Shingles affect millions of people each year, and more than half are over the age of 60. It’s a viral infection that lays dormant and resurfaces during different times of a person’s life, especially when the immune system has been weakened. The official name of the virus is varicella-zoster, it affects the nerves of the skin, and this is also the same virus responsible for causing chickenpox.
Although there is no cure for shingles, there are treatments to manage the pain. In most cases the person recovers with treatment, but the reinfection of shingles can last a few months or become a long term chronic condition. The good news, shingles is not contagious to another person who may have already experienced chickenpox. It can be contagious …show more content…
Topical numbing medications can also help to reduce the nerve pain, allowing the person to rest.
Alarms
Medical conditions can vary in difficulty and shingles is no different. There’s a post condition called post-herpetic neuralgia. It happens after the shingle blisters begin to burst and heal, and this condition persists in irritating the skin’s nerves and may restrict a person from daily activity movement. When this happens the pain increases and the treatment may be heighten.
Home Remedies
Sometimes the rash develops into blisters and rubbing or scratching can cause the blister to burst. There are natural remedies depending on the severity of shingles, which work to ease the pain and help heal the skin area. At home oatmeal’s baths with calamine lotion both help to sooth itchy skin and aid in drying the blisters.
Natural remedies have less adversity reactions with few side effects in most cases. They also allow the skin to heal naturally on its own. Herbal treatments come in several forms today, from teas, powders, tablets ad lotions. Over the year they have been used to ease the pain and itchiness associated with
Although there is no cure for shingles, there are treatments to manage the pain. In most cases the person recovers with treatment, but the reinfection of shingles can last a few months or become a long term chronic condition. The good news, shingles is not contagious to another person who may have already experienced chickenpox. It can be contagious …show more content…
Topical numbing medications can also help to reduce the nerve pain, allowing the person to rest.
Alarms
Medical conditions can vary in difficulty and shingles is no different. There’s a post condition called post-herpetic neuralgia. It happens after the shingle blisters begin to burst and heal, and this condition persists in irritating the skin’s nerves and may restrict a person from daily activity movement. When this happens the pain increases and the treatment may be heighten.
Home Remedies
Sometimes the rash develops into blisters and rubbing or scratching can cause the blister to burst. There are natural remedies depending on the severity of shingles, which work to ease the pain and help heal the skin area. At home oatmeal’s baths with calamine lotion both help to sooth itchy skin and aid in drying the blisters.
Natural remedies have less adversity reactions with few side effects in most cases. They also allow the skin to heal naturally on its own. Herbal treatments come in several forms today, from teas, powders, tablets ad lotions. Over the year they have been used to ease the pain and itchiness associated with