Effect
of Ozone Therapy on Foetoplacental
Blood Flow in Hypertensive
Pregnant
Women
T.
Tanbouli,
M.N.
Mawsouf,
L.
Re,
G.
Martínez-Sánchez,
G.
Saaed,
S.M.
El
Badry,
A.B.
Nashed
SUMMARY - Hypertensive disorders are one of the commonest medical diseases affecting pregnancy. The present study determined the effect of ozone therapy, in the form of rectal insufflations on foetoplacental blood flow in hypertensive pregnant women. Adult volunteer (30) primigravidae and multipara hypertensive pregnant women at 24 weeks gestation were grouped at random into two groups (control or study). Prescribed regular antihypertensive drugs were maintained in all cases. Before and after treatments Doppler volumetric flow variables were collected. The application of ozone significantly improved the umbilical flow indices and a significant dose reduction of the regular antihypertensive therapy was achieved in the ozone-treated group. No side-effects were observed during the study. This study confirms and adds strong evidence that ozone therapy is an effective and safe method of treating foetoplacental insufficiency in hypertensive disorders during pregnancy.