I. What is shingles?

Herpes zoster is a viral skin disease caused by the activation of a latent virus called varicella zoster virus in the body, which is known in traditional medicine as "tangled waist fire dan" and "snake string sores". It is characterized by clusters of small blisters distributed along the unilateral peripheral nerves, often accompanied by significant neuralgia.

The onset of herpes zoster is often due to the action of certain triggers, such as colds, exertion, trauma, or certain serious illnesses, which lead to the activation of the virus when the patient's resistance is lowered, and they replicate within the skin of the area innervated by a particular nerve, producing blisters, while the affected nerves undergo inflammation and necrosis, producing neuralgia.

Therefore, the occurrence of herpes zoster is related to the decline of resistance, so it is mostly seen in the onset of the elderly, and generally the worse the physical condition of the more severe symptoms. Middle-aged people are also not uncommon, such as working overtime often stay up late, travel out of rest is not good, or home house decoration is too busy, etc., because of fatigue so that the immune system is reduced and thus induced the disease.

(Localized erythema and blisters)

Second, the typical performance of herpes zoster

1. There are prodromal symptoms.

Before the onset of the rash may have mild fatigue, low fever, poor general performance, the affected skin self-conscious burning or burning pain, touch with obvious pain sensitivity, lasting 1-5 days. There is no antecedent symptom directly occurring blister pain.

2. The favorable site.

Prevalent in areas innervated by intercostal, cranial, and lumbosacral nerves.

When there is only localized pain without erythematous blisters, it is easy to misdiagnose and is often misdiagnosed as appendicitis, cholelithiasis, stone disease, intercostal neuralgia, migraines, and sciatic neuritis.

3. Rash characteristics.

The lesions appear in bands along one of the peripheral nerves, mostly on one side of the body, and usually do not extend beyond the midline of the body. This disease often results in a longer lasting immunity after cure, so it usually does not recur.

4. Neuralgia manifestations.

Neuralgia is a prominent feature of shingles, and the pain is generally more intense in older patients.

Herpes zoster can be accompanied by neuralgia before, during, and after the lesions have healed.

However, if the nerve pain persists for more than one month after the lesions subside, it is called postherpetic neuralgia. Untimely or irregular treatment, the neuralgia can last for half a year to several years in elderly or frail patients and is difficult to be completely relieved.

Third, how to combat shingles?

1. Pay attention to health care and exercise moderately at ordinary times. Early onset of the disease should be more rest, preferably more bed rest, to avoid tension, exertion, can not stay up all night.

2. Eat a light diet, no alcohol, should not eat spicy and greasy food, avoid eating seafood, shrimp and crab and other hairy things.

3. Keep the skin dry and clean, do not wash the erythematous blisters with water and do not break the blisters to prevent secondary infection.

4. Early treatment should be combined with Chinese and Western medicine, and treatment within one week of the onset of the disease is very effective. If the patient fails to receive treatment for more than one week, the damaged nerves will be difficult to recover.

For patients with postherpetic neuralgia that lasts for months or even years, Western medical treatment is a handful, and can be prescribed by TCM dialectics and combined with acupuncture to clear the meridians, which often reduces and relieves neuralgia.

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Hunan Medical Chat Contributing Author: Dermatology Department, Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute He Dawei

Herpes zoster is a viral skin disease characterized by clustered blisters and neuralgia distributed along a unilateral peripheral nerve caused by varicella-zoster virus infection. Varicella-zoster virus for human herpesvirus type III, the virus is brick-shaped, with three-dimensional symmetrical capsid, containing double-stranded DNA points, there is only one serotype, the virus is very weak resistance to the environment in vitro, in the dry scab within the very soon is to go active. People are the only host of varicella-zoster virus, the virus enters the bloodstream through the respiratory mucosa to form viremia, chickenpox or latent infection occurs, while the virus can be latent in the posterior root ganglion of the spinal cord or cranial nerve sensory ganglia. When the resistance of the patient's body decreases due to some triggers, such as trauma, fatigue, malignant tumors, post-disease weakness or the use of immunosuppressive drugs, the latent virus is activated and travels down the sensory nerve cord to replicate in the skin innervated by the nerve, resulting in blisters, and at the same time, necrosis, inflammation, and consequent neuralgia, occur in the affected nerves.

From the above we can see that the occurrence of herpes zoster has a great relationship with the body's low immunity, clinically there is no special drugs or food to prevent herpes zoster, we can only do to avoid the abuse of immunosuppressive drugs, such as hormones, in addition to the diet should as far as possible a light diet, and at the same time you can strengthen the body to exercise, strengthen the body to enhance the resistance to disease ability. For patients who are weak after the disease or have low immune function, we can consider using some immune-enhancing drugs, such as thymus peptide, transfer factor and so on.

The above is only a personal opinion, not as a basis for the use of medication, please use the medication under the guidance of a physician, any questions or views are welcome to leave a comment at the bottom of the article.

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Shingles, which is known by many folk names (wrapping fire dan, snakebite, snakebite, etc.), is actually a viral rash, a skin disease caused by a virus called chickenpox-herpes zoster virus. It doesn't develop in most people when they are infected, it lurks in the neurons of the ganglia, you can understand it that way, it gets locked up in the neurons. When a person's immunity is lowered, this thing can't be shut up, it gets out and causes an attack!

Now that you understand its pathogenesis, prevention is good. All avenues of immunity enhancement can prevent its onset.

First, you should pay attention to hygiene in general and keep your indoor environment tidy.

Secondly, regular work and rest, stay up late will make the human body endocrine disruption, reduce the body's resistance, a variety of viruses will take advantage of the opportunity to invade.

Third, eat a sensible diet with plenty of fresh greens and fruits.

Fourthly, we should strengthen our exercise and resistance so that we have strong capital to fight against all viruses!

These points are the ways to prevent shingles, as long as you can do it, I am sure you can also be safe from all poison!

Shingles is closely related to immunity. Eating well, sleeping well, exercising more, avoiding overwork, and boosting immunity are effective ways to do this.

The virus that causes shingles is the varicella zoster virus, and studies have shown that 95% of the population is positive for the virus, but not all of these people will develop the disease. After the body is first infected with the virus, the virus will lie dormant until the immune system is lowered or stimulated, then it will attack the nerves and skin, causing shingles.

Moreover, this virus is similar to chicken pox and is also contagious, especially if a person who has not had chicken pox can be infected if he or she comes into close contact with the patient before the affected area of shingles dries up and scabs over. Elderly people with low immunity, children, and pregnant women should be especially careful.

Once you have shingles there is no need to panic, early (within 48-72 hours) antiviral therapy can be carried out to reduce nerve pain and shorten the course of the disease. Since the varicella-zoster virus can inflame and necrose the nerves, which can lead to pain and other symptoms, nutritive nerve medications are also used clinically to promote nerve recovery. In addition, there are also treatments such as ultraviolet and infrared light irradiation to make the blisters dry up and crust quickly to relieve pain.

Thanks for the invitation!

Of course there is, and there are two kinds of answers.

The first is simple and straightforward: vaccines! Both the inactivated recombinant shingles vaccine and the live attenuated shingles vaccine are relatively effective in preventing and protecting against shingles for a certain period of time. Only these two vaccines are currently carried out in the country, want to be vaccinated have to go abroad.

The second conventional but equally effective: through the daily diet life and exercise, enhance immunity. Specifically, it is nothing more than a diet rich in nutrients to avoid heavy flavors and stimulation, a regular routine, to ensure adequate sleep, and strengthen the exercise.

Shingles is caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Many people do not develop shingles directly after their first infection with this virus and may have no specific symptoms at all or present as chickenpox. As soon as you have been infected with VZV, it lurks in the cells of the spinal ganglia thereafter and may come back to haunt you at the first sign of an immune deficiency in the body. It's a bit like a cold virus. So that's why boosting immunity is the way to go.

Of course, the asker doesn't have to worry too much, as the susceptible population of shingles is usually middle-aged and older people in their 50s or even 60s. Just pay attention to your daily hygiene and strengthen your physical fitness. Back a million steps, the appearance of shingles can still go to the doctor for treatment. There is no need to panic too much.

I hope the above answer helps you.

Snake waist this disease should be divided into acute and chronic, acute general survival of up to not more than two months, its blisters as big as a finger, every 5 centimeters or so, a bubble, the surface of the luminous as snake skin. Chronic is the kind on the picture, this disease, with a plant called fish pickle plant decoction effect is very good the same day effect and no sequelae.