Method and device using light energy to treat herpes zoster, herpes simplex, and other viral infections with localized skin or mucosal inflammation
View Patent ↗A light energy treatment method for target areas of skin or mucosa infected by herpes virus or other viral infections includes providing a plurality of light sources which generate light energy having a wavelength between 620 nm to 1500 nm; generating a series of light energy from the light sources in continuous wave mode or in pulsed mode with a pulse rate of 1 to 10000 Hz; applying the light energy in continuous wave mode or in pulsed mode to target areas of the skin or mucosa for 1 to 2000 seconds to achieve a power density between 20-500 mw/cm2; and stimulating cell mitochondria of the target areas of the skin or mucosa to increase cellular energy in the target areas of the skin or mucosa for cellular repair.
1 . A light energy treatment method for target areas of skin or mucosa infected by herpes virus or other viral infections, comprising:
providing a plurality of light sources which generate light energy having a wavelength consisting of 810 nm and 1302 nm;
generating a series of light energy from the light sources in pulsed mode with a pulse rate of 300 to 10000 Hz;
applying the light energy in pulsed mode only one time to the target areas of the skin or mucosa, with the target areas of skin or mucosa being the areas infected by the herpes virus or other viral infections;
exposing the target areas of the skin or mucosa under the light energy in pulsed mode for 1 second to 2000 seconds the only one time to achieve a power density between 20 and 500 mw/cm 2 ;
stimulating cell mitochondria of the target areas of the skin or mucosa to generate cellular energy in the target areas of the skin or mucosa for cellular repair; and
curing the target areas of the skin infected by herpes including herpes zoster and/or herpes simplex, and other viral infections with localized mucocutaneous inflammation in no more than two days by using only a one-time low-level light energy treatment method; wherein
the light source is a LED.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cellular energy is adenosine triphosphate.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the light energy has a fluence level between 0.1 and 30 Joules per centimeter squared, which is sufficient to stimulate cell mitochondria of the target areas of the skin or mucosa to generate cellular energy in the target areas of the skin without burning the target areas of the skin or mucosa.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the series of light energy in pulsed mode has a peak power of up to 100 W.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of:
visually identifying the target areas of the skin or mucosa which are skin or mucosal surfaces infected by herpes virus or other viral infection.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of:
identifying exposure time under the light energy based on locations and sizes of the target areas of the skin or mucosa.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of:
curing the target areas of the skin infected by herpes including herpes zoster and/or herpes simplex, and other viral infections with localized mucocutaneous inflammation in no more than two days by using only a one-time low-level light energy treatment method.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the target areas of the skin comprise lips of the mouth, skin, or mucosa in the genital and anal regions.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of:
promptly healing in the target areas of the skin or mucosa treated by only one time of the light energy treatment method no more than two days after treatment.