Today, a 69-year-old man in Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, right head, neck, shoulder, upper chest shingles 23 days, 23 days to endure needles, knife, electric shock, fire-like pain torture, almost can not sleep every day, used a lot of drugs and a variety of treatment methods, all with little success. Several children were at their wits’ end, and they could only be with their father for a long time, but they could not do anything about it and were exhausted. The children asked around for treatment for their father and finally came to Shanghai Deji Hospital, where we immediately took treatment measures to nourish the nerves, promote nerve repair, enhance immunity and treat the pain quickly, and the patient was soon relieved of this inhuman painful ordeal, and his tightly furrowed brow was relaxed. Acute shingles needs to be treated as soon as possible to control the pain, otherwise it can evolve into post-herpetic neuralgia, where the pain can last for months to years. The older you are, the higher the chance of developing post-herpetic neuralgia. You should not listen to folklore and prescriptions and remedies, which are almost ineffective and can delay treatment and miss a great opportunity for treatment. It is important to visit an experienced pain department for early cause-specific and symptomatic treatment.