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Case Report: Green Light Exposure Relieves Chronic Headache Pain in a Colorblind Patient
| العنوان: | Case Report: Green Light Exposure Relieves Chronic Headache Pain in a Colorblind Patient |
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| المؤلفون: | Cheng, K., Martin, L.F., Calligaro, H., Patwardhan, A., Ibrahim, M.M. |
| المساهمون: | Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, University of Arizona |
| المصدر: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications Ltd |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | The University of Arizona: UA Campus Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | analgesia, colorblind, green light, headaches attributed to other disorders of homeostasis, Phototherapy |
| الوصف: | Patients with chronic headaches sometimes prefer non-pharmacological methods for pain management. We have shown previously that green light exposure (GLED, Green Light Emitting Diode) reversed thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia in a rat model of neuropathic pain. This effect is mediated through the visual system. Moreover, we recently showed that GLED was effective in decreasing the severity of headache pain and the number of headache-days per month in migraine patients. The visual system is comprised of image-forming and non-image-forming pathways; however, the contribution of different photosensitive cells to the effect of GLED is not yet known. Here, we report a 66-year-old man with headaches attributed to other disorders of homeostasis and color blindness who was recruited in the GLED study. The subject, diagnosed with protanomaly, cannot differentiate green, yellow, orange, and red colors. After completing the GLED exposure protocol, the subject noted significant decreases in headache pain intensity without reduction in the number of headache-days per month. The subject also reported improvement in the quality of his sleep. These findings suggest that green light therapy mediates the decrease of the headache pain intensity through non-image-forming intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. However, the subject did not report a change in the frequency of his headaches, suggesting the involvement of cones in reduction of headache frequency by GLED. This is the first case reported of a colorblind man with chronic headache using GLED to manage his headache pain and may increase our understanding of the contribution of different photosensitive cells in mediating the pain-relieving effects of GLED. © The Author(s) 2022. ; Open access journal ; This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1179-5476 |
| Relation: | Cheng, K., Martin, L. F., Calligaro, H., Patwardhan, A., & Ibrahim, M. M. (2022). Case Report: Green Light Exposure Relieves Chronic Headache Pain in a Colorblind Patient. Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 15.; http://hdl.handle.net/10150/666840; Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports |
| DOI: | 10.1177/11795476221125164 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/666840 https://doi.org/10.1177/11795476221125164 |
| Rights: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.F34E3FDE |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 11795476 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/11795476221125164 |