[Treatment of zoster, post-zoster pain and herpes simplex recidivans in loco with laser light].
Red light of a krypton laser (lambda = 647 nm) was used for treatment of patients suffering from herpes zoster (n = 4), postherpetic neuralgias (n = 8) and herpes simplex recidivans in loco (n = 13). The afflicted skin was irradiated daily for ten days (laserpower 50 mw, exposure time 90 sec). Improvement was observed in 7 out of the 12 patients suffering from herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgias respectively, and in 8 out of 13 patients afflicted with recurrent herpes simplex.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000601:surgery; D006560:Herpes Labialis / Q000601:surgery; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000601:surgery*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059408:Pain Management
Behandlung von Zoster, postzosterischen Schmerzen und Herpes simplex recidivans in loco mit Laser-Licht.