Magnetic therapy for the eyes. Magnetotherapy in ophthalmology
Physiotherapy is actively used today for eye diseases in children. The technique is used for progressive incurable pathologies, as well as temporary conditions. Physiotherapy is necessary for myopia, cataract, congenital cataract, concomitant strabismus, corneal burns, optic neuritis, farsightedness (hypermetropia), scleritis caused by rheumatic diseases, blepharitis.
Varieties of physiotherapy treatment in pediatric ophthalmology, scope of physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is indicated during the period of recovery or treatment of eye diseases. It helps to restore eye tissues, reduce the inflammatory process, and reduce the further progression of the disease. Ophthalmologists consider physiotherapeutic procedures to be effective and safe, especially in pediatric practice.
Positive characteristics of physiotherapy treatment:
- The therapy does not cause pain, discomfort, which is very important for children (sometimes a slight tingling sensation is possible, especially during electrophoresis).
- The treatment does not limit the educational and other activities of the patient (you can go to school (kindergarten) immediately after the physiotherapy).
- For the implementation of therapy does not need long preparations and recovery.
- After treatment, there is no damage (unlike surgical exposure).
- The effect of the treatment persists for a long period of time.
Physiotherapy is necessary for myopia, astigmatism, strabismus, hyperopia, binocular pathological conditions, glaucoma, nerve atrophy, amblyopia, injuries and lesions of the eye tissues.
In ophthalmology, hardware treatment is more often used. The devices are much easier to use. The effectiveness of therapy is much higher. The choice of device and technique is carried out by a physiotherapist depending on the disease. Treatment is carried out in a physiotherapy room.
Varieties of therapy methods:
- Magnetotherapy.
- Electrical stimulation.
- Diadynamophoresis.
- Laser stimulation.
- Mechanical treatment (massage, ultrasound).
- Quantum therapy (based on quantums).
Physiotherapy is done on the basis of hospitals, paid and free clinics, polyclinics. Treatment is provided under the compulsory medical insurance policy in budgetary institutions. Paid clinics can also treat patients under the CHI policy.
Magnetotherapy, indications, limitations
Magnetotherapy is a technique based on the use of low frequency magnetic pulses. The pulses of the electromagnetic field can be intermittent and variable. Against the background of treatment in the tissues of the eye and eye muscles, the inflammatory reaction decreases, the edema and the intensity of the pain syndrome decrease. When exposed to a magnetic field, the regeneration of damaged tissues is accelerated, cell nutrition is normalized, epithelial structures are restored in case of ulcerative lesions, and blood flow in the eye increases. In ophthalmology, an alternating magnetic field is more often used.
Indications for magnetic field treatment:
- Pathologies of the century.
- Keratoconus.
- Inflammatory process on the cornea.
- Iridocyclitis.
- Dystrophic changes in the retina.
- Complicated course of the postoperative period.
- retinal ischemia.
- Incomplete atrophy of the optic nerve.
- Myopia, changes in accommodative functions.
- Exophthalmos caused by tissue swelling.
- Hemorrhages in the eye.
Magnet therapy is prohibited in the presence of a foreign body, blood in the vitreous body, vasculitis. Physiotherapy is carried out in course sessions. Therapy can be carried out daily or every other day. The time of physiotherapy for children is 15 minutes. Course therapy - 10-15 sessions.
Magnetophoresis
Magnetophoresis is a physiotherapy procedure that uses a magnetic field to administer drugs. The dosage of the intensity of magnetic waves is determined by the doctor. With the introduction of drugs, it is not necessary to observe the polarity when applying the plates. In addition to electrodes, a magnetic field can be applied using baths with a medicinal solution, as well as on closed eyelids. With the closed eyelid technique, the drug can be applied to the eyelids themselves or injected into the tissues of the eye.
Magnetophoresis is actively used in acute and chronic lesions of the eye, endocrine pathology, episcleritis, corneal dryness, iridocyclitis, degenerative damage to the retina, blood vessels. Magnetophoresis is not prescribed for vasculitis, recurrent hemorrhages of the eye, the presence of a foreign body.
Electrotherapy, types of treatment
Electrotherapy is the use of direct current for the treatment of ophthalmic pathologies. The main methods include galvanization, electrophoresis, electrical stimulation and diadynamic therapy, electroreflexotherapy.
The main technique today is electrophoresis. It is a direct current effect on tissues, as well as the introduction of medicinal solutions. Potassium iodide, riboflavin, antibacterial drugs can be administered by electrophoresis.
Against the background of using the technique, the metabolism in the tissues of the visual organ increases, and blood flow improves. Electrophoresis allows you to administer the drug locally, as opposed to injection or oral administration. This greatly increases the effectiveness of therapy. The electrodes are placed on the temporal, occipital, cervical area or eyelids. The place of their installation depends on the type of pathology.
Indications for physiotherapy in children:
- Barley.
- Phlegmonous damage to the organ of vision.
- Iridocyclitis.
- Eyelid scars.
- Episcleritis.
- Corneal damage.
- Adhesions of the anterior part of the eyeball.
- Accumulation of blood, clouding in the vitreous body.
- Retinopathy.
- Myopia.
- Damage to the optic nerve.
Treatment with electrophoresis is not carried out with oncopathologies, epileptoid seizures, hyperthermia, infectious pathologies, blood diseases, hematopoietic disorders, high blood pressure, pathology of internal organs in the stage of decompensation, the presence of foreign bodies made of metal.
Methods for administering drugs and placing electrodes:
| Method | Rules for applying electrodes, diseases |
| Endonasal electrophoresis | The electrodes are placed in the nasal passages. The electrodes are wrapped in cotton wool moistened with a medicinal solution. In this way, inflammation, retinal dystrophy of the visual organ is treated. |
| Bourguignon technique | Electrodes are placed on the eyelids and the occipital region. Treatment is carried out for diseases of the anterior parts of the eye and eyelids. |
| Tray method | For treatment, they take a special small bath (diameter 3-5 cm), filled with a medicinal solution. The patient leans over the tub. Its edges should be pressed tightly against the orbit of the eye so that the medicine does not spill out. The bath acts as the first electrode. The second electrode is placed on the lower part of the neck. Such treatment is indicated for deep damage to the visual organ. |
| local method | Use a special point electrode. The position of the electrode is determined by the doctor. Often, the local method is used for diagnostic purposes to see the movement of fluid in the anterior chambers of the organ of vision in glaucoma, diseases of the cornea. |
The duration of electrophoresis sessions is 10-15 minutes. Course therapy 8-10 physiotherapy. If necessary, treatment is extended.
Electrical stimulation, types of techniques, indications, limitations
With electrical stimulation, weak electric currents of a pulsed nature are used. The technique allows you to enhance tissue repair, increases the conduction of nerve impulses to the eye. The method is used quite often, does not cause discomfort to the child.
Methods of influence:
- Transcutaneous.
- Transconjunctival.
- Implantation.
The most commonly prescribed percutaneous technique. Treatment is indicated in the presence of atrophic processes in the optic nerve, amblyopia, myopia, strabismus, degenerative retinal damage, neurogenic keratitis, open-angle glaucoma. The method is very effective in nearsighted children.
Restrictions on the use of electrical stimulation:
- Oncopathology.
- Thrombosis, embolism of the vascular bed of the retina.
- Purulent lesion of the visual organ.
- Decompensated glaucoma.
The duration of one physiotherapy for children is 10-15 minutes. Treatment can be carried out after 1-2 days. Course therapy 10-15 sessions.
Laser therapy and ultrasound therapy
Laser therapy is a technique based on the action of laser radiation. Laser beams are generated by special devices (lasers). Treatment is indicated for inflammation of the eyelids, blepharitis, corneal damage, myopia, barley, dry eyes, amblyopia, spasm of accommodation. Laser treatment helps to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, swelling, accelerate regeneration, increase immune defense, eliminate bacteria, and reduce vasospasm.
The child is wearing glasses. The kid sees flashes of red in them. These light beams stimulate muscle contraction. Treatment perfectly helps with myopia, farsightedness, amblyopia. The number of sessions is 5-10. The duration of one physiotherapy procedure is 5-10 minutes.
You can also use devices with a screen that emits laser beams. The patient's eyes should be at a distance of 8-10 cm from the screen. Low-intensity laser treatment is allowed in infants up to 1 year of age, including newborns.
Newborn children do not undergo laser treatment if the following conditions are present:
- Sepsis.
- Pathology of blood and liquorodynamics.
- Strong weight loss in the first month of life.
- Heart defects.
The therapy does not have any negative effects on the eyeball, since very weak laser radiation is used.
Ultrasound therapy is based on the use of special devices that generate ultrasound. A special gel is applied to the patient's eyeballs, which improves the conduction of ultrasonic waves. After applying the gel, put the sensor of the device on the closed eyelids of the child. The duration of physiotherapy is 5-10 minutes. Course therapy 5-10 physiotherapy. Treatment is carried out every other day or daily.
Ultrasound is indicated for myopia, farsightedness, iridocyclitis, damage to the cornea and retina. Ultrasound is not used for vitreous hemorrhages, acute iridocyclitis, uveitis.
Using Physical Therapy to Treat Your Eyes at Home
Physiotherapy in children can be done at home. This is especially true for patients who find it difficult to get to a medical institution. Before carrying out physiotherapy, you need to decide on the method of treatment. Therapy is prescribed only by the attending physician or physiotherapist.
To do physiotherapy at home, you need to purchase special equipment. They are sold in medical supply stores. You can buy devices for physiotherapy in medical online stores.
Devices
Before carrying out a physiotherapy, you should read the instructions for the device, consult a doctor.
Conclusion
Treatment of eye pathologies is carried out in a complex manner. Often, not one, but several methods are used at once. For children, physiotherapy is of great importance, since not all drugs and surgical methods are allowed. In pediatrics, they try to preserve and improve the function of vision as much as possible. Physiotherapy is great for these purposes. With proper physiotherapy, the effectiveness of treatment is quite high.
Recently, ophthalmologists are increasingly using physiotherapy to solve and prevent vision problems. In what cases is it most effective?
Consulted by a specialist of the highest category, an ophthalmologist at the Family Ophthalmology Center in Moscow Natalya Nikolaevna Chernyaeva.
Laser stimulation
Who might need it?
People with progressive myopia, optic nerve atrophy, hyperopia and astigmatism.
What is useful?
Laser energy improves the blood supply to the eye, activates the work of the visual muscles. The procedure has a beneficial effect on the central zone of the retina, improving the condition of the cells located there. This improves visual acuity.
How long does the treatment take?
The course of laser therapy, as a rule, consists of 10 procedures. The doctor determines their duration individually for each person.
How is the procedure?
It depends on which laser machine is being used. In the first case, the person himself holds the laser tube in his hands and, under the supervision of a doctor, brings it to his eyes. In the second, he puts on glasses with a built-in laser device and looks at red flashes.
It is impossible to carry out laser stimulation if intracranial pressure is increased or there are neoplasms. Caution should be for those who have had convulsions before. In this case, before starting treatment, it is necessary to obtain permission from a neurologist.
During menopause, many also have other complications - pressure rises after the procedure, headaches appear. Therefore, laser stimulation for women at this age is prescribed much less frequently.
electrical stimulation
Who might need it?
With progressive myopia, persistent decrease in vision, spasm of the eye muscles.
What is useful?
With the help of alternating electric current, retinal cells are activated, blood supply to the muscle controlling the lens improves. This helps to better perceive light, trains the eye, makes it less stressful to look from a distance to a near one.
How long does the treatment take?
The "dose" of exposure, as in the case of laser stimulation, is determined based on the sensitivity of the person. On average, the procedure lasts 8 minutes.
How is the procedure?
The main task of a person is to hold an electrode in his hand and apply it to the outer corner of the eyelid. For the best effect, a damp cloth is applied to this place.
First, the procedure is carried out for the right, and then for the left eye. Stimulation of other active zones is also possible. During treatment, a person “sees” bluish flashes before his eyes.
In what cases is it undesirable?
Contraindications are the same as for laser stimulation. The only addition: especially carefully carry out electrotherapy for weather-sensitive people.
magnetic stimulation
Who might need it?
People with progressive myopia, persistent vision loss, or after eye inflammation or injury
What is useful?
The magnetic field increases the metabolic activity. Under the influence of a magnet, the blood vessels of the eye expand, and the nutrition of nerve cells improves.
How long does the treatment take?
The course usually lasts 2-3 weeks and includes 10 to 20 procedures. Each one lasts approximately 10 minutes.
How is the procedure?
A person applies a small emitter box to the place where the maximum effect is needed. This may be the area near the eye, the temple or the back of the head.
Sometimes electrophoresis is used together with magnetic stimulation. In this case, thanks to magnetic radiation, a drug is injected locally through the electrodes, which has a stimulating, resolving, healing or anti-inflammatory effect.
In what cases is it undesirable?
If magnetic stimulation is used in combination with electrophoresis, special attention should be paid to the condition of the skin. It should not be irritated, wounded or damaged.
Chromostimulation
Who might need it?
If the eyes are too tense, they quickly get tired or redden. It works well with progressive myopia, decreased visual acuity and spasm of the eye muscles. But in these cases, it is most often used as an adjunct to laser or electrotherapy.
What is useful?
Light pulses of a certain color fall on the retina, cornea, lens and iris. If the signals are red or orange, blood circulation in the eyeball improves, the sensitivity of retinal receptors increases. If green or blue -
Intraocular pressure decreases, eye strain is relieved.
How long does the treatment take?
If chromotherapy is used in combination with laser or electrical stimulation, the duration of the course is 10 procedures. When using only chromotherapy - a little more. The procedure lasts 10 minutes.
How is the procedure?
A person needs to wear special glasses with light bulbs and replaceable light filters of different colors. After that, the duration of the light signal is set on the electronic control unit. It is selected individually for each, mainly depending on age.
In what cases is it undesirable?
This method is quite mild, and therefore there are few contraindications to its use. However, chromostimulation should not be done on people with epilepsy.
Physiotherapy for the eyes involves the use of natural physical factors: magnetic floor, electric current, UV radiation, light. The procedures carried out within its framework are painless and have a long-lasting effect. They can be combined with each other and included in complex treatment along with medication.
Ophthalmologists note the "rejuvenation" of eye diseases in the modern world of electronic gadgets. Today, visual impairments are increasingly being detected in children, so preventive measures come first (along with adequate, safe treatment). They include not only physiotherapy, but also self-prophylaxis, which involves reducing eye strain and good rest.
The Sfera clinic invites you to undergo diagnostics and a course of treatment of ophthalmopathologies in Moscow. We have a unique set of equipment that allows us to detect diseases at an early stage and carry out their effective treatment.
The essence of physiotherapy of eye structures
Physiotherapy is one of the oldest areas of medical science, the methods of which are described by Avicenna and Hippocrates. Today, her methods are an important component of complex treatment, they involve the use of physical factors in order to improve metabolic processes, stimulate local blood circulation and work of retinal photorecepts, as well as expand the accommodation reserve.
This approach makes it possible to exclude the development of a number of serious pathologies, improve visual function, expand the field of vision, eliminate the rapid fatigue of the organs of vision, and thereby increase efficiency. One of the advantages is the absence of age restrictions and side effects.
Indications and contraindications for physiotherapy
| Indications | Contraindications |
|---|---|
|
|
Electrophoresis for the eyes
Electrical stimulation for the eyes is indicated for:
- refractive disorders of the myopic type;
- pathological conditions of the retina;
- hemorrhages in various structures of the eye;
- traumatic injuries.
In the process, a special apparatus is used that creates a weak electric current, and medications that can decompose into ions. They are selected by a doctor on an individual basis. Due to the influence of currents, nerve cells are stimulated and stagnant processes are eliminated. Blood flow and the supply of nutrients to the retina and ciliary muscle increases, due to which the contractility of the lens improves.
During the procedure, the electrodes are fixed on the outside of the eye. The current strength is selected individually, taking into account the age, gender, clinical picture and general condition of the patient. The procedure is painless and does not cause discomfort. The introduction of drugs in the process is aimed at their improved absorption and increase the effect of the application.
UHF therapy
It implies the use of a continuous or pulsed electric field of ultrahigh frequencies. Applies to:
- penetrating wounds;
- the development of infectious complications;
- inflammation, accompanied by the formation of pus;
- abscesses of the internal structures of the eye.
When exposed, heat is generated, which has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic effects, stimulating blood and lymph flow. The course of treatment includes seven to fifteen sessions every day, lasting from five to ten minutes.
Magnetotherapy for the eyes
It consists in the use of a constant or pulsed magnetic field in order to improve blood microflow, metabolic processes, reduce edema and pain symptoms. In the process, devices that create a low-frequency MF are used, and they act directly on the eyes. It takes ten to fifteen sessions lasting a quarter of an hour. The procedure is carried out with:
- inflammation of the cornea, uveal tract;
- thinning of the cornea and its adoption of the shape of a cone - keratoconus;
- degenerative lesions of the retina;
- development of complications in the postoperative period;
- partial atrophy of the optic nerve;
- spasms of the ciliary muscle;
- moving the eyeballs forward.
With the right selection and observance of the technique of conducting magnetotherapy gives an excellent effect.
Phototherapy of the eyes
Light therapy involves exposure of the eye to light waves of various lengths, depending on which infrared, ultraviolet and laser eye therapy are isolated. Penetrating into tissues, the waves are transformed into thermal and chemical energy and stimulate biochemical processes and blood flow, expanding the lumen of blood vessels, positively affecting metabolism, enhancing regeneration processes.
| View | Features and indications |
|---|---|
|
infrared |
Exposure to waves with a length of seven hundred and eighty nanometers, which have a thermal effect. Penetrating into the tissues, they increase their temperature, due to which the expansion of blood vessels occurs, inflammation decreases, and regenerative processes are launched. Optimal for:
|
|
laser |
The effect is carried out by specially created laser pulses that trigger chemical reactions in the eye tissues, stimulate their trophism, local blood circulation, reduce inflammation and swelling. In the process, low-energy lasers are used, which have the most beneficial effect. Assign when:
|
|
Light therapy with UV rays reduces inflammation, but has a number of limitations. Therefore, before starting it, it is necessary to clarify how sensitive the patient is to ultraviolet radiation, and to choose the right biological dose by determining the skin phototype. Therapy is contraindicated in the absence of melanin pigment - albinism, skin lesions of malignant etiology, lupus erythematosus. |
mechanotherapy
Mechanical treatment is represented by a complex of accurate mechanical influences that allow to influence the condition of the eye tissues. This is a massage in the form of stroking, rubbing, kneading the eyes and providing vibration effects. It allows you to solve the following tasks:
- Vasodilation and improvement of local blood flow;
- Acceleration of metabolism;
- Increase in the general tone of the eye.
Thus, accelerated recovery of the affected structures is achieved: edema subsides, sensitivity decreases, as well as inflammatory processes, drainage of intraocular fluid improves, pathologically increased IOP decreases. Massage activities can be carried out using special devices for vibration effects or by hand. Contraindications are purulent processes, penetrating wounds, ulcerative lesions of the stratum corneum, a high degree of myopia, neoplasms of malignant etiology.
Physiotherapy is one of the methods of conservative treatment of eye diseases and is widely used in clinical practice. The physiotherapeutic methods of exposure used in ophthalmology include: electrotherapy, phototherapy, mechanotherapy and laser therapy.
electrotherapy
Electrotherapy used in ophthalmology is based on the impact on the organ of vision by various types of electric current. It can be a constant electric current with low voltage (electrophoresis, galvanization), impulse currents with low voltage (diadynamic therapy, electrical stimulation), an electric field with high voltage (UHF therapy), an alternating magnetic field (low-frequency magnetotherapy).
1. Electrophoresis
The method of medicinal electrophoresis has found the greatest distribution in ophthalmology. This is a physico-chemical variant of combined local exposure through direct electric current and aqueous solutions of drugs (PM).
The application of the method is accompanied by the occurrence of galvanic reactions of tissues with significant generation of heat, changes in the pH of the medium, redistribution of ions in the intercellular and cellular substance, formation and activation of biochemically active substances. This causes stimulation of local blood circulation, increases the resorption capacity of tissues, activates metabolic and trophic processes, increases the secretory function of the glands and the permeability of the hematoophthalmic barrier.
Electrophoresis helps to reduce the dose of drugs and prolongs their action due to the increase in the permeability of the blood-ophthalmic barrier. The accumulation of drugs occurs in the tissues, which causes their long-term effect on the affected areas.
For electrophoresis, devices are used that provide continuous direct current, or serve as a source of pulsating, intermittent direct currents.
Electrophoresis is prescribed for acute and chronic inflammatory and degenerative eye diseases:
- Barley.
- Phlegmon.
- Chalazion.
- Cicatricial changes of the eyelids.
- Keratitis, iridocyclitis, episcleritis.
- Adhesions, hemophthalmos.
- Turbidity ST.
- Chorioretinitis, chorioretinal degeneration.
- Neuritis and atrophy of the optic nerve.
- Macular degeneration, various retinopathy
2. Electrical stimulation
During electrical stimulation, the neuromuscular and sensory apparatus of the eye is affected by electric current impulses that have a certain strength, structure and sequence.
The therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation is manifested in the activation of tissue regeneration and intracellular reparative processes. As a result, the working capacity of those elements of the optic nerve and retina that have retained their viability against the background of a decrease in the conduction of nerve impulses is restored. Electrical stimulation is used in diseases caused by damage to neuroreceptors and the reflex arc.
Electrical stimulation is indicated for the treatment of:
- Atrophy of the optic nerve.
- Amblyopia of refractive and obscurative types in children.
- Myopia.
- retinal dystrophies.
- Primary open-angle glaucoma (in the stage of compensation).
- neurogenic keratitis.
3. UHF therapy
This method of treatment consists in exposing the organ of vision to a continuous and pulsed electric field with an ultrahigh frequency.
Such an effect causes the same frequency of ion oscillations, rotation of dipole molecules and polarization of dielectric particles with the formation of intracellular heat and tissue heating.
UHF therapy is indicated for the following ophthalmic diseases:
- Dacryocystitis.
- Barley.
- Phlegmon of the lacrimal sac.
- Keratitis, uveitis.
Magnetotherapy
Magnetotherapy is called treatment with alternating or intermittent constant magnetic fields of low frequency.
Such treatment provides a pronounced anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-edematous effect. Magnetic therapy sessions help to improve trophism, activate tissue regeneration processes, improve microcirculation, and epithelization of ulcerative surfaces. Treatment, as a rule, is carried out with a constant or alternating magnetic field, less often with a pulsed one.
The main advantage of magnetotherapy over other physiotherapeutic methods is the absence of the need for eye contact with the inductor.
Indications for the appointment of magnetotherapy are:
- Diseases of the eyelids (barley, blepharitis).
- Keratitis of various etiologies, iridocyclitis.
- Postoperative complications.
- Keratocous.
- retinal dystrophies.
- Myopia, disturbances of accommodation.
- Ischemic conditions of the retina.
- Atrophy of the optic nerve.
- Hemorrhages in the eye.
- Edema exophthalmos.
Phototherapy
Light therapy in ophthalmology combines methods of exposure to the energy of electromagnetic oscillations of light or close to it wave ranges, including ultraviolet and infrared visible radiation. Laser treatment has become especially widespread in clinical practice.
laser therapy
Laser therapy refers to the irradiation for therapeutic purposes of certain parts of the organ of vision with coherent monochromatic radiation, which is provided by quantum generators called lasers.
When exposed to laser radiation, a photodynamic effect occurs, which contributes to the activation of the nuclear apparatus of the cell, intracellular enzyme systems, ribosomes, cytochrome oxidase, catalase, etc. Due to this, laser therapy provides analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, decongestant, regenerative, desensitizing, vasoactive, immunocorrective , hypocholesterolemic, bactericidal and bacteriostatic clinical effects.
It has found application in the treatment of a number of eye diseases:
- Blepharitis, barley, chalazion, keratitis;
- Edematous forms of corneal dystrophy;
- Dry eye syndrome;
- Corneal ulcers;
- Inflammatory diseases of the eyelids.
- Spasms of accommodation, phenomena of asthenopia, amblyopia, mild myopia;
- Dystrophy of the retina and optic nerve.
Depending on the irradiated area of the eye, laser devices with different types of radiation can be used. The course of treatment is usually 5-10 procedures.
At the Moscow Conservatory, laser eye therapy is performed using the Speckl-M device. The cost of therapeutic (hardware) treatment of amblyopia, strabismus, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism using the Speckl-M device: 1 procedure (1 eye) 300 rubles.
Another modern laser therapeutic device used by MCC specialists is a device for the treatment of amblyopia, strabismus and nystagmus Monobinoskop MBS-02. The price of one procedure on the device in our clinic is 700 rubles. The duration of therapeutic (hardware) treatment with the use of the Monobinoscope MBS-02 device is prescribed individually by the attending ophthalmologist.
mechanotherapy
Includes the use of various types of massage, ultrasound therapy, vibration therapy. The phonophoresis method is especially widely used in ophthalmology.
Phonophoresis
This method combines the impact on the organ of vision by ultra-high frequency acoustic vibrations with the use of drugs.
The clinical effects of using phonophoresis are achieved both by the influence of drugs and by ultrasonic exposure, which has therapeutic properties. Among the clinical effects of ultrasound, it is worth noting the anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antispasmodic, metabolic and defibrosing effects.
Phonophoresis is widely used to treat:
- Chalazion, cicatricial skin lesions of the eyelids.
- Opacities of the cornea and vitreous.
- Adhesive processes in the anterior part of the eye after surgery.
- Gemophthalmov.
- Fibrotic changes in the retina and choroid.
- Macular degeneration.
Magnetotherapy at home and in a hospital is an almost universal way to treat diseases of various organs and systems. Home magnetotherapy does not cause practically any problems associated with other physiotherapy methods, and even not the most prosperous person can buy a magnetotherapy device - their prices start at 2,500 rubles. The indications for magnetotherapy, in which cases magnetotherapy is contraindicated - the instructions for the devices list along with the methods of use. And it is impossible not to pay attention to the fact that the list of indications significantly exceeds the list of diseases and conditions in which magnetic therapy is prohibited. Contraindications to the procedure barely exceed a dozen points, while recommendations for its implementation go over a hundred.
Application in this field of medicine
Ophthalmic diseases are no exception: magnetic therapy is widely used against them. Procedures are usually done not with the help of standard home devices, such as AMT-01 or Almag, but with the help of specialized devices. One of them is the AMO-Atos device with the Amblio-1 prefix.
In what cases does magnetic therapy help?
- The use of edematous exophthalmos contributes to the rapid removal of excess fluid and subsidence of edema.
- With glaucoma, magnetotherapy also removes excess fluid. Magnet treatment, in addition, increases the effectiveness of medications used to reduce intraocular pressure.
- You can buy a magnetotherapy device as an aid in the treatment of amblyopia and myopia. The positive influence of the magnetic field on tissues is not able to reverse the pathological process, but it stops the development of diseases.
- Inflammatory diseases of all parts of the eye, from conjunctivitis to iridocyclitis, are successfully affected by the device. Two three procedures will clearly demonstrate whether magnetotherapy helps - these diseases develop rapidly and disappear just as quickly with proper treatment.
- Since regenerative processes are activated after magnetic therapy, a course of procedures is often recommended during the rehabilitation period some time after surgery.
- The magnetotherapy deserved the most positive reviews in the use of eyelid diseases: barley, chalazion.
An important advantage that, regardless of whether Almag, AMO-Atos or AMT is used, magnetotherapy differs from many other methods of physiotherapy is its rather deep penetrating ability. During the procedure, no contact of the applicator with the eye is required, the magnetic field easily passes through the eyelid and protective gauze bandage.
Need to know
You can get acquainted with the cost of a course of treatment in a hospital on the website of the selected clinic, and with the prices for home devices - in any search engine on the request "buy magnetotherapy" or "magnetotherapy price".
