Electroacupuncture for shingles pain relief trial
Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether electroacupuncture (a gentle type of acupuncture with a mild electric current) can help relieve the pain of postherpetic neuralgia (nerve pain after shingles) and looks at how it works in the body. It compares real electroacupuncture to a sham (fake) version to see if it truly helps.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with postherpetic neuralgia (pain that lasts after shingles).
- You are between 20 and 80 years old.
- You are willing to volunteer and sign a consent form.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You do not have severe liver, kidney, or blood problems, a malignant tumor, or other serious illnesses.
- You do not have a mental illness or other condition that would make it hard to understand or follow the study.
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