Efficacy of Ozone Therapy in Psoriasis Patients
Keywords:
psoriasis, PASI, ozone therapy.Abstract
Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic, non-contagious, multifactorial dermatosis that affects 1.5 to 3% of the world population. In Cuba, the prevalence rate is around 3 to 5% of the dermatological clinic.
Objective: To determine the response to treatment with ozone therapy in patients with psoriasis.
Methods: A prospective, experimental, uncontrolled, sequential, randomized central study was carried out. The universe consisted of 82 patients, and the sample by the first 59 who met the inclusion criteria. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used.
Results: The female sex predominated with 57.6%, and the prevailing ages ranges 40 to 49 years (37.3%). During treatment, 78.0% of the cases showed whitening of the lesions, and after treatment, 86.4%. Among the adverse events, the most frequent was abdominal colic, described by 6.8% of the patients.
Conclusions: Most of the patients included in the study had whitening of the lesions after the application of the treatment and few adverse effects were reported. Ozone therapy is an alternative, effective, low-cost, natural treatment with low rate of complications, which has offered a new therapeutic window for psoriasis.
