Is herpes zoster contagious

summary

In the latent period of herpes zoster, if patients can be found in time and treated as soon as possible, the treatment effect of patients will be very obvious. Now let's talk about herpes zoster infection.

Is herpes zoster contagious

First: mainly through the air droplets through the respiratory tract and direct contact with herpes blister plasma and infection, infectious is very strong, the patient is the only source of infection, so to do a good job in family isolation, to live in separate rooms, varicella virus after leaving the human body resistance is very weak, relatively easy to inactivate.

Second: children exposed to chickenpox herpes liquid can be disinfected by washing, drying, scalding, boiling and burning their clothes, bedding, towels, dressings, toys and tableware.

Third: herpes zoster disease is infectious, so if the family has herpes zoster must pay attention to isolation, avoid infection to others, we patients should also pay attention to good treatment, do not have too much psychological pressure, keep a good mood every day, active treatment of the disease, can get recovery.

matters needing attention

If you have sex in the disease period, it will rub and impact the wart repeatedly, which may cause the wart to tear, even cause bleeding and infection, and aggravate the pain. It's better to be abstinent temporarily to avoid bringing the virus to other parts, so that the focus will expand rapidly and cause other harm. Sexual intercourse should be resumed after recovery