If you notice early symptoms of shingles, go to the hospital immediately!!

The golden time for herpes zoster treatment is 3 days, or 72 hours.

Shingles tend to develop when immunity decreases and are a residual condition accompanied by unbearable pain and suffering...

Know the early symptoms of shingles and get treatment quickly!!

 

Herpes zoster is a disease in which the varicella-zoster virus remains asymptomatically around the nerves after causing chickenpox in childhood, and when immunity to the varicella-zoster virus decreases, it travels along the nerves to the skin, causing rashes and severe pain.

It mainly occurs in people over their 50s, and the early symptoms of shingles include a tingling and burning sensation on the face or inside the ear, along with skin rashes. The rash gradually turns into blisters.

The initial symptoms of shingles mostly appear in a band-like pattern and are accompanied by a stabbing pain. They mainly occur on the torso and buttocks, but can also appear on areas with nerves such as the face and head. If the area has nerves, it can occur anywhere on the face, arms, or legs.

 

My mom said that her initial symptoms of shingles include persistent itching on her back.

So, on my back skin, I noticed 2-3 red spots that look like skin lesions, as if I had been bitten by an insect.

My mom felt itchy and then experienced a sharp, stabbing pain along with a burning sensation.

And I also had a fever, and the pain was so severe that I felt a burning sensation and stabbing pain like needles, I couldn't bear it.

The first time I felt something strange, my mother's back had about 2-3 red spots, but when she experienced pain, the spots around that area increased and looked like blisters.

I went to the hospital immediately because of severe pain, and I was diagnosed with shingles and received treatment for shingles.

 

This is a photo of my mom's early shingles symptoms.

When the initial symptoms of shingles, such as rash, appear, blisters are not visible and it looked like a red skin condition.

The noticeable area appears to have only 2-3 spots on the skin that look like insect bites.

And red rashes are spreading around, forming blisters and vesicles!!

 

Even after some time has passed since I had shingles, the traces of shingles are still remaining.

 

I first learned about shingles at that time. The doctor said that if I had come to the hospital early when I first showed symptoms of shingles, it could have been diagnosed sooner, and that skin rashes appeared as symptoms. He emphasized the importance of early treatment.

The golden time for herpes zoster treatment is about 3 days, or 72 hours. Since it is a disease with severe pain, the earlier the initial symptoms of herpes zoster are detected, the faster the treatment and recovery.

Shingles is treated with antiviral medication, but even during treatment, unbearable pain—something only those who have experienced it can understand—causes such severe discomfort that it prevents sleep.

Since I was continuing to take the prescribed medication, the pain gradually improved. The doctor told me that shingles can recur if the immune system weakens, so he recommended prevention and also suggested a preventive vaccination after one year.

 

The shingles vaccine is recommended for those aged 50 and older with weakened immune systems.

If you had shingles, don't get the preventive shot immediately after treatment; wait one year before receiving the preventive vaccination.