TAILIEUCHUNG - Chapter 057. Photosensitivity and Other Reactions to Light

Sunlight is the most visible and obvious source of comfort in the environment. The sun provides the beneficial effects of warmth and vitamin D synthesis; however, acute and chronic sun exposure also have pathologic consequences. Few effects of sun exposure beyond those affecting the skin have been identified, but cutaneous exposure to sunlight is the major cause of human skin cancer and can exert immunosuppressive effects as well. The sun's energy reaching the earth's surface is limited to components of the ultraviolet (UV), the visible, and portions of the infrared spectra. . | Chapter 057. Photosensitivity and Other Reactions to Light Sunlight is the most visible and obvious source of comfort in the environment. The sun provides the beneficial effects of warmth and vitamin D synthesis however acute and chronic sun exposure also have pathologic consequences. Few effects of sun exposure beyond those affecting the skin have been identified but cutaneous exposure to sunlight is the major cause of human skin cancer and can exert immunosuppressive effects as well. The sun s energy reaching the earth s surface is limited to components of the ultraviolet UV the visible and portions of the infrared spectra. The cutoff at the short end of the UV is at 290 nm this is due primarily to stratospheric ozone formed by highly energetic ionizing radiation thereby preventing penetration to the earth s surface of the shorter more energetic potentially more harmful wavelengths of solar radiation. Indeed concern about destruction of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons released into the atmosphere has led to international agreements to reduce production of these chemicals. Measurements of solar flux indicate that there is a twentyfold regional variation in the amount of energy at 300 nm that reaches the earth s surface. This variability relates to seasonal effects the path of sunlight transmission through ozone and air the altitude 4 increase for each 300 m of elevation the latitude increasing intensity with decreasing latitude and the amount of cloud cover fog and pollution. The major components of the photobiologic action spectrum capable of affecting human skin include the UV and visible wavelengths between 290 and 700 nm. In addition the wavelengths beyond 700 nm in the infrared spectrum primarily emit heat and under certain circumstances may exacerbate the pathologic effects of energy in the UV and visible spectra. The UV spectrum reaching the earth represents 10 of total incident solar energy and is arbitrarily divided into two major segments UV-B and

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