"Shingles": what? How is it manifested?

We tell you the symptoms you should keep in mind to recognize this disease, since early treatment is very important to speed up the healing.

Shingles is known as a very painful rash for virus varicella - zoster, the same one that causes chickenpox. This occurs when a virus that attacks the nerve cells is reactivated after a while and is thus how cause rash or rash.

What happens is something like this: once you've had chickenpox, the Zoster virus stays in your body's nervous tissues; actually never disappears, it is simply inactive but the problem is that it can be reactivated after and is, precisely, in this revival at the moment where the shingles occurs.
He is believed that the reason why reactivates the virus varicella zoster is in the immune system, which, with the passing of time, weakens after having chicken pox during childhood.

What happens when the virus is reactivated?

At the time of reactivation of the virus, it starts to spread through the nerves and is precisely the reason that usually causes an uncomfortable feeling tingling and burning sensations in the affected areas. At that moment, the virus is circulating throughout the nervous system but, in two or three days, the skin becomes. At the time that this meets the epidermis, the appearance of blisters occurs grouped by the entire surface of the nerve affected (lengthwise). The skin may respond with great sensitivity, so much pain can occur.

Is it possible to give you shingles?

If you've had chickenpox, can run the risk of shingles to appear after the reactivation of the virus. However, the virus tends to wake more frequently in people who have weakened immune systems or in over 50 years. The risk is greater to measure that is aging. Also, if it refers to a person who is receiving treatment for cancer or who has HIV, is very possible that shingles. Within seconds, it is likely to appear as one of the first symptoms that alert that something is well on the immune system.

What are the symptoms?

1. the first symptom is commonly severe pain on one side of the body, accompanied by a tingling or a burning sensation. The burning or pain can become very intense and appear, in the majority of cases, before is of any eruption, as announcing the appearance of this.
2. other symptoms that can occur is the formation of patches on the skin, which follows the emergence of small blisters.
* Other possible symptoms:

• 1 fever and chills.
• 2. genital ulcers.
• 3 joint pain.
• 4. feeling of malaise.
• 5. abdominal pain.
• 6 headache.
• 7 inflammation of the lymph node. * If the virus affects a facial nerve:
• 1. vision problems.
• 2. loss of the eye movement.
• 3 problems or decreased sensation in the sense of taste.
• 4 drooping of the eyelid.
• 5. difficulty to move some muscles in the face.

* Also:
It can cause fatigue, not very high fever and minor muscle aches.

Is it cured?

Certainly the shingles be cured. At this point, it is necessary to visit your doctor so that you diagnose or prescribe you a possible treatment or ask you drugs that can fight the virus. Generally, medications with antiviral properties are used that enable the reduction of pain and prevent complications; In addition, they contribute to shorten the course of the disease.
Medications can be used after 24 hours after I started to feel pain or burning. To cure, it is best to start taking the drugs until the blisters to appear.
On the other hand, for an early improvement, it is recommended that you may rest in bed until the fever subsides. In addition, wash non-disposable items in water boiling; also, keep the skin clean and, above all, do not reuse contaminated items.

Note

The virus can remain for two to three weeks and strangely reappears. It is important that you care and that you're diagnosed, in extreme cases or when the virus affects the motor nerve, it may be not only weakness, but a temporary or permanent paralysis could suffer. In addition, the pain can be very slight but might also be intense and unbearable. Remember take care and rest.

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