Laser irradiation of blood as a method of prevention of oral mucositis

Abstract

Aim. Study the effectiveness of oral mucositis (OM) prevention by the stimulation of white cells phagocytic activity and activation of endogenous keratinocyte growth factor production by laser blood irradiation method (LBI). Materials and methods. This study covers 44 patients with malignant tumors. 29 patients have already passed the high-dose polychemotherapy complicated by OM development. 15 patients have not passed the high-dose polychemotherapy yet before this admission. In the study we applied the method of identification of the white cells phagocytic activity state using the test sheet of latex microparticles. The study was performed before high-dose polychemotherapy, after LBI and after chemotherapy. Blood exposure to laser irradiation was made by placing the emitter on skin above the large vessels: areas of carotid arteries and veins, cubital, subclavian or popliteal. Results. LBI technique was used in 92 courses of high-dose polychemotherapy. Stimulation of phagocytes by LBI method showed that application of this method before chemotherapy leads to the positive result in all cases. All children (n=44), that were subject to white cells phagocytic activity stimulation, had not OM. Conclusion. Blood test for white cells phagocytic activity gives a chance to determine the actual readiness of the body to resist infections. If it was impossible to predict oral mucositis development before, now implementation of white cells phagocytic activity determination method improves the effectiveness of such prognosis. Thus, first in the world, all results that we obtained became possible only due to implementation of the white cells phagocytic activity test and stimulation of the white cells phagocytic activity and activation of the endogenous keratinocyte growth factor production by laser blood irradiation method.

Keywords

• pediatric oncology
• oral mucositis
• laser hemotherapy