How is herpes zoster diagnosed

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Herpes zoster often occurs in the neck, head, face and waist. The main symptom is blisters gathered together in the affected area. Most of the early symptoms of herpes zoster is pain, which is often mistaken for headache, heart disease, acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, lumbocrural pain, etc. Today, let me talk about how to diagnose herpes zoster.

How is herpes zoster diagnosed

First: cell culture method: take materials from the bottom of blister, do tissue culture to isolate virus, which is the most sensitive and specific method at present, and it takes 5-10 days. Because of its high technical requirements and high price, it can not be widely used at present.

Second: electron microscope examination: take the blister fluid or pathological brain tissue, observe the virus particles under the electron microscope, the positive rate is 50%, but it is difficult to distinguish HSV from other herpesviruses in morphology. Immunoelectron microscopy was more specific.

Third: the acetic acid white test was positive, and similar erosion pattern could be seen in vivo test, with bright red to brown in the middle, and the color around gradually decreased. The keratin produced by HPV infected cells was the same as that produced by normal uninfected epithelial cells.

matters needing attention

The above article introduces how to diagnose herpes zoster. I hope you should pay more attention in your daily life. In the diet of patients, such as tobacco, alcohol, beef and fried food, which can make the liver fire exuberant, you should never eat more and eat more. To understand that herpes zoster is a disease caused by accumulation of damp heat and fire poison, so these foods must be prohibited.