What to do if you have herpes pain? How to achieve good treatment effect

Shingles is a very common sexually transmitted skin disease. The common causes of this disease are the herpes zoster virus, which is caused by chickenpox and is triggered by respiratory tract infection. Herpes pain should be treated with antiviral treatment in a timely manner.

1. Antiviral treatment, mainly used for patients with immunodeficiency or immunosuppression, adenosine or acyclovir. Oral highly effective antiviral drugs: acyclovir, valacyclovir, etc. (Clinical tips: acyclovir is ineffective for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia) Apply topical acyclovir eye drops to the affected area. You can take antibiotics orally or apply erythromycin ointment to the affected area. If the blisters rupture, apply 2.5% gentian violet solution to the affected area. Corticosteroids: Use with caution in the short term.

2. For patients who are currently using cytotoxic drugs, immunosuppressants or metabolic antagonists, the dosage should be reduced or the drugs should be discontinued as much as possible because they are prone to virus spread.

3. Mainly general and symptomatic treatment.

①Neuralgia: Analgesics such as aspirin, acetaminophen, indomethacin, ibuprofen, Xinhuang tablets, etc. can be given. Postherpetic neuralgia requires the combined use of analgesics and sedatives, such as doxepin 25 mg, orally 3 times a day; cimetidine 0.2 g, dexamethasone 1.5 mg, cyproheptadine 2 mg, orally 3 times a day, and vitamin B12 100 micrograms, intramuscularly once a day, for a total of 10 days.

② Local skin care treatment: Apply phthalamide ointment or calamine lotion externally, 3-5 times a day. For erosion, apply 2% gentian violet solution or neomycin furfural oil paste. Or ultraviolet irradiation, audio frequency electrotherapy, laser irradiation (helium-neon or carbon dioxide expanded beam irradiation), TDP spectrum irradiation, etc.

③Herpes zoster of the eye: You can use herpes net or acyclovir eye drops, and use atropine to dilate the pupil to prevent corneal adhesion. What is the best treatment for herpes zoster? The above has given you a simple explanation. It should be pointed out that if shingles is not treated properly, it is easy to leave postherpetic neuralgia or itching, which will be very troublesome to treat. Therefore, you need to go to a regular hospital for treatment and do not take medicine indiscriminately.

What is the best way to treat shingles? After the above introduction, I hope everyone will have some understanding of the methods used to treat shingles. At the same time, I also hope that it can provide some help and reference for the treatment of patients who are undergoing treatment.