Is shingles contagious? How to care and prevent it?

The occurrence of shingles has a relatively serious impact on patients, and the symptoms are also quite complicated. So is shingles contagious? How should we care for it?

Is shingles contagious?

Clinical observations at home and abroad in recent years have found that shingles is still contagious to a certain extent, especially those who have had close contact with shingles patients, people with weakened immunity, those who have never had chickenpox, and those who have not been vaccinated against chickenpox are at risk of being infected. If you have shingles, you should get a prompt diagnosis and take good care of yourself in your daily life to minimize the damage caused by shingles.

How to effectively perform nursing work?

Prevent infection: because infection is one of the causes of this disease. Therefore, cutting off this pathway will undoubtedly reduce the incidence of shingles. Elderly patients should prevent infection from various diseases, especially in the autumn and winter seasons when the weather alternates between cold and warm. They should add or remove clothes in time to avoid upper respiratory tract infections caused by cold. In addition, inflammation of the oral cavity and nasal cavity should be actively treated. Pay attention to rest: Do not overwork. Patients with shingles must get more rest, eat easily digestible food and drink plenty of water. This can improve your own immune system and help with the treatment and recovery of the disease.

Prevent trauma: Because shingles is a skin disease, we should reduce trauma as much as possible and not give shingles the chance to occur, because trauma can easily reduce the body's disease resistance and easily lead to the occurrence of this disease.

Avoid contact with toxic substances: Because chemicals and toxic substances are destructive to our skin, we should try to avoid contact with such items to prevent damage to the skin, affect physical health, and reduce the body's resistance.

Avoid eating greasy food: In terms of diet, avoid eating greasy seafood and eggs, and try not to eat poultry. Eat light food and focus on regulating the condition.

In addition, emotions will also have a certain impact on the condition. Bad emotions are not only not conducive to recovery but may also aggravate the condition. Therefore, patients must maintain a happy mood in their daily lives.