Comparativestudyofthreedifferentelectromagneticwavesintreatmentofallergicrhinitis
PENGNan,ZHANGChunNiu,MAAiMin,BAOWeiXia
1DepartmentofPhysiotherapy,PLAGeneralHospital,Beijing100853,China,2DepartmentofPhysiotherapy,DalianSecondSanatorium,ShenyangMilitaryCommand,Dalian116000,China
【Abstract】AIM:Tostudythetherapeuticeffectofthreedifferentelectromagneticwavesonallergicrhinitisandtoexplorenewapproachesofitsclinicalapplication.METHODS:Onehundredandfiftyninepatientsdiagnosedasallergicrhinitiswererandomlydividedintothreegroups.Forthepatientsingroup1,bilateralyingxiang,anacupuncturepoint,wereirradiatedwithmillimeterwaveatapowerdensitylessthan10mW/cm2for20min,oncedaily.Forthepatientsingroup2,bilateralsidesofthenosewereirradiatedwithradiofrequencywave,mildheating,10-15min,oncedaily.Forthepatientsingroup3,nasalmucosawasirradiatedwithshortwaveultravioletwave,8MED~,oncedaily.RESULTS:Thetotaleffectivenessratewas68.0%inmillimeterwavegroup,59.3%inshortwaveultravioletgroupand29.1%inradiofrequencywavegroup.Thedifferenceinthetreatmenteffectsbetweenthegroupswasmarkedlysignificant（P<0.01）.Sixpatientsintheshortwaveultravioletraysgroupand5intheradiofrequencygroupcomplainedrespectivelyofnasaldrynessandtransientdizzinessaftertreatment.CONCLUSION:Millimeterwaveandshortwaveultravioletraysaremuchmoreeffectivethanradiofrequencywaveinthetreatmentofallergicrhinitisandultravioletirradiationissimpletoperform.Thethreeelectromagneticwaverhavelittlesideeffectsonthetreatmentofallergicrhinitis.......
