[Application of phototherapy in children with headache].

The paper presents an analysis of the influence of 10 sessions of phototherapy (exposure to bright white light, 3300 lux) in 9 children with episodic headache of tension (EHAT), in 21 children with chronic headache of tension (CHAT) and in 10 children with migraine. Clinical complaints, mood, autonomic status, blood levels of thyroid hormones, hydrocortisone, prolactin, excretion of catecholamines with daily urine were analysed. A course of phototherapy resulted in improvement of the mood, a decrease in the number of the complaints, a tendency to normalization of autonomic homeostasis, an increase in the levels of hydrocortisone and prolactin, a decrease of the high initial level of urine adrenaline and noradrenaline as well as elevation of initially low one in 92.5% of children from all the groups. The most pronounced positive effect was observed after phototherapy in children with CHAT, weaker effect was found in children with migraine. The conclusion is made about optimizing and modulating influence of phototherapy on the levels of stress-realizing hormones and autonomic homeostasis, that improves adaptation of a child's organism.