Tomazoni Shaiane Silva, Johnson Douglas Scott, Leal-Junior Ernesto Cesar Pinto
Physiotherapy Research Group, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Multi Radiance Medical, Solon, OH 44139, USA.
Life (Basel). 2021 Oct 22;11(11):1124. doi: 10.3390/life11111124.
Photobiomodulation therapy, alone (PBMT) or combined with a static magnetic field (PBMT-sMF), has been demonstrated to be effective in the regeneration of tissues, modulation of inflammatory processes, and improvement in functional capacity. However, the effects of PBMT-sMF on the pulmonary system and COVID-19 patients remain scarce. Therefore, in this case report, we demonstrated the use of PBMT-sMF for peripheral oxygen saturation, pulmonary function, massive lung damage, and fibrosis as a pulmonary complication after COVID-19.
A 53-year-old Mexican man who presented with decreased peripheral oxygen saturation, massive lung damage, and fibrosis after COVID-19 received PBMT-sMF treatment once a day for 45 days. The treatment was irradiated at six sites in the lower thorax and upper abdominal cavity and two sites in the neck area. We observed that the patient was able to leave the oxygen support during the treatment, and increase his peripheral oxygen saturation. In addition, the patient showed improvements in pulmonary severity scores and radiological findings. Finally, the patient presented with normal respiratory mechanics parameters in the medium-term, indicating total pulmonary recovery.
The use of PBMT-sMF may potentially lead to safe treatment of and recovery from pulmonary complications after COVID-19, with regard to the structural and functional aspects.
光生物调节疗法单独使用（PBMT）或与静磁场联合使用（PBMT-sMF），已被证明在组织再生、炎症过程调节和功能能力改善方面有效。然而，PBMT-sMF对肺部系统及新冠肺炎患者的影响仍然缺乏相关研究。因此，在本病例报告中，我们展示了PBMT-sMF在新冠肺炎后作为肺部并发症的外周血氧饱和度、肺功能、大面积肺损伤和纤维化方面的应用。
一名53岁的墨西哥男子，在感染新冠肺炎后出现外周血氧饱和度下降、大面积肺损伤和纤维化，接受了PBMT-sMF治疗，每天一次，共45天。治疗在胸部下部和上腹部的六个部位以及颈部的两个部位进行照射。我们观察到，患者在治疗期间能够脱离氧气支持，并提高了外周血氧饱和度。此外，患者的肺部严重程度评分和影像学检查结果有所改善。最后，患者在中期呈现出正常的呼吸力学参数，表明肺部完全恢复。
就结构和功能方面而言，使用PBMT-sMF可能会为新冠肺炎后的肺部并发症带来安全的治疗和康复效果。
