{"id":247719,"date":"2023-03-31T18:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/?p=247719"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:54:48","slug":"ophthalmology-times-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/ophthalmology-times-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New approach to foveal holes: Light, sound and nutraceuticals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ophtalmology Times Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;article presents a very interesting clinical case which further validates the research work already started by Dr. Roberto&nbsp;Pinelli&nbsp;and his research group at the&nbsp;Switzerland Eye Research Institute in Lugano on the therapeutic combination of light, sound and specific phytochemistry in the treatment of retinal pathologies.&nbsp;This is the combined administration of light and sound with nutraceuticals to the retina of a seventy-nine-year-old patient who presented in 2021 with an idiopathic macular hole caused by vitreous degeneration with traction of the fovea. Synergistic non-invasive treatment with pulsatile stimulation with sound and light and oral intake of phytochemicals had a remarkable effect on the retinal anatomical architecture of the macular hole. The anatomical recovery was almost complete about 1 year after diagnosis and the start of treatment thanks to the delivery of calibrated photons through&nbsp;photobiomodulation&nbsp;according to the Lugano Protocol and low-frequency acoustic stimulation, close to infrasound. The structural healing of the macular hole was concomitant with a strong improvement in visual acuity (from 2 tenths to 9 tenths natural) and with the resolution of the metamorphopsia. Dr.&nbsp;Pinelli&nbsp;believes that specific wavelengths activate the autophagy pathway in the retina, stimulating recovery from traumatic neuronal damage. He said: \u201cAmong the many biochemical cascades that regulate neuronal integrity in the retina, the autophagy mechanism plays a critical role in maintaining cell survival and supporting retinal anatomy, including plasticity. This is consistent with the involvement of impaired autophagy in the production of a variety of retinal disorders.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-approach-to-foveal-holes-Light-sound-and-nutraceuticals.pdf\">Read full article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ophtalmology Times Europe This&nbsp;article presents a very interesting clinical case which further validates the research work already started by Dr. Roberto&nbsp;Pinelli&nbsp;and his research group at the&nbsp;Switzerland Eye Research Institute in Lugano on the therapeutic combination of light, sound and specific phytochemistry in the treatment of retinal pathologies.&nbsp;This is the combined administration of light and sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pubblicazioni_en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247719"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248156,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247719\/revisions\/248156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}