Common mistake in treating shingles (shingles)

The oral experience of many people is to chew green beans, sticky rice and apply it to the creep, which increases the risk of complications. So, how to prevent and treat the disease?

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According to the document on the Central Tropical Hospital's official website, shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus (varicella-zoster virus or VZV). This virus is also the agent of chickenpox.

Symptom

Depending on which nerves are affected, shingles may appear in many different areas of the body.

The first symptom is pain, itching, tension, burns, and pain on one side of the body. Usually, after the pain occurs 1-3 days, the rash will appear red, swollen, swollen at the location of pain. Then it will collect pus and crust over 10-12 days, 2-3 weeks later, the board will disappear, the scales will fall out, may leave scars.

Incubation process

Before the rash appears, the patient may experience a burning sensation and sensitive skin area a few days to a week before. Shingles starts with herpes (blisters) on red skin, and continues to form for 3-5 days. Acne usually follows the spinal cord's nerve line.

Finally, the pimples break and start to ooze, then the surface dries out and scars. This process can last 3 to 4 weeks from the start of the illness to the end of the illness, but occasionally pain even though no vesicles are seen.

The disease can develop into epidemics in the summer, rainy season due to contact or living with the infected people. Sharing towels, towels . with sick people can make you infected.

Treatment

Use ice to soak the pus in the cold for about 20 minutes, 7-8 times a day to ease the pain and dry quickly. This method also helps to remove scabs and reduce the chance of infection.

Keep the wound area clean, wear loose clothing. Avoid skin-to-skin contact with people who have never had chickenpox, are sick, or have weakened immune systems.

You can use antiviral drugs such as acyclovir (Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex) and famciclovir (Famvir), which can reduce the time of rash and pain. Note, do not scratch because it increases the risk of secondary infection and may leave scars. The best treatment is within 48 hours of skin damage.

If an acute pain patient can take a combination neuropathic analgesic such as gabapentin (neurotin) or pregabalin (lyrica) for 1-3 weeks. If there is still pain after the skin lesions are still present, the treatment must be more prolonged.

Absolutely do not put green beans, sticky rice or male medicinal leaves on skin damage. Doing so does not cure the disease but sometimes increases the risk of infection, ulceration, skin irritation .

When skin damage is wet, the discharge is much, you should apply a solution such as jarish, dalibour, antibiotic solution. Acyclovir cream can be applied when skin lesions are dry. If the infection uses additional antibiotic fats such as foban, bactroban.

The patient does not need to abstain from eating, still bathing and exercising normally. During treatment if conditions permit, you should project a He-Ne laser for a single round to help reduce inflammation, pain and scarring.

When to see a doctor?

If you feel pain or rash on one side of your body you need to see a doctor for better advice. Note, the rash is in the nose or near the eyes, you need to see a doctor right away because the virus can cause visual damage, even blindness.

If you have a disease that causes immunodeficiency, or a high fever, fatigue, blisters that spread to other areas of your body, you should also see your doctor to avoid complications.