Can zoster infect

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Recently, when I mentioned dryness, I suddenly grew a lot of blisters on my body. It was very uncomfortable. I didn't dare to go out. Then I went to the hospital and said it was herpes. Later, after taking medicine, it was much better. Let's talk about whether herpes zoster can be transmitted.

Can zoster infect

First: herpes zoster is generally not contagious. After herpes zoster virus infects human body for the first time, it will proliferate in the body, form viremia, spread throughout the body, leading to varicella. After chickenpox disappeared, the virus could be latent in the dorsal root ganglia of spinal cord or sensory ganglia of cranial nerve for a long time. In adulthood, the latent virus was activated due to the decrease of immunity and stimulation of physical and chemical factors, which made the invaded ganglia inflamed and necrotic and produced neuralgia. At the same time, the active virus can proliferate along the nerve axon to the skin cells it controls, making a string of herpes zoster appear in the skin area dominated by this ganglion, so it is called herpes zoster.

Second, infection is one of the causes of herpes zoster. Elderly patients should prevent infection of various diseases, especially in autumn, cold and warm alternate, to timely increase or decrease clothing, to avoid cold caused by upper respiratory eyebrow infection. In addition, the inflammation of oral cavity and nasal cavity should be treated actively. The elderly should pay attention to the nutrition of diet, eat more bean products, fish, eggs, lean meat and other treasures rich in protein and fresh fruits and vegetables, so as to make the body strong and prevent the occurrence of various diseases directly or indirectly related to the disease.

Third: herpes, refers to the yellow white or translucent small blisters on the surface of the skin, often appearing in pieces, filled with liquid. Smallpox, chickenpox and so on have this kind of symptom, also refers to a kind of skin disease, the pathogen is a kind of virus, mostly occurs in the upper lip or face. Symptoms are local itching, and then blister like swelling, containing transparent liquid, with slight pain, herpes is divided into genital herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster.

matters needing attention

Herpes zoster patients should be vegetable based, eat more high fiber food, and eat more watermelon, orange, the best, every day with lemon water to drink, lemon juice can also be used to wipe long rash place. Avoid fried and spicy food and hair, hair mainly refers to all fish and aquatic products, mutton, chicken, beef, cucumber, leek, coriander, Toona sinensis, etc.