Herpes zoster is caused by the varicella-zoster virus that invades the nerves, and patients experience severe pain and clusters of blisters. Herpes zoster frontalis requires medication, physical therapy, surgery, and general treatment.
1. Medication: Herpes zoster frontalis requires antiviral treatment, nerve nutrition and pain relief.
①Antiviral treatment: you can take vasiclovir hydrochloride tablets, acyclovir tablets and so on as prescribed by the doctor.
② pain treatment: you can take acetaminophen tablets, gabapentin capsules, pregabalin capsules, etc. under the guidance of a doctor, if the drug after taking adverse reactions, such as dizziness, it is recommended that under the guidance of the doctor in a timely manner to stop or change the drug.
(iii) Nutritional nerve treatment: you can take oral nutritional nerve drugs, such as vitamin B12 tablets, methylcobalamin tablets, etc., in order to relieve the symptoms of neuritis.
2. Physical therapy: Neuralgia caused by herpes zoster can be treated with acupuncture, and infrared rays and other irradiation treatments can be applied to the lesions to promote recovery.
3. Surgical treatment: when the effect of conservative treatment is not good, surgical treatment and nerve block can be performed.
4. General treatment: patients need to strengthen exercise in daily life to improve their immunity. The affected area needs to be kept clean and dry, avoiding local scratching to cause blister breakage and infection.
Herpes zoster forehead, it is recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, follow the doctor’s instructions to avoid the emergence of facial paralysis or herpes zoster postherpetic neuralgia and other serious conditions.