ABSTRACT
Results of combined treatment of 100 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis are presented in the paper. Intravascular laser irradiation of blood had a favourable effect on the clinical disease course, normalized parameters of lipid peroxidation, produced a marked immune stimulating and anti-inflammatory action, controlled the blood coagulation system and improved rheological blood properties. Intravascular laser irradiation of blood included in the complex of therapeutic measures increased the efficiency of therapy in patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis by 12.0 +/- 2.6%.
Subject(s)
Antitubercular Agents/administration & dosage , Blood/radiation effects , Bronchitis/radiotherapy , Laser Therapy , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/radiotherapy , Adult , Bronchitis/blood , Bronchitis/drug therapy , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Helium , Humans , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/blood , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/drug therapy , Male , Middle Aged , Neon , Radiotherapy DosageABSTRACT
The effectiveness of endobronchial low-energy laser therapy was studied in 28 patients with chronic nonobstructive bronchitis concurrent with thinning of bronchial mucosa. The course of treatment made it possible to obtain positive dynamics of most parameters of immunologic reactivity in CNB patients. Systemic immunity parameters, except for the NST and concentration of circulating immune complexes, underwent essential normalization. Marked positive changes were found in the parameters characterizing functional activity of alveolar macrophages: there was a 2.5-fold increase in adhesive properties and over 1.3-fold increase in the percentage of phagocytes. The level of secretory IgA rose significantly (by 3.5 times). Hence, a manifested therapeutic effect of this therapeutic method is mainly associated with its immune-stimulating action.
