Master Yin, 67, got a strange disease three years ago, and his body hurt when he touched it. In the end, he had to sleep with his hands on the quilt. In the eyes of the neighbors, Master Yin was “fire dragon wrapped around the waist”, but looking for a doctor still did not work. In order to treat this strange disease, Master Yin did local closure, Chinese medicine acupuncture cupping, radiofrequency destruction of nerve roots, etc. are not effective. Finally, through microscopic neurosurgery, finally cured. The “strange disease” a touch on the pain Master Yin said, at first, just a little pain in the back, but then even the left side of the rib cage also feel pain. At first, Master Yin did not pay much attention, just take some pain medication. But then the pain became more and more powerful, can not lift a watermelon, feet can not take big steps, sleep at night can not turn over, get up. Even when I slept, I held the blanket with both hands, not daring to let it touch me. Eventually, he even put on his clothes and felt unbearable pain, which seriously affected his life and sleep quality. Master Yin heard from his neighbors that it might be a “fire dragon wrapped around his waist” and referred him to a native herbalist to apply Chinese medicine. However, there was still no effect. When he went to the local hospital, the doctor told him that he had post-herpetic neuralgia, but that there was no effective treatment at the local hospital. Since the onset of the disease, he has lost more than 20 pounds. In order to cure the disease, Master Yin has gone to various hospitals in Hangzhou to see dermatology, thoracic surgery, pain department, neurology, etc. He has done chest MRI, chest X-ray, Benzedrine, immunoglobulin, cardiac ultrasound, lung CT and other tests, all of which are normal. He has taken drugs such as vaxilovir hydrochloride, gabapentin, aminoglutethimide and pregabalin, but none of them cured him completely. After stopping the medication, the pain was the same as before. The medication did not work, Master Yin thought that a small surgery could solve the problem. So he did local closure, Chinese medicine acupuncture cupping, radiofrequency destruction of nerve roots and other surgical treatment, all after a while and then relapsed. Since the onset of the disease, due to the inability to sleep well, Master Yin’s sad face, people have lost more than 20 pounds. After a joint consultation between the pain department and the neurosurgery department, he finally underwent selective spinal nerve root amputation surgery, which was very effective and finally disappeared the pain that had plagued him for a long time. According to Deputy Chief Physician Ding Weihua of the Pain Department, herpes zoster is often accompanied by neuralgia, which mostly disappears within 1 month after the skin mucosal lesions have completely subsided. A few patients can last for more than a month, called postherpetic neuralgia, common in elderly patients, the pain site mostly occurs in the chest and abdomen skin, and this pain has three main characteristics: first, touch pain, wearing clothes or cover the quilt are painful; second is a continuous burning, stabbing and paroxysmal electric shock pain; third is the pain is stubborn, more difficult to cure. Dr. Hao Wang, deputy chief of neurosurgery, introduced that the cause of this disease is the herpes zoster virus in the spinal ganglion of the patient’s roots, under the influence of which the ganglion continues to send out pain signals, and through the posterior spinal nerve roots to the pain center of the spinal cord, and finally clinical symptoms appear. Selective posterior spinal nerve rhizotomy is the ultimate solution for post-herpetic intercostal neuralgia. By selectively cutting the posterior spinal nerve roots that conduct pain, the pathway for pain signals to reach the center is completely interrupted. It is indicated for patients whose pain severely affects their lives and for whom repeated medication and local treatment have failed.