According to World Health Organization specialists information more than half of Earth population is infected with different sorts of herpetic viruses. Fortunately these infections for most people are represented in a dormant form with high probability not to wake up forever, but on some occasions such problem appearance as shingles is possible.
Shingles representation for males
According to statistics men meet shingles much more often than women which we might explain on inflammation reasons investigation. As it is widely known Herpes Zoster (or Varizella Zoster) primary contamination results in chickenpox inflammation which pictures are usually easily treated and recovery is fast. Afterwards viruses stay in men or women nervous system roots or nodes (medics call them ganglions) in "deactivated" condition as patient organism once recovering from chickenpox gets whole life immunity protection against this disease return. However on heavy impacts like superfluous psychological stresses or serious health deviations (cancer appearance, HIV, lymphogranulomatosis, lymphoma presence, etc.) immune status becomes depressed and therefore vulnerable for herpes virus reactivation. For men mental stresses are the regular life part due to highly intensive activity schedules both mentally and physically so it should not become surprise on higher shingles pictures appearance frequency observation.
Most inconvenient and sharp symptom is strong pain in affected areas as Herpes Zoster virus hits nervous nodes therefore providing corresponding painful influences. Skin pictures which are observed in couple of days after reactivation impulse show specific eruption located on red spots over the waist (regularly) or face (less often) areas - like nose, eyes, ears, etc. Shingles rash represents characteristic papulasgroups (they look on pictures as bubbles - filled with liquid on first couple of days, then covered by dry crusts) placed over erythematic foundation on men skin.
Eruption does not provide the only shingles sign and symptom. Actually this sickness pictures may represent different complicationforms varying on treatment required to apply.
Ganglio-cutaneous shingles infection is met rather often. It begins with sharp fever appearance. After that intoxication displays may become observed for men consisting of vomiting and nausea. Usually most irritating symptom is strong pain - when inflammation itself will be liquidated ganglions lesions will recover in couple of months thus strong pain syndrome stays with patient for all this time.
Nose, ear or eye zones displacement of shingles eruptions represent heavier inflammation pictures because of extreme closeness to important men nervous system nodes responsible for person sensations. Facial nerve may become paralyzed simultaneously with pain syndrome and rash bubbles appearance.
Appearance condition of necrotic shingles form includes weakened immunity status. First regular infection symptoms including fever, intoxication signs, bubble eruptions, etc. arise; but then deep skin lesions turning to scars are observed. This stage may be prevented on timely medications implementation with strict investigation of spots development.
Quite rare men contamination shows really heavy complication men in goencephalitic form. Such problem development is highly dangerous, though certain specific pictures (looking like hallucinations or ataxia) become proper timely warning about closing to this point.