reason for application, type of procedure, number of sessions, and whether the application was systemic or local were recorded. Results: 186 patients were included in the study. 114 of the patients were female and 72 were male. The average age was 48.2. 169 of the patients had a diagnosed chronic disease. The most common chronic disease was fibromyalgia, seen in 46 of the patients. It was seen that the most common reason for application was pain. The second most common reason for application was chronic fatigue. It was observed that the largest number of applications was major ozone therapy with 1550. The least applied procedure was minor therapy with a total of 24 applications. Conclusion: Ozone therapy, one of the traditional and complementary medicine methods, is a complementary, supportive and reconstructive treatment method with antioxidant, immunomodulatory, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects through different application methods for patients and is generally applied in addition to standard medical treatment with low risk.