Eruption appearance is one of the common characteristic symptoms over many herpetic viral infectious diseases. Although such sign may be observed for most herpetic inflammations it looks rather different for various representatives of this viral family - even such close on nature diseases as chickenpox and shingles may provide different pictures.
Shingles observation on pictures and photos
Shingles images observation brings us possibility to differentiate it from various diseases looking same or similar - and such opportunity becomes very important because this inflammation itself may indicate much more heavy health problems appearance characterized with serious impact on immunity system causing its depression. As shingles represents one of dormant viruses staying in deactivated condition inside human nervous system nodes called ganglions after first contamination we may achieve corresponding representations over skin surface many years after first stage infection usually observed as chickenpox (mostly in childhood when this sickness is carried very easily leaving immunity for whole patient life).
Observation of images collected for those patients being suspicious on shingles contamination gives easily diagnosed symptoms on which differentiation from Chickenpox (same Vaizella Zoster virus) or Ordinary Herpes (closely relative Herpes Simplex virus) may be done with high enough probability. And basis for these accurate preliminary conclusions lays on patient rash pictures investigation showing different location places, development stages or even coloring.
For shingles rash images differential picture is represented with following characteristic signs:
- skin is covered with red spots located over nervous system nodes; their distribution show infection development from ganglion to ganglion, from one nervous system part to the other;
- bubbles stay collected in groups; these groups are represented with equally developed papulas as each group is located over the spot having inflammation began simultaneously;
- groups location looks as one-sided, usually they are differentiated from each other on rash development stage; groups growth is unequal, it shows different stages on different skin areas simultaneously;
- sometimes rash locations may become un-segmented, spread out to neighboring skin territories; this symptom shows serious level contamination overcoming ganglions locations limitation.
From bubbles appearance on images you may observe first wet stage (papulas are full of liquid) then dry one(papulas are covered with scabs). If shingles rash is not treated properly these bubbles turn into scars easily recognized on images taken afterwards.
Investigation of images shot for whole body observation shows rash concentration mostly over waist skin territories. This regular shingles location lets easily differentiate chickenpox which representation have a propensity for patient body center starting from face or hairy head regions. Yet diagnostics specialist should also take into account that chickenpox bubbles show unequal development stages even if they are located nearby.
Special sort of shingles rash images will be collected for investigation of eruption concentrated in nose, ears or eyes areas. These representations indicate strict necessity of corresponding specialization doctors invitation - papulas concentration over these vulnerable areas close to important nerve nodes responsible for hearing or sight feelings.