The effect of a low-color-temperature-based yellow light source on the prevention of phlebitis induced by chemotherapy

Biomater Sci. 2022 Feb 15;10(4):909-914. doi: 10.1039/d1bm01189h.

Abstract

In recent years, light therapy has been gradually applied to the treatment of inflammation. Different from conventional high-color-temperature light sources, low-color-temperature yellow light (1900 K) without a blue light spectrum was selected as the light source to research its preventive effects on chemotherapy-induced phlebitis in this study. Based on a series of inflammatory characterization experiments, the results manifested that the reasonable utilization of 1900 K yellow light had a good effect on the prevention of phlebitis. This study shows that this is a feasible and promising method for preventing phlebitis and relieving pain, while providing a theoretical basis for the further investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects on phlebitis.

MeSH terms

  • Hot Temperature
  • Humans
  • Light
  • Pain / chemically induced
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Pain / prevention & control
  • Phlebitis* / chemically induced
  • Phlebitis* / prevention & control
  • Temperature