What causes shingles?

The human body is prone to some diseases, so in daily life, we also need good methods to prevent diseases. Among the common diseases, herpes zoster is very harmful to human health. If such a disease is not treated in time, it will induce other diseases in the patient's body, and it will be difficult to treat it in the future. So what causes herpes zoster?

Many people don't know much about herpes zoster, so when treating this disease, they don't know what method to choose. First of all, we need to have a good understanding of it. What causes herpes zoster?

What causes herpes zoster?

The disease is caused by the varicella virus. The virus enters the human body through the respiratory mucosa and spreads through the blood, causing the formation of chickenpox. Many people become carriers of the virus because they do not develop chickenpox after being infected with the virus.

After the varicella virus infiltrates the sensory nerve endings of the skin, it will transfer along the nerves to the ganglia of the posterior roots of the spinal cord and then hide. When people's cellular immune function declines, such as when they suffer from a cold, fever, etc., the virus becomes active, destroying the ganglia and causing them to necrotize, and activating other viruses to enter the skin and cause herpes. Rarely, the herpes virus may spread to the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and visceral nerve fibers, causing motor nerve paralysis.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of what causes shingles. Therefore, when treating such a disease, the method must be chosen correctly, otherwise it will not help the patient control the disease. The common treatment method is medication. If the condition is serious, other treatment methods need to be chosen.