Russians who practice injecting eggs, mushrooms or sperm into their veins in the hope of curing illnesses are taking a huge risk.
Infection can lead to infections, anaphylactic shock and vascular occlusion.
Olga Stolyarova, an infectious disease specialist at the Be Healthy clinic on Sretenka, spoke about this in an interview with Gazeta.Ru .
She called for an end to self-medication using so-called alternative methods.
Some unscientific methods may claim that raw eggs or their components have healing properties.
However, such practice can provoke a life-threatening condition.
The expert advises checking new developments in medicine primarily in scientific sources.
A competent physician will never advise administering intravenously a substance that is not intended to enter the bloodstream.
Author: Elena Gutyro
