FEATURES OF MULTIPLE-MODALITY TREATMENT O F BACTERIAL ECZEMA, INCLUDING HE-NE-LASER EXPOSURE

Multiple-modality treatment, including anavenol laser phonophoresis, l aser photochemotherapy and vascular therapy, was administered to 91 pa tients with bacterial eczemas, 28 of them with paratraumatic and 63 wi th nummular conditions. Neither corticosteroids nor antibiotics were i ncluded in the therapeutic complex. Low-intensity He-Ne laser with a w avelength of 0.632 nm and power of 20 mWt/cm2 was employed; daily 5-8 min sessions were carried out. Such treatment helped attain a stable 2 -year remission in 89 % of patients with paratraumatic eczemas (25 of the 28 cases) and in 94 % of those with nummular eczemas (59 of the 63 cases). No complications or side effects were recorded. Combination o f anavenol laser phonophoresis and redergin therapy was the optimal fo r patients with paratraumatic eczemas, whereas laser photochemotherapy was the most effective for those with nummular eczemas. Bacteriologic , electron microscopic and immunologic studies have confirmed the effi cacy of treatment.