[The role of phototherapy in the rehabilitation of newborn babies and infants].

This review is devoted to the problems pertaining to the rational application of phototherapy in the rehabilitation of newborn babies and infants. The analysis of the classical and present-day literature sources provided materials for the development of the rationale for the use of colour-puncture therapy. The data included in this review indicate that phototherapy has positive effect on the immune and rehabilitative processes in the newborns following surgical interventions and in the breast-fed infants suffering hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Phototherapy is equally beneficial when the newborn babies need to be treated for cutaneous and nervous disorders or undergo a surgical operation. Moreover, it can be applied to manage endocrine disorders and diseases of the vegetative nervous system. The photo-induced changes in the skin influence the concentration of biologically active compounds in the systemic circulation. It is believed that colour-puncture therapy makes it possible to selectively affect biologically active points in the channel-meridian system of the newborn babies and infants.