[Laser treatment of patients with chronic glomerulonephritis]

Helium-neon laser therapy of patients suffering from mixed and nephrotic glomerulonephritis demonstrated hypotensive, diuretic and fibrinolytic activity boosting clinical effects. The use of the new treatment method seems to be justified, since all the patients given laser therapy manifested pronounced resistance to the pathogenetic therapy carried out previously (glucocorticoids, cytostatics, hypotensive and diuretic drugs). The presence of diverse effects and lack of complications suggest a broader-scale use of laser therapy in nephrology. At present the authors are analyzing the ++patho-chemical bases of the therapeutic efficacy of laser therapy of patients suffering from chronic glomerulonephritis. The results will be reported in the next paper.