EFFICACY OF PULSED INFRARED-LASER THERAPY IN DISSEMINATED PSORIASIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHROPATHY

Pulsed infrared laser therapy was fairly effective in the treatment of 56 patients with disseminated psoriasis, 35 of these suffering from p soriatic arthropathy. The involved skin sites and zones of sympathetic segmentary innervation were exposed to IR laser beam at a power of 25 mWt for 5 sec to 6 min by scanning; vitamins were also administered. The treatment efficacy was assessed from the cellular and humoral immu nity parameters; the immunity activation was in good correlation with the clinical data.