METHOD OF TREATING DIABETIC POLYNEUROPATHY Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61N5/06 A61N1/30 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly physiotherapy, and may be used for treating diabetic polyneuropathy. What is involved is a phototherapy by Bioptron-compakt III apparatus. A lamp is placed at 5 cm from an abdominal wall surface above a projection of a pancreas. A light beam containing different wave lengths within the range of 400 nm to 34000 nm are used. The power flow density is 40 mWt/cm², the optical energy flow density is 2.4 J/cm², the length is 4 minutes. Then, the lamp is placed at 5 cm from a surface of a back above spines on a projection of the segments T₇-T₉ pravertebrally from both sides for 2 min from each side. Thereafter, the lamp is placed at popliteal spaces at 5 cm to be exposed in turn for 2 min on each side. A total length of one procedure is 12 minutes, daily; the therapeutic course is 10 procedures. On the same day, an electrophoresis session is conducted through a temporary spacer with 1% placenta hydrolysate by means of Potok-1 apparatus. The current intensity is 10-15 mA, the length is 20 min. The electrodes are placed as follows: a Y-electrode (+), each of 160 cm² is placed paravertebrally in an interscapular region at a small distance from each other, a Y-electrode (-), each of 150 cm² is placed on gastrocnemius muscles. The therapeutic course comprises 10 daily procedures.

EFFECT: method enables recovering all the types of sensitivity within lower extremities, the functional state of the pancreas and the carbohydrate and fat metabolic processes ensured by anti-inflammatory, anti-oedema and adaptive effects.

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