Dermatology
What is Herpes Zoster?
How is Herpes Zoster diagnosed?
Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection that causes an outbreak of a painful rash or blisters on the skin. It's caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox. The rash most often appears as a band of rashes or blisters in one area of your body.
Shingles can be diagnosed by the way the rash is distributed on your body. The blisters of a shingles rash usually appear in a band on one side of your body. Shingles also may be diagnosed in a laboratory using scrapings or a swab of the fluid from the blisters.
Details of Herpes Zoster
How is Herpes Zoster treated?
There is no cure for shingles but there are treatments for managing the symptoms. Our doctors can prescribed an antibacterial drugs if you develop a bacterial infection due to the shingles rash. Anti-inflammatory drugs like prednisone may be prescribed if shingles affects your eyes or other parts of your face.
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How long does herpes zoster take to heal?
Herpes zoster (shingles) is caused by the herpes zoster virus and is characterized by pain and unilateral vesicular rash that typically affects one dermatome. Symptoms tend to resolve over 10-15 days.
Is there any cure for herpes zoster?
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. There are treatments for shingles symptoms, but there is no cure. There are vaccines against shingles and postherpetic neuralgia.
