What should you pay attention to if you have herpes

Herpes is a common viral infection in life. The site of herpes onset is not fixed, but there are several places with the highest probability of occurrence, such as around the lips, waist and abdomen, genitals and surrounding areas, etc. The herpes virus always causes a tingling sensation to the patient, so herpes scares many people. Let’s take a look at what issues you should pay attention to if you have herpes.

1. Don't be too nervous. Some patients may develop blisters, blood blisters, or even erosions on their skin, but please don't be nervous. If treated properly, the disease will heal in about 10 days and will generally not recur after recovery.

2. Get more rest, eat easily digestible food and drink plenty of water.

3. Prevent secondary bacterial infection. Do not rub the affected area to prevent the blisters from bursting. You can apply Chinese herbal medicine or Levnol wet compress externally to promote the drying and scabbing of blisters.

4. Elderly patients with severe symptoms, especially those with herpes zoster on the head and face, are best hospitalized to prevent complications.

5. Suffering from herpes zoster indicates that the patient's immunity is in a low state, and appropriate measures should be taken in time.

6. Some patients still have neuralgia after the skin lesions have completely disappeared. In this case, acupuncture, physical therapy, etc. can be used to relieve the pain.

What are the dietary taboos for herpes zoster?

Shingles is a skin disease that affects both the nerves and the skin and is caused by infection with the varicella-zoster virus. What are the dietary taboos for shingles? The dietary taboos for shingles mainly include avoiding spicy and hot foods, being cautious about eating fatty and greasy foods, and being cautious about eating sour and astringent foods.

1. Avoid spicy and hot foods

Spicy and hot foods such as alcohol, tobacco, ginger, chili, mutton, beef and fried foods can easily increase fire and generate heat after consumption. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is caused by the accumulation of dampness, heat and fire toxins in the skin, so patients with this disease should avoid eating the above-mentioned spicy and hot foods.

2. Be careful when eating fatty and greasy foods

Fatty meat, maltose, milk and sweet foods are mostly greasy and fatty, which can easily cause the damp-heat toxins of the disease to accumulate inside the body and cause the disease to linger and not be cured.

3. Be careful when eating sour and astringent foods

Sour and astringent foods include peas, water chestnuts, pomegranates, taro, spinach, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by emotional distress, liver qi stagnation, long-term stagnation turning into fire, and the invasion of toxic evil. Therefore, treatment should focus on promoting qi and blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The sour, astringent and bitter foods mentioned above can easily cause blood circulation obstruction, retention of toxins and aggravate pain.