Abstract
Serious and moderate AD patients were treated for 2-14 months using LPL instruments( FLAT10, 780nm, 10mW, by Fuji Electric). Subjects were 14 male and female patients aged 1~18 years old. They had been treated by DSCG, anti-histamine internal use, mild-strong steroid application and removal of egg and soy oil intake. Conventional treatments were continued while being treated by LPL therapy, the improvement of itch and efflorescence was observed in all cases. The itch decreased by 1-5 times irradiation of LPL. The efflorescence dried up after 3-6 times irradiation of LPL and the flare started to decrease. Although the efflorescence did notdisappear completely, it was admitted to improve in the long term observation.
Taking up 61 mild and serious AD patients as subjects, we studied if the itch would be depressed during night and until following morning by the irradiation of LPL at eczema parts. Marked effect was 12 out of 61 cases, the effective cases of the itch depression were 39 accouting for 83.6%. The LPL therapy is concluded to be very effective for the treatment of AD. The erythema and the wheal induced by histamine (10mg/ml) and mite antigen (1/100w/v) were not suppressed by the irradiation of LPL. As far as we cheched the immunological effects of LPL, the number of mast cells in the nasal smear of allergic rhinitis decreased after the irradiation of LPL.
