Cold plasma - plasma therapy

-Introduction

Plasma medicine procedures are gradually conquering the everyday practice of doctors from a wide range of disciplines. The effectiveness of this technology is scientifically recognized and has been included in the S2K guidelines for wound treatment. We are not talking about blood plasma or the scorching hot plasma of our sun, but about cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP), also known as cold plasma.

Treating wounds with cold plasma is an innovative approach to addressing the problems of wound healing where conventional methods have provided little or no relief from the symptoms. Treating wounds with ointments and medications containing antibiotics can put a strain on the immune system. In addition, these have no effect against multi-resistant germs. But what exactly is the problem and where does cold plasma come into play?

The biggest challenges in wound healing are pathogens, bacteria, viruses and other contaminants that infect the wound and prevent it from healing. Patients can also have serious underlying diseases or a weakened immune system for other reasons, which limit the body's own defenses and prevent the wound from healing quickly. Cold plasma is a suitable remedy for all of these cases.

-Active principle

Cold plasma is an ionized gas that is brought into a highly reactive state using electrical energy. The highly reactive molecules of this ionized gas are directed to the wounds and trigger biochemical reactions that can stimulate wound cells and kill pathogens. Wound healing is stimulated with two different processes, firstly by killing the pathogens on the wound surface (Antiseptics) and then by stimulating the wound healing cells (tissue regeneration and microcirculation) This double effect is a unique advantage of cold plasma treatment.

When cold plasma is applied to a wound, the bacterial load is reduced by up to 99.9%. And as the name suggests, it is cold plasma, which means that its temperature does not exceed body temperature and no unpleasant thermal effects occur - so the treatment is painless. At the treatment site, the treatment takes place completely contact-free, which prevents unpleasant contact with the device and unintentional injuries to the wound surface. Apart from a slight tingling sensation, patients do not report any unpleasant side effects.

This makes cold plasma treatment particularly suitable for:

Chronic and infected wounds

Wounds with impaired wound healing

Skin and mucous membrane lesions at risk of impaired healing (e.g. venous eczema)

Local skin and mucous membrane infections and pus-filled wounds after surgical interventions or impaired wound healing.

Cold plasma can be used preventively and curatively. Due to its multiple active complex and the resulting areas of application, cold plasma is therefore ideal as part of a holistic treatment concept that takes relevant secondary diseases and additional influencing factors into account.

Application areas:

• Bacterial infections
• Chronic wounds
• Eczema
• Skin fissures
• Herpes simplex
• Mycoses
• Pain treatments
• Leg Ulcer
• Erysipelas & infected hematoma