Light Therapy For Fatigue After TBI

Fatigue, after a headache, is the most common symptom of TBI. An injured brain consumes far more fuel (glucose) than a normal brain, leading to such fatigue. When an injured brain goes around injured areas, it consumes more fuel.

With this new therapy of using short blue wavelength light (blue), after four weeks most patients showed lessened fatigue and increased attention. Yellow lights and no lights showed no improvement. Better yet, no pills needed! (Sinclair, KL et al 2014)