LLLT Side Effects

THERE ARE NO KNOWN PERMANENT OR SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS

In the treatment of three different LASERS are used. These are red and infrared with a maximum output of 90 mW per ear. These lasers are Low Level Lasers and they cannot wound any tissue in the body. There is no risk that LASER light could be carcinogenic and cause cancer - on the contrary! The wavelength of red and infrared light is too weak to ionize biological material. The treatment is not painful at all. There are no permanent side effects.

Temporary Side Effects from LLLT Treatment


	LLLT is painless and noiseless. Patients suffering from reactive tinnitus and/or hyperacusis are not exposed to any sound at all during the therapy session.
	The side effects are mostly very mild and if they occur they mostly last only for a short time.
	It is very rare to have longer side effects, but it happens that one or another patient gets side effects for a longer time. However, they fade away as time goes by.

Common Side Effects
Symptom	Description
a slight increase of tinnitus	Mostly in the middle of the treatment period; this mostly occurs 2 ~ 4 weeks after the start of the treatment.
affected balance	This happens very often and the balance can be a little affected for half an hour or so, in extremely rare cases for a longer time.
tiredness	This is very common and patients getting laser therapy very often get more tired.
activation of the immune system	This will cause cold symptoms during the treatment period due to the fact that the immune defense system is activated by the LASER light.
pain in the ear canal and in the middle ear	It depends on anti-inflammatory processes that start in inflamed tissue when it is irradiated with laser light. The anti-inflammatory processes synthesize substances such as prostaglandins, and they cause pain at the same time as they are healing inflammatory tissue.
Rare Side Effects
Symptom	Description
disturbed accommodation	Problems with focusing the eyes.
anxiety	Mostly in combination with anti-depression medications.
over sensitivity to sound	In very rare cases patients develop more sensitivity to sound during the treatment period, usually for two or three weeks
headache	Often for a short time and if so mostly once or twice during the treatment period.
great impact on balance including vertigo	Very rare
More side effects may occur, but there is no permanent or severe side effects.