Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To investigate the effect value of combined nursing during the treatment of herpes zoster neuralgia with peri-acupuncture and cupping. Methods In this study, a total of 94 patients with herpes zoster neuralgia were selected for comparative experiment, all of whom were treated with peripheral needling and cupping therapy, and were divided into groups by blind pumping. 47 patients in each group of conventional nursing and observation group of comprehensive nursing were used to evaluate and compare the practical application effects of the two groups. Results The results in the experiment showed that VAS, PSQI and SF-36 scores of patients in the two groups before nursing had no statistical significance (P > 0.05), while VAS, PSQI and SF-36 scores of patients in the observation group after nursing were better than those in the control group and before nursing (P < 0.05). At the same time, compared with the control group, the time of vesiculation, scab formation and scab removal in observation group were significantly shortened (P < 0.05). The scores of nursing quality in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion For patients with herpes zoster neuralgia, comprehensive nursing during peri-acupuncture and cupping therapy can effectively improve the overall quality of nursing, reduce pain, improve sleep quality and life quality of patients, and accelerate the speed of skin healing.

Girdling needle; Cupping therapy; Herpes zoster neuralgia