What are the symptoms of herpes zoster?

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Herpes zoster is an acute infectious skin disease caused by varicella zoster virus. Chickenpox occurs in children who are not immune to the virus. Some patients become infected with the virus without symptoms. What are the symptoms of herpes zoster? Let's talk about it

What are the symptoms of herpes zoster?

Before eruption, there may be mild fatigue, low fever, anorexia and other systemic symptoms. The skin of the affected area may feel burning or neuralgia consciously, and there may be obvious pain sensitivity when touching it. It lasts for 1-3 days, and the rash may occur without prodromal symptoms. The most common sites were intercostal nerve, cervical nerve, trigeminal nerve and lumbosacral nerve.

The affected area often first appeared tidal erythema, and soon appeared millet to soybean sized papules, which distributed in clusters but did not fuse. Then it quickly turned into blisters. The blister wall was tense and shiny, the blister fluid was clear, and the surrounding was red halo. The skin between the blister clusters was normal; The lesions were banded along a certain peripheral nerve,

It usually occurs on one side of the body, generally not beyond the midline. Neuralgia is one of the characteristics of the disease, which can appear before the onset or accompanied by skin lesions. The course of the disease is generally 2-3 weeks. The blister dries up, scabs and falls off, leaving temporary pale erythema or pigmentation.

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The main thing is to avoid spicy food, cold seafood, too greasy food, easy to digest food, meat and vegetables, drink more water, appropriate activities. Daily life, to rest early, it is best to go to bed before 9 pm, which is conducive to nerve repair.