Open AccessPossibilities of phototherapy use for correction of psychоvegetative disturbance in schoolchildren
Author(s) -
O. E. Talitskaya,
А М Вейн,
S. B. Shvarkov,
E.V. Neudakhin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nevrologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-3067
pISSN - 1027-4898
DOI - 10.17816/nb79478
Subject(s) - hormone , prolactin , medicine , mood , morning , hydrocortisone , physiology , endocrinology , clinical psychology
Efficiency of phototherapy (10 sessions each lasting 30 minutes in the morning hours, light intensity 3300 lux) in 40 children with psychovegetative disorders, clinically represented by cephalalgic syndrome of different types is evaluated. Clinical symptoms, mood, vegetative status, level of thyroid hormones, hydrocortisone, prolactin in the blood, and excretion of catecholamines with diurnal urea are analyzed. After the course of phototherapy in 92,5% of children positive changes in psychovegetative and neuroendocrine spheres were found. The most pronounced positive effect of phototherapy is found in the group of children with chronic exercise-induced headache. Optimizing modulating influence of phototherapy on the content of stress-realizing hormones in childs body, on vegetative homeostasis, increasing adaptability of body are determined. Use of phototherapy for correction of psychovegetative disorders in children is reasoned.