Treatment of herpes zoster

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It's the most common disease in our daily life, which does harm to the health of many male friends, but many patients don't know much about the disease. Today, let me talk about the treatment of herpes zoster.

Treatment of herpes zoster

Treatment 1: general treatment, (1) mainly to keep the local clean, dry. It can be washed with isotonic normal saline every day, and pain patients can take oral analgesics to give mental comfort. (2) Patients complicated with bacterial infection can use antibiotic ointment externally. (3) If local pain is obvious, topical 5% lidocaine hydrochloride ointment or oral analgesics can be used. (4) Psychological support, explain the nature of the disease, the causes of recurrence and how to treat and deal with it, enhance the confidence of fighting against the disease.

Treatment 2: antiviral therapy, the recommended treatment options include: acyclovir, oral, 5 times a day; or acyclovir, oral, 3 times a day; or valaciclovir, oral, 2 times a day; or famciclovir, oral, 3 times a day. In the case of initial herpes zoster, the course of treatment is 7-10 days; in the case of recurrent herpes zoster, the course of treatment is 5 days. Patients with frequent recurrence need to take a lower dose for a longer course of treatment.

Treatment 3: Life conditioning, in the herpes zoster disease, we should pay attention to daily life and eating habits, develop good living habits, at the same time in the daily diet to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, but also drink more water.

matters needing attention

After getting sick, in addition to receiving regular treatment, we should also pay more attention to rest and avoid overwork. Because overwork can lead to genital herpes exacerbation or recurrence. Acute gonorrhea, non gonorrhea should be bed rest. For patients with chronic genital herpes, do not stay up late, otherwise the disease will not heal.