Ether-Aspirin Topical Application for Herpetic Neuralgia

대상포진성 신경통에 대한 에테르-아스피린 도포요법

Herpes zoster is a common, usually self-limited disease distinguished by pain and a characteristic vesicular rash. The clinical onset of herpes zoster is heralded by pain in the area of the affected segment. So herpetic neuralgia is a major complaint from patients visiting the pain clinic. There are several methods for the treatment of herpetic neuralgia, but there is no method that results in complete remission. In 1988, King introduced the chloroform-aspirin topical application method. This method is known to be a very simple and effective treatment of acute herpetic neuralgia and postherpetic neuralgia. We used diethyl ether instead of chloroform as the solvent and treated 12 patients; 7 patients with herpetic neuralgia and 5 patients with postherpetic neuralgia. The results were follows, 1) The treatment has proved to be highly effective in relieving pain in acute herpetic neuralgia. 2) The application was very simple and safe to use and treatment tolerance has been excellent. 3) There were no effective results in postherpetic neuralgia. 4) The topical treatment seemed to promote the healing of the herpetic skin lesion.

1) 에테르-아스피린 국소도포요법은 그 방법이 간단하며 안전하게 사용할 수가 있다. 2) 이 요법은 대상포진성 신경통 환자의 통증을 반감시키나 대상포진후 신경통 환자에서는 그 효과가 입증되지 못했다. 3) 에테르-아스피린 도포는 대상포진의 피부 병변의 빠른 치유에도 도움을 주는 것으로 보인다.