Herpes

Treating Shingles with Acupuncture What is “Shingles” and how do we get it? Shingles is a painful condition characterized by a skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox - the varicella zoster. It is also known as Herpes Zoster. Your first exposure of this virus usually as a child leads to the disease popular to all of us, chickenpox. It causes itchy and painful sores spread all over the body. After one acquires and recovers from chickenpox, the virus stays in the body and…

Individual Report of Herpes Simplex Virus Case background A 26-year old white lady who has the symptoms includes genital itchy and sharp and severe pain on labia. She also has three previous episodes of pain over 6 months. It appearance of red sores, crusted and healed without scar and small red blisters. Beside, she has 5 sexual partners since last year. The doctor makes diagnosis of Genital herpes simplex. Etiology of herpes simplex virus type 2(HSV-2) The disease causes by herpes simplex…

Herpes simplex 2 virus (HSV-2) is a DNA virus that stems from the Herpesviridae family and belongs to Simplexvirus genus (Talaro, & Chess, 2015, p. 169). Herpesviridae consists of more than 100 herpesviruses that occur in animals; eight human heran pesviruses are known, with three subfamilies: Alphaherpesvirinae, Betaherpesvirinae, and Gammaherpesvirinae. Herpes simplex virus-2 is part of the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily (Norberg, Bergström, Rekabdar, Lindh, & Liljeqvist, 2004). One of the…

Herpes zoster virus or popularly known as shingles, is the reactivation of the chicken pox virus, which can be reactivated through psychological stress, x-ray treatments, drug therapy, or surgery. It is a viral infection that surfaces on the human skin in the form of a rash. Typically, the skin rash will appear on the upper region of the body and only affect the left or right side of the patient’s abdomen, back, arms, neck, or face. Shingles is only passed on through direct contact with the…

causes great discomfort and itching. With fluid-filled bumps that contain clear fluids that when it burst can be contagious and spread the infection to others. Varicella zoster virus can stay in the body because it is a member of the herpes virus. Like the other herpes virus is stays in the body after being infected. The pathophysiology of chicken pox is acquired by inhalation of airborne respiratory droplets from an infected host. According to the…

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 04/08/1962. The member has a diagnosis of herpes simplex virus 2. The member’s treating provider, Christina Chen, MD recommended the member be treated with Acyclovir 5% ointment 30/30. The carrier has denied coverage of Acyclovir 5% ointment 30/30 as not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 04/22/2016 which states in part: “According to our policy, the medical…

your immune system so you will not get sick for the second time. The situation is not the same, however, for people who are in their 70s and up. They need to be wary of diseases such as shingles. What is shingles? Shingles that is also known as herpes zoster is a painful skin rash caused by the reactivation of chickenpox virus in people who have suffered from the illness. In other words, if you have a history of chickenpox in your life, you are more prone to shingles. The symptoms are similar…

Genital herpes simplex virus 2 is a global medical problem with significant physical and psychological morbidities. This review is aimed toward health professionals who are involved with patients with genital herpes since medical management is often unsatisfactory. The standard therapy for management of genital herpes infections include acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famcyclovir. Alternate methods for those who are adverse to these drugs are discussed. Results shows standard therapy is preferred…

chickenpox are caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Shingles is a painful rash. The rash will only appear on one side of the body. The rash may appear as a stripe of blisters. Shingles can still be painful after the rash is gone. Shingles is also called Herpes Zoster. Shingles is usually diagnosed by the appearance of the rash. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus multiplying. It usually comes up when the immune system is weakened. There are some possible triggers of shingles. When…

As experience, I know having the chickenpox was not the greatest childhood memory for myself and I am sure for many others as well. Chickenpox is a highly common illness, which mostly affects children. The varicella zoster virus, a member of the herpes virus family, is what causes chickenpox, which is highly contagious. Most cases of chickenpox occur in children 1 to 14 years of age, however some people don’t get chickenpox until their early 20's (Fordney 2013,p.366). The disease chickenpox,…