What is shingles

Everyone knows that our skin has the most contact with the external environment, so sometimes our skin will change with the changes in the environment. The biggest change is the occurrence of skin diseases, which affect our health. The most common disease is shingles. Many friends don’t know much about shingles, which is not conducive to the early detection of the disease. Therefore, let us now explain in detail what herpes zoster is.

None of us know much about shingles, let alone what it looks like when it occurs, which is not conducive to the first-hand detection of the disease. Therefore, the following content is a detailed introduction to shingles. I hope everyone will read it carefully and prepare for our health.

Herpes zoster is 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.

What is Shingles? Herpes Zoster Diagnosis:

1. Clusters of blisters appear on the affected skin, distributed in a band-like pattern along the peripheral nerves on one side.

2. There is obvious neuralgia, accompanied by local lymphadenopathy.

3. The skin in the middle is normal.

The above content is a detailed introduction to what shingles is. I hope it can be helpful to everyone. In addition, the incidence of shingles increases with age. Therefore, if we understand what shingles is, we can better detect the disease, get effective treatment for the disease as soon as it occurs, and protect our health.