Nursing Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wet Compress Combined with Individualized Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for an Elderly Patient with Herpes Zoster Complicated by Multiple Comorbidities: A Case Report
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Nursing Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wet Compress Combined with Individualized Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for an Elderly Patient with Herpes Zoster Complicated by Multiple Comorbidities: A Case Report
ZHAO Huiying, ZHOU Ping, MIAO Hongwei, et al. Nursing Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wet Compress Combined with Individualized Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for an Elderly Patient with Herpes Zoster Complicated by Multiple Comorbidities: A Case Report[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
DOI:
ZHAO Huiying, ZHOU Ping, MIAO Hongwei, et al. Nursing Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wet Compress Combined with Individualized Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for an Elderly Patient with Herpes Zoster Complicated by Multiple Comorbidities: A Case Report[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202604280006.
Nursing Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wet Compress Combined with Individualized Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for an Elderly Patient with Herpes Zoster Complicated by Multiple Comorbidities: A Case Report
To explore the application effects and key nursing points of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) wet compress technique combined with individualized integrated Chinese and Western medicine comprehensive nursing in elderly patients with herpes zoster (snake-like sores) complicated by multiple underlying diseases.
Methods
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An 89-year-old elderly patient with herpes zoster admitted to the Department of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in April 2025 was selected as the study subject. On the basis of conventional treatment, standardized TCM wet compress technique was implemented. Meanwhile, considering the characteristics of advanced age and multiple comorbidities, individualized comprehensive nursing interventions were applied, including pain management, graded wound care, TCM-specific interventions, psychological counseling, nutritional support, monitoring of underlying diseases, and prevention and control of complications.
Results
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After 22 days of systematic treatment and nursing interventions, the patient's skin lesions achieved complete healing. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain score decreased from 7 at admission to 1, and anxiety was significantly alleviated. No skin infection, prolonged neuralgia, or other complications occurred during the treatment period, with favorable prognosis.
Conclusion
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Standardized TCM wet compress technique combined with individualized multidimensional nursing can effectively promote wound repair in elderly patients with herpes zoster, significantly relieve zoster-associated neuralgia, reduce the risk of complications, and improve the physical and mental status as well as quality of life of elderly patients. It holds important clinical significance and promotional value in the field of integrated Chinese and Western medicine nursing for geriatric skin diseases.
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