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home:othertreatments:sunshine [01.03.2012] – external edit 127.0.0.1home:othertreatments:sunshine [02.28.2017] – [Sunlight can be immunosuppressive] added link sallieq
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 <relatedsection>  [[home:lifestyle:light:photosensitivity?&#effect_of_light_on_the_skin|Effect of light on the skin]]</section> <relatedsection>  [[home:lifestyle:light:photosensitivity?&#effect_of_light_on_the_skin|Effect of light on the skin]]</section>
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 +Phototherapy suppresses immunity which can lead to the progression of other infections such as human papilloma virus (HPV). A 2010 study used a nested polymerase chain reaction, to analyze skin biopsies taken a from 20 psoriasis patients under phototherapy (UVB) and 20 untreated psoriatic patients. The authors were able to detect viruses in 60% of the treatment but in none of the controls.(({{pubmed>long:20415738}})) 
  
 A 2011 study by Damian //et al.// concluded that exposure to sunlight even at suberythemal levels – sunlight which doesn't cause redness – is "profoundly immunosuppressive" in humans and that it is the immune-suppressive effects of sunlight that play a central role in skin carcinogenesis.(({{pubmed>long:21375518}})) A 2011 study by Damian //et al.// concluded that exposure to sunlight even at suberythemal levels – sunlight which doesn't cause redness – is "profoundly immunosuppressive" in humans and that it is the immune-suppressive effects of sunlight that play a central role in skin carcinogenesis.(({{pubmed>long:21375518}}))
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 Certain support for this study comes from a 2011 Australian paper that found that 8 week old mice given a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation had suppressed immunity.(({{pubmed>long:21243005}})) Certain support for this study comes from a 2011 Australian paper that found that 8 week old mice given a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation had suppressed immunity.(({{pubmed>long:21243005}}))
  
 +[[http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1104059|Unilateral Dermatoheliosis]]
  
  
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