Herpetic diseases have characteristic clinical representation easily observed and investigated. Visual differential diagnostics of different forms such as ordinary herpes, chickenpox or shingles is very important. Although these illnesses are provoked by same or close viruses, consequences are totally different on their nature and results.
Shingles observation diagram
Herpes zoster (Varizella Zoster) virus provokes this disease same for chickenpox inflectional disease. It is characterized by segmented one-sided bubbles groups location which appear over erythematic basis. After eruption pictures disappearance scars or depigmentation become possible.
On rash stage bubbles groups are developed one by one so their growth may vary from one group to the other but each group looks similar on it. Fully developed bubbles have small cavity on top.
Shingles starts sharply with fever symptoms then bubbles come. Bubbles take place nearby infected ganglions; their appearance is followed with strong aches. Eruption zone pictures may lie over the waist but also nearby eyes or ears. That's why on visual symptoms and rash signs observation around person' sight and hearing organs corresponding specialist should join treatment process.
Sometimes segmented localization may become disordered - then eruption zones transfer to neighbor or distant regions. Infection spreading on whole skin surface becomes possible in sort of general shingles.
On facial nerve lesion neuralgia and paralysis may arise. Most heavy though quite rare complications are meningoencephalitis or meningitis.
On differential diagnostics they investigate erysipelatous inflammation, ordinary herpes, chickenpox pictures. Everybody also should remember that shingles may represent accompanying symptoms for leukemia or lymphoma.
Chickenpoxis primary infection with virus same as same shingles one. Chickenpox is easily observed for children and for adults it is simply differentiated from illness cases on their clinical pictures.
Chickenpox diagram characteristic symptoms arise in fast eruption transformation from steams to bubbles. Meantime itching grows intensively causing rash attacks making patients break these zones with secondary infection producing.
Important signs of most chickenpox arising pictures include asynchronous rash elements appearance which somebody may compare with stellar sky for different stage and size formations. Same time eruption lies generally on trunk and mostly in its center - peripheral zones of the body have sparse rash appearance. Yet eruption symptoms may take parts of face or head skin surface.
Ordinary herpes is provoked with HSV not same as Herpes zoster one but of similar group. After primary infection disease agents also "sleep" in ganglions cells for a long time and may reactivate with same stress factors of immunity weakening like serious fever infections, malignant tumors, superfluous ultraviolet radiation doses, etc. Ordinary herpes is characterized with single double-sided eruption zone instead of one-sided for shingles one.
Usually herpes looks like bubbles with transparent liquid. But first patient feels itching, skin tension or burning. Bubbles become dry fast enough and are covered with scabs. Important differentiation factor is localization of herpetic eruption symptoms strictly over lips or genitals; segment location is not characteristic for this sort of virus but during improper treatment it may transfer to nervous system.