Is herpes zoster airborne

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My sister-in-law's aunt got herpes zoster. She took antifungal Chinese medicine twice a day. The effect was not good. The doctor prescribed the medicine on that day. Now she is taking medicine to recuperate. Today, let me share with you whether herpes zoster can be transmitted by air.

Is herpes zoster airborne

First: herpes zoster is not infectious. Most people in childhood will be infected with varicella zoster virus, but only a part of the clinical manifestations of varicella, there are many people infected with asymptomatic or very mild symptoms are ignored. And after the first infection, the human body will also produce lasting immunity, rarely suffering from chickenpox, but the specific immunity can not remove the latent virus in the ganglion, so it can not prevent the occurrence of herpes zoster.

Second: herpes zoster, like chickenpox, is a skin disease caused by virus. There is only one serotype of varicella zoster virus. The virus exists in respiratory secretions, blister fluid and blood of patients, and is transmitted by droplets or direct contact with blister fluid. Chickenpox is infectious from onset to dry scab.

Third: herpes zoster is infectious. Because there is a virus in the blister fluid of herpes, children who have no immunity to the disease will be infected, but the probability is relatively low. Adults are mostly immune, so even if the contact will not get sick. So herpes zoster is not contagious. Patients with herpes zoster do not need special isolation, but close contact with children should be avoided.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to keep the local clean, dry and blister wall intact. Daily use of isotonic saline cleaning, pain can be oral analgesics, but generally do not take medicine.