What to do if blisters appear on the inner thigh

In daily life, our bodies may have various problems. For example, some friends may have blisters on the inner thighs. When this happens, some friends will be very anxious and don’t know what is going on. So we need to know why blisters appear on the inner thighs, whether blisters on the inner thighs are a skin disease, and how to deal with these blisters?

Generally, if blisters appear on the inner thigh, we consider it to be the initial symptom of herpes zoster, an acute infectious skin disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Children who are not immune to the virus develop chickenpox when infected. Some patients become carriers of the virus after being infected but do not develop symptoms. Because the virus is neurotropic, it can remain dormant in the neurons of the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord for a long time after infection. When the resistance is low or when you are tired, infected, or have a cold, the virus can grow and multiply again and move along the nerve fibers to the skin, causing severe inflammation of the invaded nerves and skin. The rash is generally unilateral and distributed according to nerve segments, composed of clustered herpes and accompanied by pain; the older the age, the more severe the neuralgia. This disease is more common in adults and is more common in spring and autumn. The incidence rate increases significantly with age.

Treatment:

1. Drug therapy

(1) Antiviral drugs can be selected from acyclovir, valacyclovir or famciclovir.

(2) Drug treatment for neuralgia: ① The main antidepressants include paroxetine (Ceroxetine), fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxil, sertraline, etc.; ② Anticonvulsants include carbamazepine, sodium valproate, etc. ③Narcotic analgesics include analgesics represented by morphine. The available drugs include morphine (MSContin), hydroxymorphone (OxyContin), oxycodone, fentanyl (Durogesic), dihydroetofen, and Lugax. ④Non-narcotic analgesics include NSAIDs, tramadol, aconite, capsaicin, etc.

2. Nerve Block

When severe pain is difficult to control with medication, direct and effective sensory nerve block therapy should be considered. The choice of block location should depend on the extent of the disease and its response to treatment. The general principle should be from shallow to deep, from simple to complex, from peripheral to nerve trunks and nerve roots.

3. Nerve damage

Radiofrequency temperature-controlled thermocoagulation for nerve destruction is the most direct and effective treatment method. Neurodestructive treatment also includes stereotactic radiotherapy of the medial thalamus (Gamma Knife or X-Knife), surgical subdural spinal cord dorsal root destruction, pituitary destruction, sympathetic trunk ganglion destruction, etc.

After reading this, friends, if you have blisters on the inner thigh, don't take it lightly, and don't ignore it, because it is very likely to be herpes zoster, and herpes zoster is also related to nerves, which is very important. So if this happens, you should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause and treat it.