What are the initial symptoms of herpes zoster

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I got herpes zoster a year ago. It's not only itching, but also nerve like pain. Especially, there are a lot of herpes like things on my back. Let's talk about the initial symptoms of herpes zoster?

What are the initial symptoms of herpes zoster

Symptoms: 1. The onset of the disease is sudden. Before the eruption, there may be mild systemic symptoms such as low fever, fatigue, general discomfort, and needling or burning pain on the affected skin. When the pain is severe, it may be misdiagnosed as acute abdomen and other diseases. The most common sites were chest (intercostal nerve distribution area) and forehead (trigeminal nerve distribution area), followed by neck, abdomen and limbs.

Symptoms 2. The rash is characterized by groups of bright blisters of mung bean to rice grain size, with red base, distributed along one side of peripheral nerve, arranged in strips. The skin between each group of blisters is normal. The blisters burst about 1 or 2 weeks, scab or absorb dry, leaving pigmentation after decrustation. A few serious cases can be generalized systemic, known as generalized herpes zoster.

Symptoms: neuralgia, paroxysmal, acupuncture like, burning like or allergic, the degree of pain increases with age, the elderly patients with severe pain, even intolerable. Different conditions in pain when the degree is not the same, we need to pay attention to timely treatment.

matters needing attention

Get herpes zoster disease at the same time to pay attention to the treatment of conditioning, especially the daily diet must eat light not stimulating food, and in peacetime also pay attention to through exercise and other methods to improve the body's physique.