Well-known male singer Cai Guoqing posted a long message today (June 14) to bid farewell to the variety show "This is My Island", saying: "The few months of recording This is My Island were both difficult and happy, and more importantly... Perseverance and love. In the last few days, due to weakened immunity, I suffered from acute herpes zoster, but even though I endured severe pain, I still insisted on completing the final mission on the island..."
commented on this. Many netizens in the district expressed their concern, and some expressed their lingering fears about the disease: It hurts too much!
The older you are, the more serious your condition will be after suffering from herpes zoster.
Some patients may have postherpetic neuralgia for up to 10 years.
Herpes zoster (commonly known as: shingles, snakes, etc.) is a disease caused by chickenpox- Infectious skin disease caused by herpes zoster virus. The "culprits" of shingles and chickenpox are both varicella-zoster viruses, but they manifest as different diseases at different times.
It is understood that there are about 1.56 million new cases of herpes zoster in people over 50 years old in my country every year.
Professor Huang Xuehua, deputy chief physician of the Pain Department of Xinhua Hospital, said: " About 1/3 of people will suffer from herpes zoster in their lifetime. Therefore, ordinary people also need to be alert to the risk of herpes zoster. I have encountered it in the outpatient clinic. Some people who come to see a doctor have their own immunity weakened by staying up late, having irregular schedules, being overworked, etc., and the chickenpox-zoster virus latent in the body is reactivated, thus causing herpes zoster."
Professor Huang Xuehua emphasized: "Age is the most important risk factor for herpes zoster. People over 50 years old are susceptible to the disease. The older you are, the more likely you are to get the disease and the condition will be more severe. Even if you are healthy, middle-aged and elderly people are still at risk of contracting herpes zoster after the age of 50. A sudden increase. After getting herpes zoster, typical symptoms include skin lesions and pain, of which pain is the main symptom of herpes zoster, and post-herpetic neuralgia is the most common complication of herpes zoster. 0%-50% of herpes zoster. Patients with posterior neuralgia have pain for more than 1 year, and some can last for 10 years. Herpes zoster also has special clinical types, such as ocular herpes zoster, ear herpes zoster, etc.
Patients with chronic diseases and rheumatic immune diseases
Herpes zoster is closer
High-risk groups for herpes zoster also include patients with chronic diseases and patients with rheumatic immune diseases. Cheng Tianyi, chief physician of the general practice at Dapuqiao Street Community Health Service Center in Huangpu District, said, "Compared to the average person, Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a 24%-41% increased risk of contracting herpes zoster. "Due to the disorder of the immune mechanism, patients with rheumatic immune diseases have reduced immune defense function and are susceptible to infections (such as influenza). , pneumonia, shingles, etc.), the risk is much higher than that of healthy people. When patients with chronic diseases contract herpes zoster, it will affect the management of the chronic disease and increase the economic burden.
Cheng Tianyi said: " For high-risk groups, the first step is to correctly understand the disease, know its risks, and then carry out effective prevention. Vaccination can effectively reduce the risk of severe illness and death in the elderly, for the health of the elderly Protect us.”
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Editor: Ni Yanhong
