Everyone has heard the names of waist-wrapped fire pill, waist-wrapped fire dragon, waist-wrapped dragon, snake-disk sore, snake-wrapped waist and spider sore. It's herpes zoster You can tell how terrible it is just by the name. Many patients who have had herpes zoster know the heartbreaking pain, which makes people gnash their teeth and feel exhausted, sleepless all night, unforgettable and even painful.
First, what kind of disease is this terrible herpes zoster?
First of all, herpes zoster is a nerve injury disease.
The main reason why herpes zoster produces this unforgettable neuralgia is that varicella-zoster virus invades and damages the corresponding sensory nerves.
When there is trauma, fatigue, weakness after illness and decreased immunity, it will be activated. Along the axon of sensory nerve, it reaches the skin area dominated by this nerve. When the proliferation turns into herpes zoster, first there will be flushing and burning sensation, and then there will be papules the size of rice grains to soybeans.
So herpes zoster is not only a skin disease, but also a nerve injury disease. That is to say, in addition to skin inflammation, nerves are also inflamed. Pain is transmitted through the nervous system, and the nerves are inflamed, so it's hard to think about it.
Second, what causes herpes zoster?
It is necessary to mention a pathogen-varicella zoster virus (VZV). It is called varicella-zoster virus because it can cause varicella and herpes zoster. First-time infected people who are not resistant to this virus usually develop chickenpox, which is common in infants and preschool children. Chickenpox is highly contagious and spread through direct contact with children or their droplets. The incidence of susceptible children can reach more than 95%, but the disease is self-limited and generally has no sequelae, and lifelong immunity can be obtained after illness. But sometimes the virus will stay in the ganglion in a static state (incubation period), and it will recur many years later and appear herpes zoster. In other words, anyone with chickenpox may get herpes zoster in the future. According to related research, about 10-20% of patients with varicella will have herpes zoster in the future.
Third, how do ordinary people avoid or reduce the occurrence of herpes zoster?
1. Avoid skin trauma and injury. Skin trauma and injury can easily reduce the body's resistance to diseases, and make herpes virus take advantage of it, thus causing herpes zoster. Therefore, everyone should pay attention to prevent skin trauma and breakage and avoid herpes.
2. Avoid contact with toxic substances to prevent virus infection.
Try to avoid contact with chemicals and toxic drugs, because chemicals and toxic drugs are easy to cause great harm to the skin, which not only affects people's health, but also reduces the body's resistance, thus giving herpes virus an opportunity.
4. To prevent viral infection of other diseases, especially in the season of alternating cold and heat, we should pay attention to our own warm-keeping measures to prevent viral infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by colds.
5. Prevention of colds: The cold of the body will lead to the decline of the body's immunity, which may induce herpes zoster while causing a cold;
6. Develop good living habits, maintain a balanced diet, exercise properly, and avoid staying up late and fatigue;
7. Adjust your immunity. The invasion of varicella-zoster virus is mainly due to the imbalance of your own immune system. Therefore, it is very important to improve your immunity.
Fourth, how to treat herpes zoster:
The treatment goal of herpes zoster is to relieve acute pain, shorten the duration of rash, prevent the spread of rash and prevent or reduce complications. Systematic drug therapy mainly includes antiviral drugs, relieving pain and reducing complications.
Early use of antiviral drugs can effectively inhibit the replication of varicella-zoster virus, reduce the severity of herpes zoster, shorten the duration of herpes zoster and prevent the complications of herpes zoster.