INFLUENCE OF A WEAK MAGNETIC-FIELD ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACUTE-INFLAMMATION IN RATS

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 179  (1) , 32-43
Abstract
To determine the influence of weak magnetic field on the development of inflammations, a nonspecific acute inflammation was induced in rats by s.c. injection of sterile Sephadex gel in the lower dorsal quadrants. The magnetic field applied had a strength of 10 Gauss (20 times the magnetic field of the earth), rectangular curve and a frequency of 10 Hz. Following a field exposure of 2 and 3 days, cytological and biochemical analyses of the blood and inflammatory exudate were performed. Parameters were leukocytes and proteins in the blood and in the focus of inflammation, and blood electrolytes. Protein values in the focus of inflammation of the control animals remained unchanged on the 2nd and 3rd day; in the animals exposed to the magnetic field, they increased from the 2nd to the 3rd day. In the blood similar effects could be seen, but they were not as pronounced. The magnetic field causes an increased exudation of serum proteins in the focus of inflammation. The cellular component remains unchanged.