Plum blossom needle treatment of herpes zoster observed.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Plum blossom needle treatment of herpes zoster observed [Abstract] Objective: To observe the plum-blossom needle therapy combined with antiviral combination antiviral therapy for herpes zoster TDP physiotherapy treatment. Methods: Observation from April 2001 to May 2007 between the rehabilitation and dermatology were treated with like herpes, the former 48 cases for the observation group, the latter as a control group of 50 patients. the observation group with plum-blossom needle and the corresponding spinal cord lesions at the distribution segment of skin, while providing anti-viral treatment, oral acyclovir 0.4 g, 4 times a day in the control group was treated with acyclovir (the amount above and TDP irradiation for 30 minutes, a course of 10 days. Results: The observation group was significantly higher cure rate (P lt;0.01. Conclusion: The plum-blossom needle Treatment of Herpes Zoster is superior to drug therapy and conventional physiotherapy, and safe, and easy to master operation. [Keywords:] plum blossom needle, shingles, conventional drug treatment, efficacy Shingles is a herpes zoster virus by a peripheral nerve distribution along the cluster and the nerve pain as the main features of herpes viral skin disease. Before the onset of clinical manifestations of allergies or nerve pain is often felt, accompanied by mild fever , general malaise, loss of appetite and other prodromal symptoms, prodromal symptoms can be no sudden onset, affected area tide occurs erythema was followed by the size of the set of clusters of miliary red papules group quickly becomes blisters, accompanied by neuralgia. writer since 2001 , the use of plum-blossom needle treatment of herpes zoster and for comparison with the conventional treatment dermatology, the treatment effect is good. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 The samples were taken from the Rehabilitation of clinical data and dermatology clinic patients, by treatment sequences were randoml