Abstract

PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Zoila María; FALCON LINCHETA, Leopoldina  and  RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ, Elisa. Magnetotherapy in patients presenting with psoriasis. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2011, vol.40, n.3-4, pp. 278-284. ISSN 0138-6557.

Introduction: psoriasis is a chronic dermatologic disease of unknown cause where there are different factors acting on its pathogenesis including the role of immunity, the psychogenic factor, its inflammatory character, the theory of the cellular hyperproliferation and of mediators. Objective: to determine the usefulness of magnetic fields in treatment of psoriasis. Methods: a prospective, longitudinal and quasi experimental study was conducted. Patients received treatment with 50 Hz magnetic field, 10 minutes daily from Monday to Friday for 30 sessions. A clinical assessment was carried out at onset and at weeks 2, 4 and 8 by severity index of the psoriasis. The results in whitening, response, not-response and worsening were classified. Results: the 22 % (22 patients) had a whitening of lesions, 75 had answer, eight not-answers and in a patient there was worsening. The clinical way of a better course was that of scalp with a 88 % of whitening. Conclusions: magnetotherapy was an useful option in treatment of psoriasis patient.

Keywords : magnetotherapy; treatment of psoriasis.