Pneumonia is a serious disease of the respiratory system that requires complex treatment using various methods, including physiotherapy. They have a wide range of therapeutic effects, promote rapid recovery and reduce the risk of complications in inflammatory processes in the lungs.
The main methods for this disease
With inflammatory processes in the lungs, doctors prescribe a number of procedures that are aimed at improving the functioning of the respiratory system and the general condition of the patient. Physiotherapy is performed after normalization of body temperature about a week after the onset of the disease, in some cases – on the 15th-20th day.
- Inhalations
- KUF
- Electrophoresis
- UHF therapy
- Speleotherapy
- Aeroionotherapy
- Oxygen cocktail
- Mud applications
- Ozone therapy
Contraindications and side effects
Like any other method of treatment, physiotherapy has a number of contraindications and side effects. It is prohibited to carry out physiotherapy procedures in the following cases:
- Acute phase of the disease, accompanied by high fever, exhaustion and other symptoms
- Malignant neoplasms
- Cardiovascular pathologies in the decompensation stage
- Disorders of the nervous system
- Purulent-septic processes in the body
- Pathology of hematopoietic function
- The presence of open bleeding
