2010•Journal of Jinggangshan UniversityRequires access
EFFECT OF COMBINED TREATMENT OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND WESTERN MEDICINE ON RECURRENT HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS
Chen Gen-yun
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Abstract
Objective:To observe therapeutic effect of combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine on recurrent herpes simplex keratitis. Methods:92 patients(118 eyes)with recurrent herpes simplex keratitis were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group (46 cases, 61 eyes) was treated by Chinese traditional medicine integrated with western medicine. While the control group (46 cases, 57 eyes) only accepted treatment of western medicine. All the patients were observed for more than one year after treatment. The cure rate, the cure time, the improvement of visual acuity and the recurrence rate of two groups were compared. Results:The effective rate of treatment group was 100% and that of the control group was only 93%. There was significant different (P 0.05) between two groups. The cure time of treatment group was significantly shorter than that of the control group. The rate of visual acuity improvement was 91.8% in the treatment group, only 56.1% in control group. Follow-up survey showed that the recurrence rate was 14.8% in treatment group and 45.6% in control group. There was significant difference between two groups (P 0.05). Conclusion: The combined treatment of Chinese traditional medicine and western medicine has good effect and low recurrence rate on recurrent herpes simplex keratitis, It is worth to be popularized and applied.