LI Pengyun, GAO Donghua, SONG Ying. Nursing Experience in the Treatment of a Patient with Herpes Zoster by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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LI Pengyun, GAO Donghua, SONG Ying. Nursing Experience in the Treatment of a Patient with Herpes Zoster by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202511100002.
Nursing Experience in the Treatment of a Patient with Herpes Zoster by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
This paper summarizes the practical experience of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing for a patient with herpes zoster. On the basis of conventional antiviral and analgesic treatment, through systematic nursing assessment, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing measures were implemented to address the patient’s core problems such as pain, skin lesions, and sleep disorders, including ethacridine lactate solution wet compress (anti-infection), Jiedu Shengji Ointment for external use (removing necrosis and promoting granulation), red light therapy (anti-inflammatory and promoting healing), as well as emotional and dietary interventions based on syndrome differentiation. After systematic intervention, the patient’s Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score for pain decreased from 8 to 2, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score decreased from 15 to 6, the skin lesions healed well without secondary infection, and the nursing effect was satisfactory. The results show that the integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing model can effectively relieve the acute symptoms of herpes zoster and promote patient recovery.
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