Though HSV is not a newly discovered disease, it still has many undiscovered secrets for the science. One of those is how does this illness manage to develop so many types as we can observe on numerous pictures. There are several types of this disease and they all attack different areas of the skin and have no similar symptoms.
What's herpes whitlow?
Though the general symptoms of all herpes types are the same, the secondary appeared features vary greatly. For instance, herpes whitlow damages patient's finger, rather unusual, isn't it? The disease occurs on the area around the fingernail which is rather sensible and that's why the pain is often very noticeable. This phenomenon is caused by the same enemy you've definitely already heard of - HSV.
Herpes zoster-shingles
The specialty of this illness is that it's spread easily and very quickly. That's why preventing it is a quite impossible thing to do. As soon as a person with symptoms (by the way you can learn more about the shape and other characteristics of the symptoms using the pictures in the web or in books) has direct contact with a healthy person, the virus transmits at once! This is why whitlow is so terrible - you never know when you can get it. Herpes zoster contagious
This contagious ailment develops the symptoms very quickly. At first you can only notice skin lesions around the nose or around the mouth. Sometimes they pass mildly and the pain is bearable and the number of the outbreaks is very small. But these cases are rare and often the HSV attacks the body in a great manner - by developing several painful blisters on a great area! Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
You can find whitlow pictures in the science books and you'll see in which manner HSV occurs on the person's skin. Studying various pictures in very effective in order to prevent herpes. It helps to get the complete imagination of what appears on the skin of the person with whitlow and how it differs from the similar finger-skin-diseases. Herpes zoster pictures
The pictures of whitlow can also demonstrate both kinds of HSV - primary and recurrent. As you already know HSV is very contagious and that is why almost all people on the entire planet have the primary type. This means that whitlow never appears in the form of initial features but exists in the body in the "sleeping" condition. Of course when the illness is on the recurrent stage it causes blisters and others unpleasant signs that science and medical pictures demonstrate.
To protect yourself from whitlow you have to look carefully on the hands of people you have contact with. Whether you see the signs of herpes, better not have direct skin-to-skin contact with this person otherwise you'll get whitlow yourself!