Spring and fall, the weather changes, the human body resistance drops, easy to suffer from common dermatological diseases – herpes zoster. In Chinese medicine, it is also known as “tangled waist fire Dan”, commonly known as “tangled waist dragon”. Herpes zoster is characterized by severe pain and piles of small blisters on the skin. The rash is usually preceded by mild fever, malaise, loss of appetite, burning sensation in the skin or neuralgia. The rash can also appear without these symptoms, starting with erythema followed by clusters of papules that quickly turn into blisters. The rash tends to occur on one side of the body, usually not exceeding the midline of the trunk. It is accompanied by significant neuralgia, which can be cutting, pins and needles, overdrive, or burning pain. Sometimes this pain can last for days and months, or even years, after the rash has subsided (especially in the frail elderly). If shingles appears on the face, it can also lead to headaches, facial paralysis, and even encephalitis. So when you have shingles, you should seek medical attention and scientific treatment as soon as possible. Herpes zoster is a disease caused by viral infection, clinically there are specific antiviral drugs, such as vasiclovir, the course of treatment is about 1-2 weeks. At the same time, it can be supplemented with nutritive nerve drugs, painkillers and topical medications. The virus that causes herpes zoster is called varicella zoster virus, but this virus is not recently infected, most of them are latent after chickenpox infection as a child, that is to say, people infected with the virus, chickenpox cure, but the virus has not been killed, but “sleep” in the body, when the body When the body’s resistance is lowered, it is activated again, and herpes zoster occurs. It can be seen that the important reason for the occurrence of herpes zoster is the decrease of immunity of the body, and its triggering factors include work fatigue, mood anxiety, sleep reduction, dietary irregularities, irregular life, seasonal changes, or suffering from certain diseases such as diabetes, tumors. Therefore, different individuals need to take preventive measures according to their own conditions. By reading the above, I believe that you have an understanding of shingles. Once suspected herpes zoster, should be as early as possible to the dermatology consultation, regular treatment, so as to minimize the pain caused by herpes zoster to patients, to avoid leaving sequelae!