Herpes Zoster

herpes Zoster 

Shingles is sometimes also referred to as shingles or chickenpox snake. Shingles is a disease caused by the varicella - zoster virus, the virus that also causes chickenpox. Herper zoster tends to attack the elderly and patients with immunosuppressive diseases (weak immune sistim) such as AIDS, leukemia, lupus, and lymphoma. 

Transmission of Herpes Zoster And Symptoms 

Herpes zoster is transmitted between humans through direct contact, one of which is the transmission through breathing so that the virus could become epidemic among vulnerable host. Once a person has had chickenpox, varicella-zoster virus will persist in a dormant condition (no active or latent) in one or more ganglia (nerve center) posterior. If someone has decreased cellular immunity then the virus can reactivate and spread through the peripheral nerves to the skin causing herpes zoster. In the skin, the virus will multiply (multiplication) and form a small pimple red, fluid-filled, and bulging on the skin around the area through which the virus.
 

At the beginning of the viral infection, the patient will suffer from herpes zoster pain, burning and skin becomes sensitive for a few days to a week. The cause of such acute pain that is difficult to detect when a rash (red bumps on the skin) has not yet appeared. Shingles rash of blisters began to appear (blister) on the basis of small red skin with blisters continue to appear in another 3-5 days. The affected area is usually sensitive to various stimuli (including a very light touch) and can be very painful. 

The herpes zoster virus may never cause symptoms or be re- activated again a few years later. Shingles occurs when the virus reactivates. Sometimes re- activating the virus occurs when there is a disturbance in the immune sistim due to disease (such as AIDS or Hodgkin 's disease) or drugs that affect the immune sistim. Usually, the cause of the reactivation of the virus is unknown. 

Treatment and Prevention 

Treatment of herpes zoster consists of three main points, namely the treatment of acute viral infections, the treatment of acute pain associated with the disease, and the prevention of post-herpetic neuralgia. 

To prevent Herper zoster, one way of doing this is vaccination. The vaccine works to enhance the cytotoxic lymphocyte -specific tanggapanse against the virus in seropositive elderly patients