METHOD OF TREATING CHRONIC TONSILLITIS IN CHILDREN Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61N5/67 A61K33/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly to paediatrics, namely to otorhinolaryngology, and may be used in treating chronic tonsillitis in children's health centres, in-patient hospitals, polyclinics. The low-power laser light covers projections of palantine tonsils, namely an anterior lateral neck surface below a mandibular angle to the right and to the left. The laser light is generated at wavelength 0.89 mcm, constantly variable frequency 10 to 1,500 Hz by AZOR 2K-02 apparatus in the contact, stable mode. The exposure length is 1 minute per a field at pulse power 2-3 Wt/pulse daily; the therapeutic course is 7-8 procedures in 5-10-year-old children. The exposure takes 2 minutes per a field at pulse power 4-5 Wt/pulse daily within the therapeutic course making 9-10 procedures. Each physiotherapeutic procedure is preceded by tonsillar lacunae irrigation with sterile 0.9% normal saline using a Hartmann cannula. The method is safe by selecting laser light conditions in the children of various age groups.

EFFECT: method enables higher clinical effectiveness in chronic tonsillitis, prolonging remission, reducing a recurrence and complication rate, lowering the need for medical treatment, improving the quality of life in children and adolescents.

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