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Light Therapy

Light therapy—controlled exposure to bright light-continues to play a role in conventional medical practice as well as its alternative cousins. Its most typical applications operate by abortion through the skin: Doctors expose newborns to blue light to cure jaundice. And dermatologists frequently prescribe sunlight or ultraviolet light to heal psoriasis and certain kinds of dermatitis.

Lasers offer a form of light therapy on the cutting edge of medicine, so to speak. Their highly concentrated light beams are now used to perform surgical procedures and dentistry without damaging surrounding tissues and so are less invasive than the most finely honed scalpel.

But the core of phototherapy, as light therapy is also called, capitalizes on light’s effects on the central nervous system, especially the body’s clock. The form of light therapy, which focuses mainly on circadian (daily) and seasonal biorhythms, is under active investigation by researchers around the world. Mainly used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD), it may one day become part of standard treatment for nonseasonal depression, insomnia, jet lag, problems adjusting to working different shifts, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), menstrual irregularity, and other conditions.

Most of this newer form of light therapy involves short periods of exposure to an intense form of artificial light that simulates daylight. Its effectiveness results more from the light absorbed through the skin. The artificial lights used to regulate body rhythms need to be intense, because typical indoor lighting is far too weak to affect the hormones involved.

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My son is 1 month and 4 days old. He still is jaundiced since the 5th day of life. I breast feed exclusively..?

My son was born full term and healthy. We spent 3 days in the hospital under the photo therapy lights. It barely brought his level under 12. I just took him to his 1 month well app. The doc ordered another billirubin test seeing my son is still yellow. I really don’t want to give him formula, but I feel like I’m left with nothing else. I’ve tried putting him in the sun as much as I can. However, I live in Michigan and sunshine has not been available due to winter. They ran all types of tests and all is good. Did this happen to anyone else? Any good ideas?

http://www.kellymom.com/newman/07jaundice.html

It’s called breastmilk jaundice and here is an excerpt:

“In such a setting, the baby has what some call breastmilk jaundice, though, on occasion, infections of the urine or an under functioning of the baby’s thyroid gland, as well as a few other even rarer illnesses may cause the same picture. Breastmilk jaundice peaks at 10-21 days, but may last for two or three months. Breastmilk jaundice is normal. Rarely, if ever, does breastfeeding need to be discontinued even for a short time. Only very occasionally is any treatment, such as phototherapy, necessary. There is not one bit of evidence that this jaundice causes any problem at all for the baby. Breastfeeding should not be discontinued “in order to make a diagnosis”. If the baby is truly doing well on breast only, there is no reason, none, to stop breastfeeding or supplement with a lactation aid, for that matter. “

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