Prevention and treatment of oral lesion in AIDS by Chinese herb gargle / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effects of self-made Chinese sherbal gargle on AIDS related oral lesion.Methods 353 hospitalized AIDS patients from June 2007 to December 2009 were divided randomly into the experimental group(179 patients)and the control group(174 patients).ALL the patients were treated with systemic anti-viral therapy while the experimental group was mouthwashed by self-made herbal gargle and the control group with normal saline solution.The incidence of new oral lesion and the changes of the originM lesion were observed.Results The incidence of new oral lesion in the experimental group was obviously lower than that of the control group.The cure rate and effective rate of original oral lesion were much higher than the control group.Conclusions Self-made herbal gargle shows good effect in preventing and treating the AIDS related oral lesion.