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Sunday 8 April 2018

Summary Of The Causes, Signs, And Remedy Of Shingles Rash Diagnosis

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By Melissa Kelly


Many people who can remember how their experience with chickenpox was, would never wish to relive the same experience again. Herpes zoster is a viral infection which resembles chickenpox as they are caused by the same virus known as varicella-zoster. This virus remains in the body after chickenpox diagnosis but in dormant form suppressed by the immune system of the body. This virus becomes active only when the immune system of the body weakens. This excerpt will give a summary of the causes, signs and recommended a remedy for shingles rash diagnosis.

The main cause of this condition is the varicella-zoster virus. However, this virus is always in a dominant state in the nervous system and can reactivate if the body immune system weakens or fails. This makes any condition that interferes with the immune system making it weak a probable cause of herpes zoster. A healthy and strong immune system ensures that the virus remains suppressed.

Aged people stand more at risk of contracting herpes zoster. This is attributed to the fact that the body immune system weakens at the peak age of life. People who are at the peak of their lives struggle with many infections because their immune system is not strong enough to prevent them. The varicella-zoster may take advantage of this situation to reactivate causing herpes zoster.

Organ and bone marrow transplant may also predispose an individual to contract herpes zoster. Before a surgeon can operate on a patient for an organ or bone marrow transplant, they must administer some medication that suppresses the immune system to allow the body to receive the transplanted organ without any complications. This may cause the varicella-zoster virus to reactivate causing this condition.

HIV/AIDS is another condition that weakens the immune system of the body. Patients living with the HIV stand a higher chance for the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus. The HIV fights the white blood cells that are responsible for an effective and strong body immune system. With a weak immune system, the virus causing this condition finds a chance to reactivate again.

The main signs of herpes zoster include a sharp pain in the affected area and rashes that develop into itchy blisters. The blisters continue to appear on the skin surface in a similar way to chickenpox. The blisters after some time turn yellow before flattening and drying out living behind light scars. The intensity of the pain depends on how severe the condition is.

Herpes zoster can also be noticed early through several early warning signs. Some of the early signs that may indicate the diagnosis of herpes zoster may include a persistent headache, a feeling of numbness and prickly on the affected part and generally feeling sick. Early detection of this disease helps minimize the severity of the symptoms.

Most viral diseases are incurable, similar to this condition. However, the physicians administer medication to suppress the virus and the signs until the condition resolves. Painkillers can be administered to suppress the pain caused by the blisters. Antiviral and antibiotics medication is also administered to suppress the virus, prevent future infections and further multiplication of the virus.




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