Abstract
A total of 258 cases of elderly patients with herpes zoster were divided into treatment group (n=128) and control group (n=130). The treatment group received a once daily dose of narrow-band ultraviolet irradiation plus oral acyclovir 0.8 g, 5 times a day. However, the control group received a once daily dose of infrared therapy plus the same oral acyclovir. At Day 9, the effective rates of treatment and control groups were 91.7% (117/128) vs. 74.6% (97/130) (P<0.05). Also, in terms of pain relief time (2.56±1.51) vs. (5.44±4.06) days, crusting time (4.51±0.48) vs. (6.11±1.81) days and healing time (5.65±0.56) vs. (9.28±0.21) days, the treatment group was better than those of the control group (P<0.01). Key words: Herpes, zoster; Ultraviolet
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