Laser therapy in rehabilitation of children from environmentally vulnerable population groups

Introduction. Increasing concentrations of xenobiotics in the biosphere have induced the growth of microelementoses. The pathology is frequent among children as a result of their adaptive insufficiency calling forth a decrease of nonspecific resistance. These tendencies make increasingly urgent the need for development of more efficient ways to correct environmentally determined conditions.Purpose: a comparative study of immunobiochemical and elemental status of sickly children from environmentally vulnerable population groups in order to expose the exact etiology for decreasing nonspecific resistance and to develop a combined therapy system for their rehabilitation.Materials and methods. Children from environmentally vulnerable population groups were the object of research. Enzyme immunoassay methods were used to examine the levels of hormones, blood chemistry values, and immunoglobulins. Atomic absorption was employed to determine the concentration of chemical elements in the urine. Nutrients and low-level laser radiation were used for rehabilitation of the children.Results and discussion. Children with sharply decreased nonspecific resistance were found to belong to sickly children category. They had microelementoses of technogenic origin. Rehabilitative therapy for sickly children was more efficient in case of combined application of nutrients and low-level laser radiation.Conclusion. The performed study demonstrates that rehabilitation of sickly children from environmentally vulnerable population groups would benefit from addition of laser therapy.