When it comes to shingles, everyone has a different understanding: "I know, it's just a long string of blisters, and I heard that it will grow all over the body!" "Shingles is the same as chickenpox, you won't get it once you get it, what are you afraid of?" ”.Unfortunately, all of the above statements are wrong. Today, I will tell you how to correctly understand shingles?
How is shingles, which is tormenting?
Mr. Wang (not his real name), a 53-year-old from Heilongjiang, shiveres at the mention of shingles.
After he had herpes on his body, he bought some oral medicine and ointment from a pharmacy near his home, and at first it had some effect, and the herpes gradually improved. StillThose who have had herpes began to have pinprick-like stinging.
This sting intensifies,It spreads from the front of the right thigh to the right side of the waistThe pain was so bad that he couldn't sleep for several days, even if he took painkillers, he couldn't last long, and his bodyHerpes like erythema and blisters appeared.
Mr. Wang couldn't stand the pain and rushed to the local hospital to seek help from a doctor.
The attending doctor told him that shingles is commonly known as "loincloth" and "snake cross-loin".It is a painful disease characterized by severe pain and **herpes.
And shingles, like the well-known "chickenpox", are born by the same "mother", that isVaricella-zoster virus.
Once infected with the varicella-zoster virus, children or adults with poor immunity may develop chickenpox, while people with strong immunity may have nothing to do but have a hidden infection.
As the infection passes, the virus carries it for life, and it quietly sleeps in the human spinal ganglia, or cranial nerve sensory gangliaWhen your immunity is weakenedand it will "wake up".
At this time, the herpes zoster virus is no longer a mild disease of the first infection, and it will replicate and multiply in large numbers along the nerve fibers, causing painful herpes.
Herpes can appear not only on the waist, but also on the head, face, chest, arms and legsIt's extremely uncomfortable.
Patients may feel likeBurning, electric shock, sharp pain like a stabMost patients have moderate to severe painIn some cases, the pain even exceeds the pain of childbirth and can last for months to years.
It's no wonder that Mr. Wang is so painful that he can't sleep, and he is afraid when he mentions shingles.
However, fortunately, after receiving the consultation, the doctor took ** measures according to Mr. Wang's symptoms and helped him relieve his pain and condition.
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Editor: Xi Yuxuan.
Source: Health Circle.
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