What are the characteristics of lumbar herpes zoster

Shingles is very harmful and is also called waist-wrapped dragon among the people because the herpes zoster virus often invades the patient's waist and abdomen. If the immunity is poor, the shingles virus lurking in the body is prone to break out. For example, staying up late, overwork, excessive depression, etc. are all important causes of the disease. In the early stages of the disease, patients are also prone to pain in the liver and gallbladder, which is also a sign of the disease.

1. Staying up late and overwork can cause herpes zoster

Most cases of shingles are related to staying up late and overwork. In the past, shingles was more common in middle-aged people over 40 years old. However, in the past two years, the incidence of shingles has become younger and younger, and shingles patients in their 20s can often be seen.

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Generally, the patient was infected with this virus when he was a child, but because his resistance was strong at that time, he did not develop the disease. The varicella-zoster virus remains latent in the sensory nerves of the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord or in the cranial nerve ganglia. This virus is generally in a "dormant state" in most people, but many factors such as fatigue, excessive mental burden, staying up late, alcoholism, excessive cold, acute infection, wasting diseases, taking large amounts of antibiotics and surgical trauma can "activate" them.

2. Fake dragons can’t kill people

The claim that a person will die if a "waist dragon" wraps around the ribs has no scientific basis. The scientific name of this disease should be herpes zoster. It develops rapidly and there will be pain in the early stage of the disease. The pain gradually intensifies and blisters appear on the skin. The skin damage is distributed unilaterally along a peripheral nerve, generally not exceeding the midline of the body surface, and will not form a circle. However, some patients with shingles feel afraid because the blisters on their skin develop quickly, like dragons and snakes wrapped around the body, and are very painful.

3. There are signs of disease onset

The symptoms of shingles vary from person to person, and the site of onset is different for each person. For example, some people will experience pain in the liver and gallbladder before the onset of the disease, which is very similar to the pain of gallstones; some people will experience joint pain, toothache and other symptoms; if the pain is in the left front chest, the early symptoms are like angina pectoris in the heart, so they will take heart disease medication as a matter of course. The pain of shingles can be characterized by knife-like, needle-like, electric-like, burning pain, or dull pain, soreness, etc.

The most feared consequence of herpes zoster is if it is not treated properly. The pain can only be eliminated by extracting and expelling the herpes virus from the body. When treating shingles, you must go to a regular and professional dermatology hospital, because only a regular and professional dermatology hospital is the fastest and best way to treat shingles!