Infusion therapy
Loha for Life specializes in infusion therapy.
The treatment in the infusion room is carried out and monitored by a qualified nurse. Possible side effects are recognized immediately and appropriate countermeasures can be taken. We primarily administer those infusions that the family doctor would not dare to do: intravenous iron therapy, biologics and antibiotics.
Intravenous iron therapy is a good and safe alternative to iron tablets. The iron deficiency can be resolved in a short period of time and the patient’s quality of life restored. Since, unlike iron tablets, iron infusions bypass the digestive tract, and iron goes directly to where it is supposed to be effective – into the blood circulation and thus into all organs. This is particularly important for patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
The introduction of biologics over 20 years ago revolutionized the treatment of chronic bowel or joint inflammation. At Loha for Life, infusions with all modern biologics are administered. Our patients with inflammatory bowel disease have everything organized in one visit: medical check-up (possibly with transabdominal bowel sonography), medical prescription, laboratory and infusion treatment.
Patients with gastrointestinal diseases should carefully protect their digestive tract (see also books by Dr. Gasche: Nutrition for Crohn’s disease and Nutrition for irritable bowel syndrome). Various medications damage the intestinal mucosa or the microbiota (intestinal flora), especially antibiotics. Loha for Life offers outpatients also intravenous antibiotic therapy. In many cases, one or two infusions are sufficient (e.g. dentist, urinary tract infection). You can receive antibiotic infusions every day of the week from Monday to Friday.
