Light therapy for diabetic skin lesions. Rothmann (Strahlentherapie, Bd. 24, H. 3)

The author successfully applied ultraviolet rays to a patient suffering from pruritus on the basis of diabetes, while diet and insulin without light therapy did not give the patient any relief. In another case, a patient with diabetic mycosis, improvement was achieved only after local illumination of the affected parts: epithelialization of erosions, disappearance of inflammatory hyperemia, excruciating itching, etc.