Photobioacoustic methods in the correction of index indicators of autonomic tension and reactivity in children with frequent acute recurrent infections

Abstract

Objective: to increase the effectiveness of treatment of children suffering from frequent acute recurrent infections by methods of photobioacoustic exposure. Research methods. The study of 140 children with frequent recurrent infections included the analysis of the data on developmental histories (form No. 026/u «Children’s Medical Card for School» and form 112/ «History of Child Development»), clinical complaints, vegetative indicators (Kerdo, Hildebrandt, and Baevsky-Parin indices), and enzyme immunoassay before and after the use of the photobioacoustic complex, which includes: biofeedback bioacoustic impact on the head area and LLLR on the projection of the cubital area and thymus. The vegetative indices were studied on the «Poly-Spectr» device of Neurosoft (Russia). LLLR was performed on the «Milta» (l=0.89 mcm) on the overhead projection area at a frequency of 80 Hz for 5 minutes and on the projection zone of the thymus at a frequency of 1500 Hz for 3 minutes, as responsible for immune support. The total duration was 8–9 minutes (children of 7–8 years — 5–8 minutes; children of 9–12 years — 8–9 minutes). Bioacoustic exposure on the head area was performed on the hardware-computer complex of acoustic correction (biofeedback bioacoustic correction) «SINKHRO-S» (Russia). Results: Subjective complaints of the children with frequent acute recurrent infections had a brighter picture than those of the children without an infectious factor. Gender-age differences in the children’s subjective complaints which correlated with the type of vegetative support and immune status were revealed. Conclusion: The developed photobioacoustic complex provides high correction of index indicators of autonomic tension, autonomic reactivity, and immune status in children with frequent acute recurrent infections. After a decrease of the high initial index vegetative indicators, the correlations between vegetative indices and autonomic tension were eliminated, which had a positive effect on the immune status and adaptive potential of children suffering from frequent acute recurrent infections.