Clinical Effect of Veterinary Laser Therapy

Clinical Effect of Veterinary Laser Therapy

Laser therapy is a medical method widely used in the field of human medical treatment. As people become more refined in pet feeding, health care and nursing, this technology is rapidly popularizing in the field of veterinary medicine and has now has become a standard of high-end pet hospitals. More and more pet hospitals already have veterinary laser therapy instruments, and many veterinarians believe that the application of laser technology is of epoch-making significance for the development of pet medical care. Most pets will be very cooperative in receiving treatment, and only a few nervous or timid pets may be more repulsive. Because the laser treatment itself is painless and non-invasive, pets receiving treatment will simply feel warm in the area being irradiated. This is why laser therapy is increasingly favored by some clinical pet doctors. The role of laser therapy in veterinary clinics can be summarized in three points: anti-inflammatory, pain relief and healing promotion.

Anti-inflammatory:

• Promote reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the body to regulate the concentration of intracellular Ca++, thereby regulating the stability of the cell membrane.

• Promote the production of cytochrome c oxidase, stimulate the production and synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and contribute to cell repair, reproduction and functional ability.

• Enhance the ability to accelerate the activity of white blood cells, thereby repairing and regenerating the function of damaged parts of the body more quickly.

• Increase the synthesis of PGI2 (prostacyclin), which has vasodilating and anti-inflammatory effects.

• Mediated the role of lymphoid helper T cells and suppressor T cells in inflammatory response.

• Laser stimulates increased levels of the cytokine superoxide dismutase (SOD) and interacts with other anti-inflammatory processes to accelerate the termination of inflammatory processes.

Pain Relief:

• Ion channel recovery. Ion channels are integral membrane proteins that allow ions to pass in and out of cells, and they are essential for normal cell function.

• Increased beta-endorphin. These are endogenous pain relief hormones, which cause pain levels to decrease.

• Increase the production of nitric oxide. This is one of the most important molecules for vascular health and is a vasodilator. It also plays a role in many biological processes within and between cells and helps reduce pain.

• C-fiber afferent nerve depolarization is blocked, which can help relieve neuropathic pain due to nerve fiber damage.

 Healing Promotion:

• The activity of white blood cell is increased. White blood cells are part of the body's immune system, which speeds tissue repair and relieves pain.

• The activity of macrophages is enhanced. This is a type of white blood cell, the first cell to appear in an infected area. Macrophages are the primary mechanism used by the immune system to clear pathogens.

• The activity of fibroblast cell is increased. These are the most common connective tissue-producing cells, which speed up tissue repair.

• Keratinocyte proliferation. These are epidermal cells that allow for reduced skin healing time and early epithelialization that covers the wound.