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Known as shingles, this is
a disease caused by a virus that attacks a sensory nerve. The skin over the
nerve generally breaks out in blisters a few days after the onset of the
disorder, along with pain and numbness or hypersensitivity along the course
of the nerve, usually on the trunk. The blisters are at first clear, but
become cloudy within a few days and form crusts that dry up after five or
ten days.
The agent that causes the
disease is the virus that causes chicken pox in children. The skin
manifestation of herpes zoster is not serious, but the pain caused by the
inflammation of the underlying nerve can be severe, lasting for weeks;
recovery may be followed by persistence of neuralgia in the area of the
involved nerve.
In the conventional
medicine, no satisfactory treatment is available except for lotions to
relieve pain, itching, or inflammation.
Homeopathy has encouraging
treatment for this problem. It not only relieves the complaints of the
patient but also prevents recurrence. It can even treat post-herpetic
neuralgia satisfactorily which does not yield to conventional line of
treatment.
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