Further proven indications for photon therapy

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Further proven indications for photon therapy

• pulmonological disorders
• bronchiectasis
• chronic obstructive bronchitis, emphysema
• bacterial and viral pneumonia
• lung fibrosis at silicosis and collagenoses
• before and after major surgery, preventive and
  curative against, infections, accerlerated
  recovering
• major joint replacements
• vascular bypass operations a. s. o.

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Contraindication

• 1. Difficult cases of cardiac insufficiency of
  the left ventricle failure type.
• 2. Within three weeks of myocardial infarction.
• 3. Acute cerebral insufficiency and acute
  disturbances of cerebral circulation.
• 4. Gastroduodenal hemorrhage.
• 5. Photodermatitis.
• 6. Hypoglycemia.

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Contraindication

• Increased dermal sensitivity to light
• porphyris
• Cutaneous lupus erythematous
• Photosensitivity induced by drugs
• Hyperthyroidism
• High fevers with unknown cause
• Acute bleedings
• Subacute chronic appendicitis and cholecystitis
• Immunosuppressive therapy
• Severe cardiac arrythmia

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Situations that could decrease the therapeutic
effects of the ultraviolet blood irradiation

• forced physical exercise in untrained patients
  (i. e. walking traing)
• higher tissue and blood levels of lactic acid can
  partially block the stimulating effects
• nonsteroidal antiphlogistics in higher dosage
• until 150mg/day acetylsalicylic acid do not
  diminish the therapeutic effects
• steroids in higher dosage
• until 7mg/day hydrocortisone do not diminish the
  therapeutic effects

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Side effects

• 1. Flushing in some cases.
• 2. Creation of a small amount of ozone.
• 3. Destruction of some immune cells, depending on
  the dose.
• 4. In cases of disseminated infection, the rapid
  destruction of high numbers of infectious
  organisms can temporarily create toxic symptoms
  that subside as the organisms are cleared from
  the blood.
• 5. In 50 percent of bronchial asthma patients,
  there is often a flare-up of symptoms following
  the first treatment with photon therapy similar
  flare-ups can occur in rheumatoid arthritis.
  Subsequent treatments are uneventful.

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Side effects

• one well-informed German source (Frick) reported
  side effects in 15.3 percent of cases (84 of
  550), including hypoglycemic shock (4 cases,
  probably diabetics or others with a tendency
  toward hypoglycemia), allergy (10), tiredness
  (7), fever (7), inflammatory responses in tooth
  root granulomas (5), gastritis (4, one case of
  which required cessation of photon therapy), and
  exacerbation of asthma (2, in one case requiring
  cessation of photon therapy).
• A Russian study of 2,380 sessions of photon
  therpay revealed that 1.3 percent of patients had
  minor complications-hematomas at the IV site,
  coagulation in the tubing, shivering, dizziness,
  and nosebleeds. In addition, one had
  hypoglycemia, one had bronchospasms
  characteristic of her reaction to other
  treatments, and one had a nettle rash
  (urticaria).

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Side effects of the ultraviolet blood irradiation

• occasional vegetative reactions
• flush
• retrosternal uneasiness or pressure
• fleeting sore throat
• weakness after the treatment as an expression of
  detoxification
• increased diuresis as an effect of higher renal
  plasmatic flow

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Interactions to medications

• one should control the dosage of following
  medications because of the synergistic effects
• antidiabetic medicine
• antihypertonic medicine
• medicine against hyperlipidaemia
• anticoagulation with cumarine derivates can be
  sustained without dosage adaptation

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Proved combinations in the therapy concept with
ultraviolet blood irradiation

• haemodilution
• selenium and other antioxidative agents
• detoxificating methods
• cupping
• skin reflex therapies
• lymphodrainage
• immunomodulation
• mistletoe
• thymuspeptides
• acupuncture
• homeopathy
• vaccinations

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Practical Usage