Herpes zoster can generally be divided into the following stages: 1. [Latent period: Most of them are caused by the decline of their own immunity and the infection of the chickenicella-zoster virus. The incubation period is usually about 2 weeks. The symptoms are not obvious at this stage.] 2. Prodromal stage: 1 - 5 days after the onset of the disease, the patient will have mild fatigue, low fever, loss of appetite and other general symptoms. The affected skin will feel burning or burning pain, and there will be obvious pain when touched. 3. Rash stage: On the 6th or 7th day of the onset, the affected area often first appears red spots, and soon there are miliary to soybean-sized papules, which are distributed in clusters but do not fuse, and then quickly become blisters. The liquid inside the blisters was clear, and there was a red flush around the blisters. The skin between the blisters was normal. 4. Outbreak stage: The rash blisters are obvious, red and swollen, and the development part gradually extends and spreads (can occur in various parts, usually in the waist). There is itching or obvious tingling, and the blisters will become filled with pus. This stage can last for 1 - 2 weeks. 5. [Recovery stage: After the anti-viral treatment, the rashes and blisters will gradually dry up and form scabs. The pain will not be obvious. The skin will gradually heal, and the pus will also be relieved.] However, if the treatment was not timely, there would be signs of neuropathic pain in the prognosis. The novel "Shou Zang" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The five major food taboos for shingles were as follows: 1. Do not eat spicy food, such as chili, ginger, etc. These foods will irritate the skin, aggravate the condition of shingles, and cause pain and itching. 2. Do not drink coffee or alcoholic beverages: Caffine and alcohol can stimulate the nervous system and aggravate the symptoms of neuropathic pain. Drinking alcohol will reduce immunity and increase the risk of infection. 3. Too much sugar will affect the immune system and reduce the body's resistance, which is not conducive to recovery. 4. Do not eat too greasy food: High-fat food will affect the digestive system, induce digestive diseases, reduce immunity, and increase the risk of infection. 5. Do not eat certain seafood and animal internal organs: eating raw seafood and animal internal organs may be rich in bacteria and viruses, which will increase the chances of reactivation of the virus and reduce the body's immunity. The novel " Shou Zang " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of the sequelae of shingles needed to be based on syndrome identification and treatment. It varied from person to person, and there was no universal special prescription. For those with obvious local pain, mostly distributed in the ribs, head and neck, irritability, dry mouth and bitter mouth, it belongs to the liver meridian fire heat syndrome. Longdan Xiegan Tang and other prescriptions can clear the liver and purge the fire, which may have a better effect. For those with no obvious local pain, weak waist and knees, dry mouth, no desire to drink, less tongue coating, dry tongue lines, it belongs to liver and kidney yin deficiency. Zhibai Dihuang Pill and other prescriptions can nourish yin, clear fire, nourish liver and kidney. For long-term pain, more needle-like pain, usually more depression, dark red tongue, belong to qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome, Gualou Honghua Gancao Tang and other prescriptions can be used to relieve qi stagnation and promote blood circulation. In addition, there were also Sini powder and Jiegeng decoction (prescription group: Buchai, red peony, white peony, bitter orange, licorice root, Fu tablet, Chuan Xiong, Jiegeng), which could also be used to treat the sequelae of Herpes Zoster. Chinese medicine prescriptions may also include Taohong Siwu Tang, Dedampness Weiling Tang, Huoxue Zhitong Tang, Herpes Zhitong Ling, etc., but they must be taken reasonably under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delaying the illness. The novel "Shou Zang" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The symptoms of postherpetic neuropathic pain mainly included the following aspects: 1. ** Pain ** - There were various types of pain, such as needle-like, burning, and electrocution-like pain. It could be continuous or intermittent, as unbearable as needle-piercing or burning. There might also be severe pain, burning pain, knife cutting pain, stinging pain, jumping pain, etc., or even pain that could not be touched. Pain often occurs in the area of the blisters like lightning or continuous burning pain. It often occurs as a sudden stop, or it may be a touch pain. After touching, there may be electric pain, and there may also be intermittent induced pain. When the patient's skin looked normal, he would often feel pain like being pricked by needles or burned. - The pain was so severe that it seriously affected the patient's quality of life. It was even called the " immortal cancer." Some patients were in so much pain that painkillers were ineffective and they would roll around in pain. The pain may worsen at night, causing the patient to be unable to sleep. - The pain lasted for a long time, lasting for more than one month after the shingles rash healed. 2. ** Accompanied by abnormal feelings ** - There was numbness, which was caused by a decrease in sensation due to nerve damage. - It was extremely itchy. - There may be hypersensitivity to pain, which means that the skin looks normal, but the skin often feels like it has been pricked by needles or burned. 3. ** Other aspects ** - It may cause head discomfort, dizziness, and in severe cases, inability to eat. - If the pain was severe, the patient might also have anxiety, depression, communication difficulties, and even suicidal tendencies. The novel " Shou Zang " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The sequelae of shingles were mainly postherpetic neuropathic pain. The following were some treatments: 1. ** Medication ** - ** Painkillers **: You can choose to use gabapentin, amitriptyline, lidocaine-based patches, doxepin tablets, carbamazepin tablets, tramadol, etc. These drugs can effectively relieve pain. - ** Nutrient nerve drugs **: Such as mecobalamin, vitamins B1, B12, etc., which are helpful for the repair of damaged nerves. 2. ** Surgery treatment **: For severe pain, minimally invasive intervention, nerve block, selective nerve damage, injecting drugs into the sheath, nerve regulation techniques, and other surgical methods can be used to control the pain. 3. ** Physical therapy **: For example, infrared phototherapy and other physical therapy, which has a certain effect on relieving pain. 4. ** Psychotherapy **: Prolonged pain may cause anxiety, depression, and other emotional disorders. You can go to the psychological clinic for psychotherapy. 5. ** Combination of Chinese and Western Medicine **: For some stubborn pain, Western medicine methods such as nerve block therapy and radio frequency thermocoagulation therapy can be used. If the patient is not sensitive to these treatments due to problems such as sensitivity of the pain center, reasonable acupuncture treatment can be combined. The novel " Shou Zang " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
There might be a slight pain after three months of shingles. The sequelae of shingles were mainly caused by delayed treatment or incorrect treatment methods. The most common sequelae was nerve pain. Even if the blisters had disappeared, the pain might still last for a while. Some elderly patients had neuropathic pain that could last for months or years. For this situation, some methods could be used to alleviate it, such as the use of B vitamins (B12), anti-anxiety drugs (paroxi, sertraline, etc.), and anti-viral drugs (aciclovir, foscarnet, etc.). In addition, local acupuncture and physitherapy were also effective. If necessary, they could go to the pain department for corresponding closed treatment. At the same time, he needed to pay attention to rest in his daily life, eat food that was easy to digest, pay attention to replenishing water, strengthen care, keep his skin clean, and prevent secondary bacteria infection. He also recommended standardized treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor. The novel "Shou Zang" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The following are some folk legends of hereditary secret recipes for shingles, but these secret recipes have not been proven by science. Some may even aggravate the condition. It is not recommended to use it on your own. You should follow the doctor's treatment plan: 1. Eggshell cleaning method: Wash a pair of clean eggshells and dry them. Grind one of the shells into powder, then coat the inner surface of the other shell with water or vinegar. Sprint the powder on the side of the inner surface coated with water or vinegar. After sprinkling the powder evenly on the shell, he baked it in the oven for 15 minutes, then took it out to let it cool. Then, he used a clean bowl to pound it into powder. 2. [Bean Sprout Soup: Use bean sprouts to make soup and drink it in portions every day.] 3. Ginger slice external application method: cut the ginger into slices and apply it to the affected area three times a day for 30 minutes each time. 4. Chrysanthemum and wolfberries boiled in water: boil chrysanthemum and wolfberries in water to drink. 5. Honey treatment: apply pure honey to the affected area. 6. Using Purple Gold Ingots for internal administration and external use to treat shingles: Take 10 - 20 Purple Gold Ingots and grind them into powder, warm 5 - 10ml of boiled water, mix them evenly, then apply them to the affected area, and stop using them after the shingles scab. At the same time, take Purple Gold Ingots, 0.9g each time, twice a day, until the pain stops. After applying the medicine 2 - 4 times, the blisters will dry up, and the erosions will scab after 24 hours of applying the medicine. Generally, the medicine can be used for 2 - 6 days to relieve pain. 7. Brucea javanica oil method: duck milk 20ml, 2 - 3 times a day, continuous service for 7 days, with vegetable oil or fresh vegetable juice to adjust Yunnan Baiyao into a paste applied to the affected area, can relieve pain and swelling, about a week or so skin damage scab healing. There were also folk acupuncture treatments, such as pricking the first and second joints of the index finger to bleed, but these lacked scientific evidence to verify their effectiveness and safety. The novel " Shou Zang " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
If the shingles had not recovered for two months, there might be postherpetic neuropathic pain. In this case, the solution was as follows: - Pharmacological treatment: - Anxious drugs: If it is mild pain, oral parkinson tablets can be used; severe pain may require the use of gabapentin or pregabalin, and sometimes antidepresses (such as amitriptyline, sertraline) are needed to relieve pain. - Nutritional neuropathic drugs: You can continue to use vitamins B1, B12, mecobalamin, etc. to help relieve neurosis and neuropathic pain. - Antiviral drugs: If there are still signs of viral activity during the course of the disease (such as the rash has not completely subsided, etc.), you can continue to use the antivirals under the guidance of a doctor, such as valaciclovir, aciclovir, foscarnet, etc. - Other treatments: Sometimes nerve blockade therapy or physical therapy may be needed to relieve the pain. At the same time, the use of drugs during the entire treatment process must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor. It was not allowed to use drugs without authorization to avoid adverse effects. The novel "Shou Zang" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The treatment measures for late-stage pain in shingles were as follows: 1. ** Drug Treatment **: - For example, pregabalin and mecobalamin had painkiller effects, valaciclovir and aciclovir could fight viruses, mecobalamin and vitamins B1 could nourish nerves, and gabapentin could relieve pain. These drugs could reduce pain and relieve the condition, but some drugs might not be effective or have side effects if used for a long time. For example, long-term use of pregabalin might require an increase in dosage and the effect would be reduced, and there might also be discomfort. - Aciclovir ointment and calamine lotion were applied externally. 2. ** Physical therapy **: - Electric stimulation, acupuncture, infrared radiation, mid-frequency therapy, microwave, frequency vibration, and other methods could relieve the pain of the shingles and promote skin recovery. Among them, the effect of electrical stimulation was better in the early stage of pain, but the effect might not be ideal if the time was too long. Radiography thermocoagulation therapy had a certain effect on some stubborn pain, but it might not achieve the expected effect. - If there were no blisters, cupping could also be used to relieve the pain. 3. ** Psychotherapy **: Psychotherapy methods such as cognitive behavior therapy are used to help patients change their perception and behavior towards pain, reduce pain, and speed up recovery. 4. ** Comprehensive treatment **: For some patients who are not sensitive to conventional treatment due to problems such as sensitivity to pain, they should be treated with integrated Chinese and Western medicine and receive reasonable acupuncture treatment as soon as possible. 5. ** Life conditioning **: - Eat a reasonable diet, eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, etc. to enhance immunity and promote the improvement of the condition. - Maintaining adequate sleep and proper rest would help the body recover and speed up the recovery process. It should be noted that for the residual pain after shingles, the early nerve conditioning treatment is better, but the treatment effect will be worse as time goes by, so you should seek medical advice in time to avoid leaving behind persistent pain. The novel " Shou Zang " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The Plum Blossom Tongue Pill could be used to treat shingles. It can be taken internally or externally. For external use, it can be melted with vinegar or tea and applied to the affected area. The Plum Blossom Tongue Pill had an obvious effect in treating shingles, and it had a good effect in clinical application. In addition, the Plum Blossom Tongue Pill could also be used to treat other diseases, such as sores, sore, inflammation of the tonsil, and so on. However, regarding the specific effects and mechanism of the Plum Blossom Tongue Pill, the current information was not detailed enough and required further research and understanding.
At present, there was no clear mention of a unified formula that could eradicate shingles with three Chinese medicines. Chinese medicine treatment of shingles was based on the principles of clearing heat, removing dampness, detoxification in the early stage, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and regulating qi in the later stage. In the early stage of the disease, for the situation of damp toxin and fire, damp-heat obstruction, liver and gallbladder damp-heat, Chinese medicine such as Chaihu (soothing the liver and relieving depression, relieving exterior syndrome and reducing fever), Shengdihuang (clearing heat and cooling blood), or Chinese patent medicine such as Longdan Xiegan Pill (clearing liver and gallbladder, relieving damp-heat) can be used according to the doctor's advice; In the later stage of the disease, when the fire hurts yin, qi stagnation and blood stasis, spleen deficiency and dampness accumulation occur, Chinese medicine such as licorice (replenishing qi, relieving pain) and Chuan Xiong (promoting blood circulation and qi) can be used. He could also use prescriptions such as 9 grams of gallbladder grass, 8 grams of scutellaria, 9 grams of red peony root, 9 grams of madder, 9 grams of cambodia, 9 grams of buhaihu, 9 grams of Angelica, 6 grams of Akeba, 9 grams of Plantago seeds, 9 grams of Rhubarb (one dose a day, decocted with water, divided into two servings, avoid spicy and roasted products), but he could not be sure that three prescriptions could remove the root. In short, the specific Chinese medicine treatment needed to be determined according to the patient's specific condition under the guidance of the doctor, and individual differences would also affect the treatment effect. The novel "Shou Zang" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!