ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the curative effect of Uvb radiation treatment on inflammation of radioactive oral mucosa and summarize nursing points. Methods Seventy patients with oral mucositis after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer were randomly divided into experiment group and control group, 35 in each group: The experiment group was treated by shortwave ultraviolet intracavitary irradiation and the control group, mouthwash by silver, 3 times a day, observing two groups of therapeutic effect after 3 d. Results The total effective rate of the observation group was statistically better higher than that of control group ( P < 0 . 05 ) . Conclusion Short-wave ultraviolet radiation is effective in the treatment of inflammation of radioactive oral cavity mucous membrane.
