What is the therapeutic lamp?
Light therapeutic lamp is used to treat seasonal affective disorders (SAD) or winter blues and other sleep and mood disorders. The light therapeutic lamp transmits intense light levels equivalent to outdoor light immediately after sunrise or just before sunset. This form of treatment began for the first time in the early 80s and its use increases every year. The user sits near the box when reading, eating, writing or working on a computer for a period of 15 minutes to two hours, either once or twice a day. Many users respond to light therapy during the week. Due to the seasonal nature of the failure, the user begins to heal the days shorten in autumn or winter, and continues until the days in the spring extend. The light therapy is most likely to adjust the inner clock of a person, either by acceleration or by postponing. Other theories suggest that lamps of therapy with light therapy suppress melatonin or increase serotonin.
Symptoms of seasonal affective disorders include depression and lethargy. Patients who have an orchard experience symptoms of depression, such as excessive eating or sleep, desires for starch or sweet foods or social withdrawal, more often or seriously in the winter months. When the spring and summer months arrive, those who are affected by a sad feeling felt the level of mood and energy. Young people and women are more likely to be affected by orchards, as well as those who live in northern latitudes.
Light therapy lamp causes very few side effects in most people. Some users experience eye or irritation, headaches or nausea at the first start of light therapy. Several users have trouble sleeping or feelings or involved because light therapy indicates their bodies as excessive. For the most part they are the only patients to avoid the use of light lamp therapy, those who mand are threatened by certain eye conditions. The light therapeutic lamp is safe for pregnant women and does not cause sunbathing because most systems reduce or block ultraviolet light.
The amount of light in the therapeutic lamp is measured in luxury lighting. In clinical trials, 10,000 Lux's system was used and it seems to be the most effective. The doctor should recommend and oversee the use of a lamp with light therapy. Some patients experiencing SAD also find that antidepressant drugs alleviate symptoms.