About phototherapy for influenza in the outpatient clinic

Abstract

The beneficial effect of physical methods of treatment for a number of acute diseases has given rise to the use of these methods in the treatment of influenza infection. In recent years, some experience has been accumulated. Some recommend ultraviolet rays in the treatment of influenza (Bessonova, Messel, Maryasin), others recommend diathermy (Yakovlevskaya), and still others recommend x-rays (Potekhin, Yaltsev, etc.).

At the Third All-Union Congress of Physiotherapists, some clinicians presented the results of observations, from which it is clear that ultraviolet irradiation is a relief agent in the initial stages of influenza infection.