Effectiveness Of Low Level Diode Laser (1064) And Acyclovir in Treatment Of Recurrent Herpes Labialis. (Comparative Clinical Study) | Zendy

Gassan Hamed | Zendy; Ahmed Khudhur | Zendy; Zaid A Alshamaa Zaid A Alshamaa | Zendy

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Effectiveness Of Low Level Diode Laser (1064) And Acyclovir in Treatment Of Recurrent Herpes Labialis. (Comparative Clinical Study)

Author(s) -

Gassan Hamed,

Ahmed Khudhur,

Zaid A Alshamaa Zaid A Alshamaa

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

al-rafidain dental journal/maǧallaẗ al-rāfidayn li-ṭibb al-asnān

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1998-0345

pISSN - 1812-1217

DOI - 10.33899/rden.2016.164137

Subject(s) - medicine , low level laser therapy , herpes labialis , laser , virology , dermatology , laser therapy , optics , physics , virus , herpes simplex virus

Aims: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of low level diode laser (1064) compared with the effect of Acyclovir (ACV) cream 5% in patients with recurrent herpes labialis (RHL). Materials and Methods: Thirty patients with active lesions (intact vesicle and rupture lesions) were included in this clinical trial. Fifteen patients were treated with low level diode laser (1064) while the other fifteen patients were treated with Acyclovir cream 5%. Results: Complete disappearance of prodromal symptoms ( itching, tingling or burning) and erythema were noticed in low level diode laser (1064) group after three days of treatment compared with ACV group. Conclusions: low level laser (1064) appeared to be more effective in healing time and pain relief than ACV cream 5%.

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