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Herpes Zoster (Shingles). By: Whitley Morris and Brandi Hall. Does your skin look like this?. If so, contact your doctor immediately. You may have herpes zoster. Also known as shingles. Description . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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By: Whitley Morris and Brandi Hall
Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
Does your skin look like this?
If so, contact your doctor immediately. You may have herpes zoster. Also known
as shingles.
A painful, blistering skin rash due to the varcellas-zoster virus. Virus that causes
chicken pox.
Description
The first symptom of shingles is usually one-sided pain, tingling, or burning. Pain and
burning my be severe and is usually present before the rash. Red patches on the skin, followed by small blisters, form in most
people.
Symptoms
Abdominal pain Chills
Difficulty moving muscles in face. Drooping eyelids General ill-feeling Genital lesions
Headache Hearing loss Joint pain
Loss of eye motion Taste problems Vision problems
You may also have pain, muscle weakness, and a rash involving different parts of your face if shingles affects a nerve in your face.
Additional Symptoms
Shingles may develop in any age group, but you are more likely if:
You are older than 60 You had chicken pox before age 1 You immune system is weaken by medications
or disease.Shingles may also occur because of illness,
trauma and stress.
Causes of this skin disorder
Your doctor can diagnosis you by looking at the skin and reviewing your medical history.
Test are rarely needed but may include taking a sample of your skin to see if it is infected. Blood test may show an increase in white
blood cells and antibodies to the chicken pox virus but can not confirm the rash is due to
shingles.
Diagnostics
Doctor may prescribe you with an medicine that fights the virus, called an antiviral.
Acyclovir, famciclovir and valacyclovir may be used.
Treatment
Acyclovir Famciclovir Valacyclovir
Scarring Bacterial skin infections
Decrease or loss of vision or hearing Paralysis on one side of the face
Muscle weaknessAllodynia (pain from a source that would not normally cause pain � such as pain from a slight breeze over the skin or the touch of clothing on
the skin) Long-term nerve pain called post herpetic
neuralgia (PHN)
Worst Case Scenario
Pain, numbness, itching and tingling which lasts long after the rash vanishes.
Can last months to years.Medications can prevent this if taken at an
early stage.
Post-herpetic neuralgia
1. 131 deaths per year caused by shingles in the
United States, 58 in Mexico and 54
in Germany.
2. 20% of people who have had
chickenpox will eventually develop
shingles.
3. Most likely to occur in people
with HIV.
Facts about Herpes Zoster
http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/about/index.htmlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/P
MH0001861/
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/picture-of-shingles
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