Shingles Treatment Skin

Shingles treatment skin

        Also, a test vaccine for people aged 60 years was reported in 2005. The theory is that although these people have had chickenpox when younger, the vaccine administered at this age to strengthen waning immunity against the virus. This may help reduce the risk of developing shingles in older people. The test result was very encouraging. It found that the incidence of shingles and neuralgia post has been reduced in those who were vaccinated compared to those who are not vaccinated. Further research is needed to determine the place of this vaccine in the elderly.

        Shingles in its typical form evolves into two phases:

• The painful phase of shingles: These are pain or burning in a localized region of the body. It corresponds to the area innervated by the nerves where the shingles virus migrate to the skin.
• The eruptive phase of herpes zoster: a few days after appearing in the painful area of redness or raised red plaques which are covered after 24 hours of vesicles (like droplets of water in the skin), which each operate in the crusts After a few days.

       The ophthalmic complications of ophthalmic zoster: shingles ophthalmic exposed to risk of damage to the eye (scleritis, keratitis, retinitis ...) or the lid can give sequelae such as contractures or paralysis of the eyelid Superior (called ptosis). All zoster ophthalmic, particularly if accompanied by violation of the ala and nostril requires urgent ophthalmological opinion.

       The pain post herpetic neuralgia (persistent pain after shingles): This is pain persisting more than a month after the episode of shingles. Pain Post Shingles are most common in the elderly.