Scientists have found an effective cure for migraine and you can organize therapy at home
'15.02.2022'
Nurgul Sultanova-Chetin
Medical College university Arizona has conducted a new study that may help cure chronic headaches. A team of American scientists used light to treat migraines, explains with the BBC.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), migraine, “an agonizing and disabling condition,” is one of the most common nervous system disorders, affecting up to 1 billion people worldwide. And 1,7-4% of the adult population of the planet has a headache for at least 15 days every month.
Mohab Ibrahim, professor of neurosurgery at the Medical College, has high hopes for the new treatment.
Within two and a half months the participants research irradiated with green light daily for 2 hours. Thereafter, participants experienced a reduction in headaches.
“As a practicing clinician, these results are very encouraging,” said Prof. Ibrahim. “In fact, I have another, additional treatment for migraine, one of the most complex neurological disorders.”
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For the first time in history, clinical trials have evaluated light therapy as a treatment for chronic headache.
Healing with Light
Migraines can't always be cured with medication. Sometimes Botox, cognitive behavioral therapy, and even hypnosis techniques are used to treat it. And painkillers can have serious side effects.
Phototherapy for migraine has not yet been used, although in general, the therapeutic properties of light have long been well known to physicians. Clinical tests have shown that directed light radiation of a certain wavelength heals wounds, reduces pain in violation of the functioning of the facial joints.
In preliminary tests on rats, scientists at the University of Arizona found that blue and green light had an analgesic effect on experimental animals, relieving chronic pain caused by various disorders of the nervous system.
The most interesting thing is that when the rats were blindfolded, the healing effect disappeared. From this, scientists concluded that it is the visual perception of green light that helps with pain.
How was the test
60 volunteers were divided into two groups. One group was given green light LED bulbs, while the control group was given regular light. Participants had to sit in a room with a lamp on, given to them at the beginning of the study. Every day for 10 weeks for two hours, the participants were trained by light.
As a result, participants from the group who used the green light showed excellent results. For many, the intensity of pain decreased from 8 to 3,2 on a ten-point scale. 60% of participants noticed a reduction in the frequency of headaches.
The result so stunned them that almost all but one of the participants gladly took the lamps home.
Then they decided to test the therapeutic effect on volunteers from the control group. They were given a couple of weeks off the fluorescent lights. Then they asked to do the experiment again - during the same 10 weeks, only now using green lighting. The result was the same.
According to the website of the University of Arizona, doctors from Europe, Asia and Africa have already begun to contact Professor Ibrahim with a request to provide them with the exact parameters of the lighting used in the experiment.
