The main symptom of herpes zoster?

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? Many people may not know the symptoms of herpes zoster very well. In this way, after the patient got herpes zoster, he did not know that he had herpes zoster for a long time. As time goes by, the disease worsened and became more difficult to treat. Therefore, it is necessary to know what symptoms herpes zoster has. Now let's talk about it.

The main symptom of herpes zoster?

Herpes zoster is a skin disease that involves both nerves and skin. It is caused by varicella zoster virus infection. The first infection of the virus is chickenpox in children. The disease mainly occurs in adults and the elderly. The clinical manifestations were local cutaneous neuralgia, erythema and blisters. The rash extended along the peripheral nerve and presented as a band.

  the characteristics of the disease are: blisters about the size of mung bean, the blister membrane is tense and bright, the central depression is umbilical fossa shape, each independent, cluster like beads, zonal distribution, red at the base, and the skin between the blisters is normal. Accompanied by tingling or burning pain. It often occurs in the waist and abdomen, and looks like a fire red dragon winding around the waist, so it is commonly known as "Chuanyao dragon", while traditional Chinese medicine calls it "winding waist fire pill". It can also be seen in the head, neck, chest, back and inner thigh of patients. Before the eruption, there are often low fever, fatigue, insomnia, loss of appetite and other precursor symptoms.

Local skin has burning and tingling sensation, and rash appears after 1-2 days. Sometimes tingling and rash occur at the same time. If it is not handled properly, the local pain of the patient is endless. In the face of the disease is serious, severe pain, and even affect vision and hearing. Severe blisters can be as big as eggs, or have bleeding spots, blood stains, necrosis. Often affect the normal work and life of patients.

matters needing attention

Drink more water, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, avoid some spicy and hairy dishes, such as beef, mutton, fish, green onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, vinegar (fried vegetables are not included), soy sauce, garlic, onion and so on.