Treatment For Early Stage Shingles

Your doctor can usually diagnose your shingles right.

Treatment for early stage shingles.

Seek early treatment mayo clinic health letter june 2002. Shingles or herpes zoster occurs when the dormant chickenpox virus is reactivated in nerve tissues. National institute of neurologic disorders and stroke. Shingles can be painful and cause severe complications so early detection is necessary for effective treatment.

These vary from very mild skin irritation and pain to fever and other symptoms of severe illness. Early treatment can limit pain help the rash heal quicker and may reduce scarring. The early stage of shingles called the prodromal stage begins 3 to 4 days before the rash appears. Early symptoms resemble those of the common cold including headache nausea general achiness abdominal pain fatigue fever and chills.

New england journal of medicine 2005. In the early stages shingles can produce an extensive range of signs and symptoms.