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How is UV PHOTOTHERAPY promoted for use?
Type:Uv phototherapy Time:2016-09-01 10:33:14Mainstream medical professionals may
prescribe the use of light boxes, photopheresis, photodynamic therapy,
or UV light therapy. These are typically used to treat conditions for
which studies have shown the methods to be safe and effective. For
example, the use of light boxes to mimic sunlight is a proven medical
treatment for seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Ultraviolet (UV) light
therapy is used to treat psoriasis and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (a type
of cancer that first appears on the skin). Photodynamic therapy is
helpful in treating certain cancers or precancers of the skin,
esophagus, and lungs, and is now being tested against other types of
cancer. A special form of UV blood irradiation, called photopheresis or
extracorporeal photochemotherapy, also inhibits T-cell lymphoma and may
be helpful for other conditions.
However, several types of light therapy are also promoted for
alternative uses. These include light boxes (or special bright lamps and
visors), UV light or sun lamp therapy, most types of colored light
therapy (chromatotherapy), and UV blood irradiation. There are also
colored glasses that a person can wear so that they see a certain color
in every type of light.
Colored light therapy: Supporters of colored light therapy (also
called chromatotherapy) claim that colored light relieves a number of
conditions, including sleep disorders, shoulder pain, diabetes,
impotence, and allergies. Others believe that it can help colds and flu,
stress, fatigue, high blood pressure, as well as heart and lung
problems. Practitioners of one system of chromatotherapy believe that
shining colored lights on the body harms cancer cells.
Light box therapy: Light box therapy is also sometimes called
bright light therapy and can employ light boxes, bright lamps, or light
visors. Proponents claim it relieves high blood pressure, insomnia,
premenstrual syndrome, migraine headaches, carbohydrate cravings,
hyperactivity in children, and that it improves sexual functioning.
UV light: Proponents of UV light therapy, which is sometimes
marketed as sun lamps, claim that it neutralizes toxins in the body and
cures or helps immune system disorders, bacterial infections, AIDS,
colds, bug bites, and cancer.
UV blood irradiation: Proponents of UV blood irradiation claim that
UV light exposure kills germs such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi
inside the body and that it neutralizes toxins in the blood. Some claim
that even a small amount of UV-treated blood can re-enter the
bloodstream of the patient and stimulate the immune system to help fight
invaders, including cancer cells.
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