Abstract

TOPIC ALOE VERA AS AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT TO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VENOUS ULCER

Suellen da Silva Pereira, Antonio Neres Norberg*, Aluízio Antonio de Santa Helena, José Tadeu Madeira de Oliveira, Paulo César Ribeiro, Alcemar Antonio Lopes Matos, Maria de Lourdes Ferreira Medeiros de Matos

ABSTRACT

Chronic venous ulcer affects seventy to ninety percent of the patients with valvular insufficiency. This disease may be hereditary or not, causing prolonged health problems. As a chronic disease, its treatment is longer and after healing relapses can occur in 40% of the treated patients. Phytotherapy is a traditional therapeutic practice, used for the treatment of several diseases, as well as in chronic wounds. The objective of this study was to review the literature on the use of Aloe vera in the treatment of venous ulcers, especially as an alternative to the sulphonamide therapy. From the analysis of the literature review it was concluded that Aloe vera has an excellent healing property, being a viable therapy for the treatment of chronic venous ulcers.

Keywords: Aloe vera, Venous ulcer, Phytotherapy, Sulphonamide allergy, Alternative treatment.