Management of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) Dementia and Other Neuro-Degenerative Disease with Photo-Medicine: Clinical Experience and Case Studies

Abstract

Objective: Photobiomodulation (also known as Low Level Laser. LLLT or Cold Laser; Photo Medicine (PM)) has been a vital adjunct therapy in our clinical practice over 5 years, observations of improvement in cognition and personality were noted in several patients. As a result, selected patients with Alzheimer's Disease, vascular dementia, post-traumatic brain injury and other neuro-degenerative diseases were treated at clinical practices in Buffalo, New York; Sarasota, Florida; Lafayette, Indiana; Phoenix, Az., and Baton Rouge, La. Over 60 patients were treated with an average of 4 times over an 8-day period all reported/exhibited improvement in their condition, except that two men who were in their seventies were in robust health but had no short-term memory and no improvement was observed. However, Theralase has developed a more efficacious system which will be more efficacious, due to increased power for ATP activation. Method: Over 150 patients with the above conditions were treated in various areas (depending on diagnosis) including the prefrontal cortex, temporal lobe, Hippocampus, and Circle of Willis for duration of two and one-half minutes every 48 hours for 5 -6 treatments. We utilized the Theralase multi-probe (905 nm/660 nm) at 60 miliwatts. It utilizes 5 -905 nm near infra-red diodes and 4 infra-red 660 laser diodes with a peak power of 50,000 milliwatts at peak and pulse duration of 200 nanoseconds [1].How to cite this paper: Stephan, W., Din, R.A., Banas, L.J., Thomas, J., Kochert, C., Lamartiniere, R.J., Spooner, C., Pesca, G. The PTSD patients were evaluated utilizing the co-occurring disorders program screening and assessment form. Conclusion: Dementia patients exhibited varying degrees of improvement in cognitive function and personality, leading to improved quality of life and decreased caregiver burden. PTSD patients' improvement was objectively measured by formal neuropsychological testing utilizing the form. All PTSD patients scored no emotional problems after 3 -5 treatments and all experienced overall sense of well-being. One experienced return of ability to smell he had not had for 5 years. Similar results were reported in a Japanese study where 15 patients were followed for a year. This non-invasive and non-systemic modality of therapy could play a key role in treating progressive neurodegenerative conditions, improving quality of life, and reducing health care costs.

Transcranial Photobiomodulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Practice: Fundamental and Clinical Aspects

“…The authors note a decrease in the severity of headache, sleep disorders, accelerated normalization of cognitive functions, elimination of symptoms of depression, anxiety and irritability. Similar data were obtained by W. Stephan et al (2017) for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder [42], which was confirmed by later experimental studies by H. Zhao et al (2023) [47]. An unusual clinical effect, considered by A.…”

“…It is known that the nature of the biological effects of light radiation is determined by its parameters, primarily wavelength, power and energy, and monochromaticity, coherence and collimation are also important for laser radiation [5,42]. Most ranges of visible light (in particular, those recognized by human vision as blue and green) realize their effect through modification of the state of ion channels.…”

Treatment Efficacy of Photobiomodulation for Moderate and Advanced Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease: Case Studies

“…Our most recent papers described the clinical improvement in patients treated with our laser system for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as well as for mild dementia [15] [16]. We have also recently obtained positive results in a case study of children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) [17].…”

Efficacy of Photobiomodulation for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Case Studies

“…However, for the last few years they have started to treat brain disorders, and so far have published three sets of case studies describing the benefits of transcranial LLLT. These comprise a serious case of traumatic brain injury [13], and two sets of cases in patients suffering from dementia and post-traumatic stress disorder [14] [15].…”