If you have skin pain, be alert to this disease!

In daily life, if you experience skin pain, you must be alert, as it may be caused by shingles. Shingles is an acute skin inflammation caused by the herpes virus. At this time, people's physical condition is often poor, and they often suffer from malnutrition, excessive fatigue, etc. Understanding the early symptoms of shingles can help you better prevent the disease.

1. Pain lasts for 5-10 days and a rash will appear

Dermatologists say that in the early stages of a shingles attack, patients will feel pain on one side of the skin. This pain is different from common joint pain and strain. Many patients describe it as feeling like being pricked by needles, but the surface of the skin does not look unusual, so it is easy to misdiagnose at this time.

2. Sharp, knife-like pain

Generally, patients will first experience non-persistent neuralgia symptoms, that is, sharp, knife-like pain. Patients often experience sudden and severe pain in a certain position of the body. Sometimes doctors will make a differential diagnosis based on the nature of the pain.

3. Small red papules and blisters

After the pain persists for 5-10 days, clusters of small red papules and blisters begin to appear. Only at this time will people think of seeing a dermatologist. Experts remind that if you suffer from shingles, you should see a dermatologist in time. Early treatment can reduce the occurrence of postherpetic neuralgia. It can also reduce the occurrence of shingles complications, such as facial paralysis, corneal perforation or corneal scarring, deafness, dizziness, angina pectoris and limb numbness.

4. How to relieve the pain of herpes zoster

If you suffer from postherpetic neuralgia, you can see a dermatologist or pain specialist. If there is no disease such as heart failure or glaucoma, clinicians will often choose intravenous drip, intramuscular injection, oral vitamin B1 and other treatment methods for patients to relieve pain. At the same time, you can use the spectrum analyzer for physical therapy at home according to the doctor's advice, twice a day, once to irradiate the painful area and the other time to irradiate the lumbar acupoints. It is recommended to seek timely treatment, otherwise the disease may be delayed.

Patients with shingles should be careful not to eat spicy or hot foods, such as peppers, beef, mutton, fatty meat and fried foods; they should pay attention to physical exercise, strengthen their physical fitness and improve their disease resistance. When the weather alternates between cold and warm, you should add or remove clothes appropriately to avoid upper respiratory tract infections caused by cold.