Magnetotherapy in the treatment of viral conjunctivitis and keratitis.

Abstract

Ocular infections are one of the most frequent causes of ailments among the patients coming to ophthalmologic offices. This article presents one of the physical medicine's methods--magnetotherapy--which uses the alternating low frequency magnetic fields in the therapy of viral conjunctivitis and keratitis in a 49-year-old female patient. Basing on the obtained results it was stated that this method broadens the treatment possibilities becoming a precious supplement and support treatment method in ophthalmology.

• Authors: Jarosław Pasek, Tomasz Pasek, Ewa Herba, Anna Misiak, Karolina Sieroń-Stołtny, Aleksander Sieroń
• Journal: Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) (Wiad Lek) Vol. 61 Issue 10-12 Pg. 288-90 ( 2008) ISSN: 0043-5147 [Print] Poland
• PMID: 19323071 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Antiviral Agents

Topics

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (therapeutic use)
• Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use)
• Conjunctivitis, Viral (complications, drug therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Keratoconjunctivitis (complications, drug therapy)
• Magnetic Field Therapy
• Middle Aged
• Pain (etiology, rehabilitation)
• Treatment Outcome