[Low-intensity laser irradiation in the combined treatment of depressive disoreders in patients with chronic salpingo-oophoritis].

This study was designed to evaluate the possibility to use low-intensity laser radiation in combined therapy of somatogenic depressions in patients having gynecological problems, such as inflammatory disease of uterine appendages. It was shown that the combined treatment including administration ofantidepressants significantly accelerated the development of beneficial changes and stabilized depressive manifestations. Inclusion of low-intensity laser irradiation in the combined therapy further improved its positive effect. Nevertheless, the complete recovery could not be achieved in the absence of specific antidepressant treatment despite the alleviation of depressive symptoms.

[Quality of life as the criterion of psychological status of patients with painful dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint]. / Kachestvo zhizni kak kriterii psikhologicheskogo statusa patsientov s sindromom bolevoi disfunktsii visochno-nizhnecheliustnogo sustava.

The quality of life in patients with painful temporomandibular dysfunction and the efficiency of serotonin antidepressants as an element of therapy of these patients were evaluated. The quality of life is decreased in this patient population; they develop hypothymic reactions. Use of serotonin-positive antidepressants appreciably improved the quality of life.

[Potentialities of treating secondary dysthymia with painful dysfunction of temporomandibular joint]. / Vozmozhnosti terapii vtorichnoi gipotimii bol'nykh s sindromom bolevoi disfunktsii visochno-nizhnecheliustnogo sustava.

The quality of life and presence of depressions were evaluated in patients with painful temporomandibular dysfunction and the advantages of serotonin antidepressants in combined therapy of this condition were discussed. The findings indicate a decrease of the quality of life and hypothymic reactions in this category of patients. Addition of serotonin antidepressants to combined therapy appreciably improved the quality of life and more rapidly led to reduction of depressive symptoms.

[The efficacy of the transcutaneous magnetic-laser irradiation of the blood in acute salpingo-oophoritis]. / Effektivnost' chreskozhnogo magnitno-lazernogo oblucheniia krovi pri ostrykh sal'pingooforitakh.

The effect of including transcutaneous low-intensity magnetic-laser radiation of blood in combined antiinflammatory therapy of salpingo-oophoritis was studied. This physiotherapy stimulates phagocytic activity of neutrophilic leukocytes of the peripheral blood, promotes faster normalization of enzymatic and non-enzymatic systems of these cells.