[Effects of millimetric electromagnetic waves on regional blood flow and effectiveness of multimodal therapy of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis].

The impact of millimetric electromagnetic radiation (MER) on the natural history of the disease was studied in 54 patients with various types of pulmonary tuberculosis. The patients were treated using wavelengths of 6.4 and 7.1 mm on a YAVOR device. Following 10 sessions of MER therapy used in combination with specific drugs, caverns were found to close in 50% of patients at months 2-3 of therapy and in the controls at months 5-6. Infiltrative changes at the site of lesion resolved at weeks 2-3 of MER exposure, but in the controls at months 1-2 of drug therapy. In 5 (10%) out of 54 patients, regional blood flow parameters became normal, 27 (50%) patients were ascertained to have a partial improvement and 22 (40%) had no changes. No changes were seen in the controls as long as 2 weeks either.