Postherpetic neuralgia can be improved by medication, surgery, and other treatments, with the main goal of improving quality of life by controlling pain as early as possible and relieving accompanying mood and sleep disorders.
1. Medication. All medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, and if there is any uncomfortable reaction, it is necessary to consult a doctor in time.
(1) Calcium channel modulators. Such as pregabalin, gabapentin, etc., can relieve pain.
(2) Tricyclic antidepressants. Such as amitriptyline, etc., which can improve sleep disorders, affective disorders, and so on.
(3) Opioids. Such as oxycodone and other drugs, also has the effect of relieving pain.
2. Surgical treatment. Including minimally invasive intervention, nerve block, selective nerve destruction, intrathecal drug infusion, neuromodulation technology, etc., all of which have the effect of relieving pain, improving symptoms, and improving the quality of life, and need to be selected in accordance with their own situation and condition.
3. Other treatments. Including physical therapy, such as ozone therapy, acupuncture therapy, etc., to relieve symptoms; psychotherapy, applicable to the combination of anxiety, depression and other emotional disorders of the population, timely consultation in the psychological outpatient clinic, the corresponding psychological treatment.
It is recommended that people with postherpetic neuralgia should receive regular treatment after timely consultation.