Acute Herpes Zoster Cures Within 10 to 15 days without Remaining any Post Herpetic Neuralgia. Contact Immediately

Clinical Features:


An attack starts with neuralgic pain, local increased sensitivity of the skin and high grade fever. Coetaneous lesion develops in three days after the onset of the attack. Some times the rash may develop suddenly without any primary symptom. The rash develops in the segmental distribution of the affected nerve roots and it consist of typical herpetic lesions e.g. Groups of vesicles on the inflammatory bases in several patches, crops, each crops lasting a week. The lesions rupture or dry up to form crusts. The crusts separate in about the week’s time, with pigmentation and scarring. The regional glands may in large and painful. The herpes zoster attack last for 2 to 3 weeks. The prominent side affected is trunk (Intercostals nerves), neck (Cervical) and face (Trigeminal distribution). Involvement of the trigeminal nerve gives rise to lesion on the eye - herpes ophthalmic.
Most important sequelae are the post herpetic neuralgia, most seen in middle age and old age persons having severe attack of this disease.

Signs and Symptoms

Chicken Pox

The typical rash of chickenpox is made up of groups of small, itchy blisters surrounded by inflamed skin. The rash usually begins as one or two lesions, quickly spreading throughout the body including the trunk, scalp, face, arms, and legs. The total number of blisters varies greatly from person to person. Over four days, each blister tends to dry out and form a scab, which then falls off between 9 to 13 days later.

The rash is usually preceded by:

  • Fever, usually low-grade
  • Fatigue
  • Headache
  • Flu-like symptoms

Shingles

SYMPTOMS

The typical rash of shingles begins as redness (erythema) followed by the appearance of blisters that cover one concentrated area of the body on either the face, trunk, shoulders and neck, or legs (unlike the rash of chicken pox, which is generally diffuse, meaning that it is widespread throughout the body). These eruptions follow the path of an infected nerve.Usually only a single nerve is involved, confining the rash to one side and one section of the body (called a dermatome). The trunk is the area affected in 50% to 60% of cases. The next most common site is one side of the face, which may even involve the tongue, the eye, or the ear.

Before the rash appears, you will have warning symptoms of pain experienced as a sharp, aching, piercing, tearing, or burning sensation limited to the specific part of the body where the rash appears 1 to 5 days later. That area may also feel itchy, numb, and unbearably sensitive to touch, even just from your clothes touching your skin in that section.

Other symptoms that you may experience include:

  • Fever (not so common)
  • Malaise (feeling bad overall) and other flu-like symptoms including muscle aches
  • Headache
  • Swollen lymph nodes
  • Visual disturbances, drooping eyelid, loss of eye motion (if in a nerve that affects one of your eyes or the muscles surrounding it)
  • Taste abnormalities (if in a nerve that affects your tongue)
  • Hearing loss (if in a nerve that affects one of your ears)