Millimeter wave therapy is a new technology applied in various clinical departments in recent years. Our department uses the Hengbo brand millimeter wave therapy instrument produced by Chengdu Hengbo Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. to treat 120 patients with herpes zoster. The report is as follows.

1. Clinical data

120 patients with herpes zoster are all outpatients and inpatients of our department. The manifestations are skin rashes with neuralgia. The rashes are mainly in the chest, abdomen, face and neck. They were randomly divided into two groups, 68 cases in group I. 38 males and 30 females, aged 21-81 years old, course of disease (7.4±2.7) d, millimeter wave plus conventional treatment. There were 62 cases in group Ⅱ, including 26 males and 36 females, aged from 18 to 80 years, and the course of disease was (8.1±2.4) d. Conventional treatment was applied. Both groups of patients received treatment within 4 to 7 days after the onset. Except for patients with internal medical system infections and weakened immune function, pregnant women, and severely infected patients.

2. Treatment method

1. Apparatus: Millimeter wave therapy instrument, wavelength 8mm, power density 5～3mW/cm2, radiation output irradiation tube is circular, area 20cm.

2. Method: ①Put the irradiation tube directly against the patient's skin, if the rash is infected, leave the wound slightly, but the distance is not more than 1cm, time 30min, once a day, continuous 14d ②Conventional treatment method, oral acyclovir 0.2g , 5 times a day, vitamin B1 and B12 intramuscular injection 1 time a day, topical 5% sulfur furnace lotion, treatment course 14d.

3. Observation indicators: Observation indicators include blister resolution and pain relief time. And check the patient's rash and symptoms before and after treatment and grade them. Rash condition: Grade I: Less skin rash, erythema, papules, papules, confined to a certain part; Grade II: The rash is distributed in 3 to 4 parts, erythema, blisters, and blood blisters: Grade III: The rash is more extensive Wide. For generalized blisters, blood blisters, papules. Subjective symptoms: Grade I: mild pain, tolerable, without affecting sleep; Grade II: pain is more obvious. Sometimes unbearable. It affects life and sleep; Grade III: Persistent pain, which the patient cannot tolerate, can hardly sleep and rest.

Three, the result

There was no significant difference in gender, location of involvement, and pain grade between the two groups of cases after testing, and there was no significant difference in age between the two groups after statistical processing (t test). After treatment, the time for blisters to disappear: 3-7 days in group I. 6-12 days in group 1I. After t test, t=2.83, P<0.05. Pain disappearance time: 5-24d in group I, 6-53d in group 1I. After 14 days of treatment, the pain disappeared completely: 39 cases in group I. 17 cases in group Ⅱ; patients still with pain: 29 cases in group I and 35 cases in group Ⅱ. After testing, =7.20, P<0.01. Adverse reactions: 2 out of 68 cases in group I had burning and itching on the irradiated skin.

Fourth, summary

I use millimeter wave + conventional therapy to treat herpes zoster with significantly better efficacy than conventional treatments. It can be promoted and applied clinically.