Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and prognosis of herpes zoster (HZ). Methods 90 cases of HZ patients hospitalized in our department from August 2018 to August 2019 were divided into group D (diabetes group) and group N (non-diabetes group) according to whether they had diabetes, with 45 patients in each group. The incidence of PHN, duration of herpes lesions, Numerical rating scale (NRS), and Athens insomnia scale (AIS) before and after treatment were compared between the two groups, which were given antiviral, neurotrophic, analgesic drugs as well as physical treatment. Meanwhile, the number of remedial analgesic cases and the total number of adverse events were recorded during treatment. Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the factors affecting the prognosis of patients with HZ. Results Compared with group N, group D had statistical differences in eruption time, hospitalization days, rash healing time, hypertension, PHN incidence rate, and the scores of NRS and AIS(P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis of the prognosis of HZ patients showed that the risk of poor prognosis in HZ patients complicated with DM was 4.52 times higher than that in non-DM patients (OR=4.52, 95%CI: 1.05-19.43). Besides, Age, Sex, initial pain, and healing time are significantly associated with an increased risk of poor diagnosis (OR=2.49, 95%CI: 1.22-5.08; OR=5.57, 95%CI: 1.23-25.24; OR=3.57, 95%CI: 1.65-7.74; OR=1.26, 95%CI: 0.93-1.69). The number of cases of remedial drug use and the total number of adverse reactions in group D were significantly higher than those in group N(P<0.05). Conclusion Diabetes mellitus, Age, Sex, initial pain, and healing time are important risk factors for poor prognosis. Herpes zoster patients complicated with diabetes have severer clinical symptoms in pain and sleep, which increases the consumption of analgesics and adverse events.