Abstract

HERNANDEZ SARDUY, Ramón; HERNANDEZ CHINEA, Maridalys  and  HERNANDEZ CHINEA, Kevin Raúl. Impact of acupuncture on the treatment of herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.3, pp. 285-294. ISSN 1029-3043.

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.

Keywords : herpes zoster ophthalmicus; acupuncture therapy.

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