Herpes zoster is an infectious skin disease caused by varicella-zoster virus infection, which mainly manifests as clusters of erythema and blisters with a unilateral distribution of the rash and is accompanied by pain. Herpes zoster can be cured in 2 weeks with timely treatment. If shingles is left untreated, it may leave residual neuralgia, which a few people still feel after 5 or 10 years. A common treatment for shingles is antiviral therapy, like oral antiviral drugs like famciclovir and valacyclovir dispersible tablets, intramuscular injections of vitamin B1 and adenosine cobalamin for injection, and also oral pain medications, such as oral ibuprofen, fenpropathrin and pregabalin if the pain is severe. Therefore, if you have shingles, you must seek medical attention in time, it can be cured in about 2 weeks, if you do not seek medical attention in time, it may leave sequelae.