BTL-5000 SERIES
USER'S MANUAL
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6.4 CONTRAINDICATIONS
The list of contraindications gives the cases when the manufacturer does not recommend to apply the selected
therapy. If a specialised medical workplace decides to apply the therapy in spite of it, they bear all the responsibility
for this action.
6.4.1 Contraindications - Electrotherapy
• Active tuberculosis
• Allergy to solutions used for dampening of electrode cover sponges
• Applications in the areas of heart and eyes
• Groundless stimulation - "placebo effect"
• Pacemaker
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Cochlear implants
• Metal implants and malignancies in the current path
• Skin defects and skin inflammations
• Bleeding conditions
• Menstruation
• Tumorous diseases
• Sensitivity disorders (relative KI) in the area of electrode placement
• Psychopathological syndromes and organic psychosyndromes
• Multiple sclerosis
• Pregnancy
• Inflammations of veins and lymphatic paths
6.4.2 Contraindications - Ultrasound
• Active tuberculosis
• Allergies to used ultrasound gels
• Applications on peripheral nerves (located on the bone, close to skin surface)
• Applications on glands with inner secretion
• Applications on areas around eyes, brain, spinal cord
• Blood diseases
• Epiphyses of growing bones
• Gonads
• Pregnancy
• Pacemaker
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Cochlear implants
• Metal implants
• Skin defects and skin inflammations
• Bleeding conditions
• Menstruation
• Tumorous diseases
• Blood circulation deficiency
• St. p. laminectomii
6.4.3 Contraindications – Laser therapy
• Applications in the area of eyes – possibility of direct eye irradiation and retina damage
• Menstruation
• Tumorous diseases
• Irradiation of malignancies and potentially precancerous growths
• Irradiation of patients with cochlear implants
• Irradiation of glands with inner secretion
• Patients with febrile conditions
• Pulse modes (both red and infrared beam) are not used for patients with anamnesis of epilepsy
• Pregnancy
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