Effect of low level laser therapy on hypertension
Addressing hypertension (or high blood pressure) with low level laser therapy with MedicLights
Hypertension or high blood pressure is identified with cardiovascular diseases, a bane of many people over the age of 40.
Almost all hypertensive users of the MedicLights portable light therapy device over a few months’ period have reported decreased blood pressure readings. Some have reported that it was a problem that had plagued them for decades that they had not been able to address even with medication.
Relevant published studies support our observations. One study report that a low level laser therapy (LLLT) treatment on 42 men significantly lowered systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure. Total peripheral vascular resistance also decreased. A good hypotensive effect was achieved in 90.4% of the cases.1
In another study, the effects of a low level laser on the control of blood pressure were tested via energy administered via the medulla oblongata. The results from a group of 30 patients suffering from hypertension were positive in 80% of the patients.2
But if you think about the mechanisms behind how it works, it should not be that much of a surprise. A common factor among hypertension patients is high blood viscosity and high RBC aggregation . The vascular walls dilate (vasodilatation) to allow blood with these problems to maintain its rheological properties. As we age, these walls lose their flexibility and the blood pressure increases, increasing the risk of cardiovascular problems. If nothing else, we know that LLLT treatment reduces blood plasma viscosity3 and disaggregates RBCs4, reducing the pressure on the vascular walls. With these findings, LLLT should be a reliable treatment for hypertension.
The MedicLights portable light therapy device delivers LLLT that is asked for in these supportive studies. That is probably the reason that we have observed the encouraging normalization of blood pressure amongst our test subjects.
References
1. I A Velizhanina, L I Gapon, M S Shabalina et al, “Efficiency of low intensity radiation in essential hypertension”, Klinicheskaia Meditsina (Mosk), 2001, 79(1), pp 41-44.
2. A study cited by several websites referring to a study by Umeda, published in Laser Therapy, 1990; 2(2):59.
3. G Ciufetti, G Schillaci, R Lombardini, M Pirro, G Vaudo, E Mannarino, “Plasma viscosity in isolated systolic hypertension: the role of pulse pressure”, American Journal of Hypertension (2005), vol. 18 (17), pp 1005-1008.
4. D Lominadze, I G Joshua, D A Schuschke, “Increased erythrocyte aggregation in spontaneiously hypertensive rats”, American Journal of Hypertension (1998), vol. 11, pp 784-789.