A painful condition related to unilateral inflammatory vesiculobullous eruption along a cranial or nervous spinalis and inflammation of dorsal root ganglion, especially of the cervical and thoracic dermatome. The name of an organism is a varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes herpes zoster, which has remained dormant within the dorsal root of ganglia. It's usually a self-limited dermatomal rash with pain.
ETIOLOGY/CAUSATION of Herpes Zoster
It is caused by VZV. And spread by droplet infection [spitting] or direct contact with lesion [contamination]
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS of Herpes Zoster
- Incubation period 7-21 days. Means, enter-grow-contamination-disease-recovery.
- Much pain
- Fever
- General weakness or Malaise could also be there
- It is distributed over the cutaneous segment of affected nerves, usually over the chest or trunk[chest, back]
- Then after 3-4 days eruption patches with intervening clear areas appear, then vesicles [fill with fluid] form.
- Dry up in 5-6 days leaving small scars
- The affected dermatomes [means, where the disease occurs on the skin] could also be permanently anesthetic [means, no sensory feeling or sense]
- It may cause blindness if the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal is involved.
- The pain usually subsides with fading vesicles but in old people persists for while means postherpetic neuralgia
MANAGEMENT
- Prevent itching with external use of Calendula powder
- Goof nutrition and rest
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT for Herpes Zoster
Homeopathy can cure it in a very easy and harmless way.
Main medicine is ARSENIC ALBA 30 and RHUS VEN 6 thrice daily together or as per severity, need physician's consultation
RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS 6 and BELLADONNA 6 other good medicine, use in the same manner
If there's NEURALGIA: KALMIA, MEZERIUM are good medicines.
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