Herpes zoster on the legs can be treated with general, pharmaceutical and physical methods as prescribed by the doctor, as a way to shorten the duration of the lesions and prevent them from spreading.
1. General treatment: herpes zoster is contagious, herpes zoster patients do not need to isolate, but susceptible children or pregnant women should avoid contact with them. In addition, patients should try to wear loose pants to reduce the friction between clothing and blisters, if the blisters have oozing, cold compresses can be taken to relieve discomfort.
2. Medication:
(1) Systemic medication: patients can use antiviral drugs, such as acyclovir, vasiclovir, famciclovir and other antiviral drugs as prescribed by the doctor, in order to help shorten the course of the disease and accelerate the healing of the rash. Herpes zoster with neuralgia, commonly used gabapentin, pregabalin and other drugs for pain treatment, if necessary, give the appropriate amount of hormones such as prednisone for treatment.
(2) Local medication: when the blisters are not ruptured, you can apply local glycerine lotion, acyclovir cream, penciclovir cream, etc.; after the herpes breaks out, you can use boric acid solution, 1:5000 furacilin solution wet compresses as appropriate, or neomycin ointment, mupirocin ointment, etc., to alleviate the symptoms.
3. Physical therapy: you can go to the regular medical institutions to choose ultraviolet, infrared and other local irradiation, to promote the blisters to dry up and crust, relieve pain.
If you have shingles on your legs, you should go to the hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment, so as not to affect your daily life. The medication should be in accordance with the doctor’s prescription.