This disease is equivalent to "waist-bound fire pill", "spider sore", "snake string sore", "fire-bound pill", "snake pill" and "flying snake pill" in traditional Chinese medicine, commonly known as "waist-bound dragon", which can occur all year round.
Treatment of herpes zoster:
Acute herpes zoster is a disease caused by Varicella zoster virus, VZV), which is characterized by skin herpes and severe pain. Middle-aged and elderly people and people with low immunity are prone to this disease. Herpes zoster virus (HSV) is a kind of virus with neurotropic and skin-friendly properties. It invades the human body through sensory nerve endings or nasal mucosa of the skin, invades the nervous system through retrograde axon operation, and then enters the ganglion of the posterior root of spinal nerve or the ganglion cells of the cranial nerve for a long time, which is dormant without any symptoms at ordinary times. When the internal environment changes, especially when the normal immune defense mechanism is damaged or inhibited, it activates the HSV and grows and multiplies in large numbers in the injured ganglion to get sick.
1.Drug therapy
Antiviral drugs: The selection of antiviral drugs according to the etiology, such as ribavirin, acyclovir, interferon and oral Chinese and western drugs, can inhibit the virus to varying degrees and promote the recovery of patients. Timely and effective adequate medication can sometimes reduce the incidence of sequelae.
Drugs to enhance immunity: prednisone, polycyocyte, nucleotide, etc.
Drugs for promoting nerve repair: such as vitamin B 1, vitamin B 12, mecobalamin, etc.
2. Physical therapy
At present, the physical therapy methods used mainly include ultraviolet ray, ultrashort wave, linearly polarized light, far infrared ray, laser and so on. The main function of treatment is to diminish inflammation and relieve pain.
3. Paravertebral and nerve root block
It can also be used for the clinical treatment of acute herpes zoster by injecting therapeutic drugs around the nerve roots in the paraspinal foramen or using the corresponding ganglion block, and the effect is equally satisfactory, but the site must be accurate and the clinical technical operation requirements are also high, so care must be taken to prevent complications.
4. Injection of drugs into epidural space
Epidural cavity is a potential space between ligamentum flavum and dura mater, which is filled with connective tissue, blood vessels, nerve roots and fat. Injected drugs can directly act on the affected tissues and nerves of patients with acute herpes zoster, which can achieve timely and satisfactory analgesic effect in clinic, shorten the course of disease and promote the rehabilitation of acute herpes zoster.
5. Acupuncture and cupping
Acupuncture and cupping are used to treat herpes zoster, so as to pull out the toxic evil in the body and drive away the evil blood in the body, thus achieving the purpose of relieving pain and treating diseases.
6. Comprehensive treatment
Comprehensive treatment of herpes zoster, namely oral Chinese and western medicine, local injection of drugs, nerve root drug block, physical therapy, topical analgesic liniment and so on. Especially for the acute phase of herpes zoster, it can be cured in 3-5 times, and generally will not leave behind neuralgia.
At present, the pain clinic of physiotherapy department of Air Force General Hospital uses comprehensive treatment to treat acute herpes zoster, and the total effective rate is100%, which can be cured after 2-3 times.