Cryotherapy has recently been examined as a potential treatment for Alopecia Areata (AA). AA can be managed with intralesional or systemic steroids but relapse rates among those longstanding disease are high. This review serves to describe the existing studies evaluating cryotherapy of and examine comparing steroid injection AA. A systematic literature from 1990 2022 was conducted looking keywo...

Salvador (2012) [2] Cryotherapy versus no cryotherapy 23 22 Overall mean (SE) of oral mucositis severity for the cryotherapy arm significantly lower than that for the control group: 0.43 (0.12) vs 1.14 (0.12); P<0.001 on a 0-4 scale Overall mean (SE) mucositis-related pain score for the cryotherapy arm significantly lower than that for the control group: 0.30 (0.23) vs 1.64 (0.24); P < 0.001 on...

Background: Although cryotherapy is still the first-line therapy for solar lentigines, due to side effects such as post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), especially in patients with darker skin types, pigment specific lasers should be considered as initial treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cryotherapy in comparison with 595-nm pulsed dye laser (PDL)...

OBJECTIVE Local cryotherapy is used to relieve pain and inflammation in injuries and inflammatory conditions. Whole-body cryotherapy is an extreme method administered at -110 degrees C for 2 to 3 minutes. The aim of the study was to compare the effect of cryotherapies on pain and inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Sixty patients with active seropositive RA were r...

background and objective: genital warts, due to specific types of the human papillomavirus, have long been regarded as one of the most important causes of cervical cancer and one of the most common cause of sexually transmited diseases (stds).  over the years, it has been the focus of several studies in order to find the best effective approach to eradicate the virus, however there are still co...

Objectives Digital cryotherapy is commonly used for laminitis prophylaxis and treatment. Currently validated methods for distal limb cryotherapy involve wet application or compression technology. There is a need for a practical, affordable, dry cryotherapy method that effectively cools the digit. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hoof wall surface temperatures (HWSTs) achieved wit...

The aim of this article was to review current evidence about cryotherapy in inflammatory rheumatic diseases (therapeutic and biological effects). For therapeutic effects, we performed a systematic review (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, LILACS databases, unpublished data) and selected studies including non-operated and non-infected arthritic patients treated with local cryotherapy or whole-bo...

AbstractPentavalent antimonials, as the 1st choice for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), have various side effects. Also, there are some reports of drug resistance. Due to its safety, cryotherapy can be a good alternative or complementary treatment in CL. The aim of this study was to explore the possible systemic immunological mechanisms of cryotherapy besides its local effects in ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cryotherapy is commonly used during physiotherapeutic rehabilitation after total knee replacement (TKR). Evidence for treatment effectiveness is contradictory and there are no clinical guidelines to inform treatment protocols within this patient group. The present survey investigated current cryotherapy practice after TKR throughout the United Kingdom (UK). METHOD A pos...

BACKGROUND Actinic keratosis (AK) may progress to squamous cell carcinoma. In the case of normal or mildly photodamaged skin, lesion-directed treatments are considered valuable options despite poor published evidence of their therapeutic activity. OBJECTIVES The aim of this single-centre, open-label, prospective, nonsponsored, randomized, controlled clinical trial was to compare CO2 laser abl...