This disease is equivalent to "waist-girdling fire pill", "spider sore", "snake string sore", "fire-binding pill", "snake pill" and "flying snake pill" in traditional Chinese medicine, commonly known as "waist-girdling dragon", which can occur all year round.

Treatment of herpes zoster:

Acute herpes zoster

It is caused by varicella zoster virus.

(chickenpox

herpes zoster

Viruses,

VZV)

A disease characterized by skin herpes and severe pain, which is common in middle-aged and elderly people and people with low immunity. 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 dorsal root ganglion or cranial ganglion cells of spinal nerve for a long time, and is usually dormant without any symptoms. When the internal environment changes, especially when the normal immune defense mechanism is destroyed or inhibited, HSV will be activated and will grow and multiply in the injured ganglion to get sick.

1. drug therapy

Antiviral drugs: antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin, acyclovir, interferon and oral Chinese and western medicines, can inhibit the virus to varying degrees and promote the recovery of patients. Timely, effective and sufficient medication can sometimes reduce the occurrence of sequelae.

Drugs to enhance immunity: prednisone, multinucleated cells, nucleotides, etc.

Drugs that promote nerve repair: such as vitamin B.

1

, vitamin b

12

, mecobalamin, etc.

2. Physical therapy

At present, the main physical therapy methods used are 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 paravertebral foramen or using the corresponding ganglion block, and the effect is equally satisfactory, but the positioning must be accurate and the clinical technical operation requirements are also high, and attention must be paid to preventing complications.

4. Injection of drugs into epidural space

Epidural cavity is the potential space between ligamentum flavum and dura mater, which is filled with connective tissue, blood vessels, nerve roots and fat. Injected drugs 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 can pull

Acupuncture and cupping are used to treat herpes zoster, in order to pull out the toxic evil in the body and drive away the evil blood in the body, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving pain and treating diseases.

6.

Combined therapy

Comprehensive treatment of herpes zoster includes oral Chinese and western medicine, local injection, nerve root drug blocking, physical therapy, topical analgesic liniment, etc. Especially for the acute phase of herpes zoster, it can be cured after 3-5 times, and generally does not leave neuralgia.

At present, the pain clinic of physical therapy department of Air Force General Hospital uses comprehensive therapy to treat acute herpes zoster, and the total effective rate is 90%.

100%, generally 2-3 times can be cured.