Abstract: Objective: To observe the fire needle Acupuncture treatment of herpes zoster (AHZ) the clinical efficacy to certain of the effectiveness of treatment of AHZ. Methods: A randomized, single blind, control study, 80 patients were randomly divided into treatment group (40 cases) and control group (40 cases). The treatment group received acupuncture fire needle with the control group were given western medicine. Time were recorded only blisters, crusted time, the scab off time, the percentage of pain relief and pain began to ease the time, pain duration, efficacy evaluation after the end of treatment. Results: 1 patient was excluded because of acupuncture needles halo, 3 patients did not complete the course of treatment and off treatment with other therapies do. 80 patients completed the study treatment group markedly effective rate of 70%, 57.5% higher than the control group, but no significant difference (P0.05). Blisters only time the two groups, from callus time, the percentage of pain relief and pain began to ease the time there was no significant difference (all P0.05); two scab time, duration of pain were a significant (P0.05), and the treatment group than the control group. Conclusion: The hot needle acupuncture with the effect of AHZ has a good, relative to western medicine can shorten the time of herpes scab and pain duration.
When the suspect he was suffering from shingles, you must seek medical treatment, in addition to a number you can use the following home remedies to relieve pain.
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Use of antidepressants. Some studies suggest that even if there is no depression in patients with herpes zoster, a small dose of antidepressants can ease the pain. How? Because some antidepressants can be blocked by removal of a body called 5 - the neurotransmitter serotonin. A large number of cycles of 5 - HT can prevent pain signals passing the brain. You can explore in detail with your doctor to determine whether antidepressants help you relieve herpes zoster after the onset of persistent pain.
Try to relax. If postherpetic discomfort persists (in fact can be any chronic pain), consider learning self-hypnosis, imagination, meditation, or participate in other activities that will help to relax. Pain is a kind of pressure against the pressure in turn can enhance the body's pain perception. To find a reliable method to calm yourself not only will not hurt you, but also help you deal more effectively with pain.
Try TENS. Can make use of TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) devices relieve shingles symptoms. In theory, TENS can be a weak current (painless, but there are tingling) block incoming pain signals the brain. You can spend 100 d
Cold pain. Ice packs can relieve the skin, fever, blisters caused by pain. A piece of cloth gently on the blister cold, or will a towel wrapped around the affected area, and then pour some ice water. Deposited for 20 minutes, repeated after interval of 20 minutes, until pain relief. The same can also be used for the ice cold milk.
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Cold compress can reduce inflammation and itching caused blisters.
Bed rest. Rest helps the body defense system against disease.
Taking anti-inflammatory drugs. Ibuprofen can help reduce inflammation, is the most commonly used drugs to treat the pain. It may also be taking aspirin. If you are allergic to ibuprofen and aspirin, can take non-prescription (OTC) of acetaminophen (Although there is no anti-inflammatory effect, but can ease the pain). If these drugs have no effect, you can ask the doctor to prescribe some other analgesics. Codeine and other narcotic drugs relieve mild pain in early herpes zoster.
Barely eased. Doctors may recommend or prescribe for you to use the skin blisters at the local anesthetic ointment. However, if these OTC drugs containing diphenhydramine class of local (Benadryl) or any
Not long ago, a middle-aged men suffering from herpes zoster in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, after treatment by bloodletting received good results. This patient appeared at the Ministry Youlei persistent pain from the herpes simplex one day, pain, sleepless night, confirmed the diagnosis of herpes zoster, Chinese medicine called "spider bl
Shingles is caused by the varicella - zoster virus, the infection persist in the dorsal root ganglion cells, when fatigue, old age and frail, spring season, common cold, flu, infectious hepatitis, low immunity, etc. When the disease-prone. Aftermath neuralgia sometimes for several months or even years, to bring great pain to the patient.
Herpes Zoster bloodletting is Stasis diarrhea fever, evil out, must adjust blood gas, smooth meridian, damp cult poison out with the bleeding, "General does not hurt," it hurts just recovered. When the patients symptoms, if you can in the shortest possible time to the correct method of treatment, reduce pain and complications, to obtain the best results.
