(Herpes Zoster) The fiery belt is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox
After the chickenpox infection, the virus remains in the body for many years and activates again, but this time it does not cause chickenpox but causes a firearm.
Is a pimple that appears on the body at the length of a particular nerve after two days or more of the patient’s pain in the area concerned.
(Thoracic Nerves) The most common are thoracic nerves.
(Ophthalmic Zoster) may also affect the nerves surrounding the eye.
And in this case complications may lead to loss of vision if not treated after 7 to 10 days dry these pimples and become non-infectious The important question here is whether the disease contagious and not and the answer is yes and no at the same time Yes it is contagious because pimples exposed not Dry virus transmission.
No, because when infected with the virus it causes chickenpox and after the disappearance of the disease as we mentioned remains in the body and if active after years, it causes the fire belt in this case.
Diagnosis of the disease is usually done after the clinical examination, but there are also some diagnostic tests to detect the virus and follow up the presence of the body after the start of treatment. There are anti-viral treatments such as treatment of Zovirax Valtreks, but preferably during the first 72 hours of pimples on the skin.
The goal of the treatment is:
Reduce pain and duration of illness.
2. Reduce the formation of new pustules.
3. Reduce the amount of virus that comes out of pimples and thus reduce its spread.
Cortisone is also recommended with antiretroviral therapy because it reduces the pain of the nerves that continue after the removal of the fiery belt.
The pain of the nerves that continue after the disappearance of the fire belt may accompany the person for many months or years, but the use of cortisone with treatment from the beginning reduces the chances of continuation and if it is recommended to use painkillers such as benadol and in some cases may require the patient to stronger types such as morphine.