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2 Useful Information
2.4
Hay fever –
How it arises
2.5
What can help
to combat this
over-reaction?
2.6
How the
Medinose
uses
light-therapy
to help you
2.7
The benefits
of your light-
therapy with
Medinose:
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It is our immune system's job to fend off and render harmless any conta-
minants that invade our bodies. In the case of an allergy, the immune
system over-reacts to these contaminants. Even the tiniest amounts of
allergens, such as flower pollen for example, are enough to induce the
typical hay fever symptoms:
- Agonising desire to sneeze combined with violent sneezing attacks,
- Swollen, itchy nasal mucosa,
- Itchy, watery, swollen eyes.
The reason for this is an over-reaction of our defence mechanism. As
soon as the flower pollen touches the mucous membranes of the nose
and eyes, the body mobilises all its defences. Too many antibodies are
created. These sit on the so-called mast cells. The mast cells in turn
release Messenger substances (primarily histamine) that lead to the
typical miseries of hay fever.
Of course, the easiest way of preventing an allergy is to consistently
avoid all substances that trigger allergies. However, in practice this is
hardly possible as one can come across allergens not only outside but
also at home (due to house dust) or in foodstuffs.
In addition to drug treatment using antihistamines and cortisone, inocula-
tions and acupuncture, light-therapy is also used successfully. In this
case red light rays of one wavelength (approx. 660 nm) are generated by
special lightemitting diodes to reduce or to eliminate the allergic symp-
toms and the oversensitivity.
Light-therapy is a new type of allergy treatment without drugs. Diodes
which are capable of emitting red light with a wavelength of 660 nm have
been developed for the Medinose. Alleviation of allergic symptoms and
lessening of the over-sensitivity of the nasal mucosa sets in at this
wavelength.
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Light-therapy is a drug-free treatment.
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The highly effective application lasting only approx. 4 minutes can be
carried out practically anywhere.
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The treatment has no effect on other organs or body parts due to its
use locally.
The typical symptoms of hay fever were significantly reduced in clinical
test using the Medinose Plus. Some symptoms were alleviated or even
eliminated completely in a matter of only a few hours. In the majority of
patients it was possible to identify a clear improvement in the condition
within two weeks.
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