How is shingles transmitted? Pay attention to these 3 situations

As we all know, shingles is easily transmitted when the human body's immunity is low. Therefore, the question of how shingles is transmitted has always troubled people. In fact, shingles has three transmission routes, and saliva transmission is one of them.

1. Shingles can be transmitted through saliva

The herpes zoster virus can be transmitted through saliva, but if the infected person has a strong immunity, it will not necessarily cause herpes zoster. Therefore, try to avoid contact with the saliva of a herpes zoster patient.

2. Shingles can be transmitted through the moisture of herpes

If the herpes of a shingles patient breaks, the moisture inside will flow out, which will not only cause serious infection to the patient's skin, but may also be transmitted to people around them. Although the chance of this infection is relatively small, children who have no resistance to the herpes zoster virus can easily be infected with herpes zoster. Therefore, patients with shingles should avoid scratching the affected area to avoid infection and infecting others.

3. Shingles can be transmitted through wounds

Shingles can be transmitted to others through wounds, but generally when a healthy person has a wound and comes into contact with a shingles patient, the wound is easily invaded by the shingles virus, thus causing the occurrence of shingles.

What causes shingles?

The disease is caused by the varicella virus. The virus enters the human body through the respiratory mucosa and spreads through the blood, causing the formation of chickenpox. Many people become carriers of the virus because they do not develop chickenpox after being infected with the virus.

After the varicella virus infiltrates the sensory nerve endings of the skin, it will transfer along the nerves to the ganglia of the posterior roots of the spinal cord and then hide. When people's cellular immune function declines, such as when they suffer from a cold, fever, etc., the virus becomes active, destroying the ganglia and causing them to necrotize, and activating other viruses to enter the skin and cause herpes. Rarely, the herpes virus may spread to the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and visceral nerve fibers, causing motor nerve paralysis.

Shingles is a very harmful skin disease. Due to its complex cause, it is relatively slow to treat. However, during the treatment process, as long as everyone actively cooperates and pays more attention to dietary issues, the effect will be more significant and the condition will recover relatively early.