Light Therapy – A Cure For Skin Problems And Other Disorders
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Light therapy or phototherapy is an alternative treatment based on light exposure for various disorders. This procedure, which is also called light box therapy, involves the use of light brighter than regular indoor lighting, but significantly less bright than sunlight.
1. What Can Light Therapy Cure?
– Psoriasis
– Hyperbilirubinemia
– Atopic dermatitis
– Other skin disorders
– Sleep disturbance
– Premenstrual syndrome
– Mental disorders
– Schizoaffective
– Bipolar disorders
2. Treatment
Under the treatment, patients are exposed directly to full-spectrum bright light. The patient either sits down, if a light box is used as the source, or has some degree of mobility if a light visor is used. The duration of the exposure depends on the seriousness of the condition, reduction or elimination of the symptoms and light strength. Depression is one condition that is eliminated through the therapy. The affected individual’s biological clock, or the natural...