ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of NB -UVB combined with prednisone on neuralgia following herpes zoster .Methods 84 patients with neuralgia following herpes zoster were randomly divided into treatment group and control group , with 42 in each.The treatment group were given NB -UVB 3 times weekly, and oral prednisone tablet 10mg three times daily for 14 days.The control group was treated with prednisone tablet 10mg three times and indomethacin 25 mg two times daily for 14 days.The visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the therapeutic effects in the two groups .Results The effective rate of the treatment group was 88.1%, and that of the control group was 69.05%.The therapeutic effect in the treatment group was statistically significant higher than that of the control group (χ2 =5.974, p=0.015).No marked side effects were observed in both groups .Con-clusion NB-UVB combined with prednisone is effect in the treatment of neuralgia following herpes zostert .