METHOD OF AFTERTREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WITH AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS IN COMBINATION WITH CHRONIC PHARYNGOTONSILLITIS Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A61H7/00 A61H33/02 A61H39/00 A61N5/06 A61N2/08 A61N7/00 A61K33/18 A61K36/00 A61K38/22 A61P5/14 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out balneotherapy, foing physiotherapy exercises and intaking iodomarine and/or L-tiroksin. In first half of the day, physiotherapy exercises are performed, general artificial radon baths being performed in the second half of the day. Manual massages of a collar zone are perform in days free from baths. From November till March phonophoresis of Traumel S ointment on a thyroid gland projection is also performed with an intensity of 0.05 W/cm², continuous regimen, duration of influence of 3-5 minutes on the right and at the left, general time of influence of 6-10 minutes, in a day with a magnetotherapy on a projection of palatine tonsils, size of a magnetic induction being 6-9 mT, for 5-6 minutes from each party, general time of 10-12 minutes, in a course of 8-10 procedures. At treatment during the period from April till October, patients are additionally prescribed a group galotherapy in the second half of the day, in a course of 10-15 procedures, and phototherapy of red range at a wavelength of 660-675 nanometers, densities of power of radiation of 1 mW/cm² and an infra-red range at a wavelength of 840-950 nanometers, densities of power of radiation of 2.7 mW/cm² to biologically active points: VC-20, VC-22, E-36 symmetrically on the right and the left, Gi-4 symmetrically on the right and the left. Time of influence for one point is 1.5-2 minutes, general time of influence being 9-12 minutes, daily, in 10-12 procedures, with duration of treatment making up 21-24 days.

EFFECT: decrease of exacerbations of chronic centres infection frequency; normalising action on the immunologic status during the most adverse periods of a year and maintenance of a condition of euthyroidism within all year.

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