2023-06-29 06:27:11
This symptom (because it is not a disease), quite common in the general population, is treated with a very wide range of methods. The allopathic approach makes use of ear washing with local anesthetics, antidepressants, antihistamines, antipsychotics and sedatives. Other non-drug approaches consist of modifying the perception of tinnitus by the brain, but they often act as a “masking” of the extraneous noise rather than treating the causes.
By reviewing the worldwide scientific literature, Brazilian researchers found that on this front, two therapies with far fewer side effects than medication would actually be the most effective treatments for tinnitus: l’acupuncture laser and the low level laser therapy (also called photobiomodulation, cold laser phototherapy or low power transmeatal laser irradiation).
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The anti-inflammatory action of the laser
For a month, the research team tested different alternative and complementary treatments on more than 100 men and women aged 18 to 65 suffering from idiopathic tinnitus (without apparent cause) and resistant to treatments, by distributing them at random. into ten groups, subjected to eight treatment sessions twice a week.
The best results were observed in patients treated with two types of laser therapy: l’acupuncture au laser and the low level laser therapy.
Low-level laser therapy involves Stimulate the inner ear or sinuses with photons (light) in order to stimulate the growth of cells capable of cleaning them and regenerating the tissues.
As for laser acupuncture, it is a kind ofadvanced acupuncture in which an infrared laser replaces the traditional fine needles to stimulate specific acupuncture points.
According to the researchers, it is via an anti-inflammatory action, an increase in peripheral blood supply and stimulation of collagen production that these therapies would obtain such good results in many cases. These two therapies also have the advantage of having only very few to no known side effects.
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