2019, Number 3
Impact of acupuncture on the treatment of herpes zoster ophthalmicus
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 285-294
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ABSTRACT
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is the infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus (shingles) that affects the eye; it is characterized by rash in a dermatomal distribution of the forehead and painful inflammation of all the tissues of the anterior segment, rarely of the posterior one. A 64-year-old white patient was presented with a herpes zoster ophthalmicus causing acute pain. Vesicular lesions deformed the left half of his face. The therapist used acupuncture as a treatment method and placed needles in points IG-4 (Hegu) and bilateral IG-11 (Quchi); the patient was placed in supine position during the process, with half-hour sessions and stimulation of the needles every five minutes, in a sedative form. A reduction in pain intensity was appreciated from the first day, as well as, the healing of the lesions after six days of treatment.REFERENCES
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