title: Speleotherapeutic radon exposure of a child suffering from juvenile chronic arthritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Should a child be exposed to radon for therapeutic purposes?
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a 7-year-old boy with juvenile chronic arthritis who experienced good pain relief after therapeutic radon exposure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Controversy exists whether children should be exposed to radon for therapeutic purposes. Benefit and risk of therapeutic radon exposure should be discussed more objectively and not emotionally.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute Gastein, and Gasteiner Heilstollen Hospital, Bad Gastein, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falkenbach
mesh_terms: D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008906:Mining; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011886:Radon / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011886:Radon