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Hemiplegia [herpes zoster] (20 contents)
Shingles - symptoms, causes, treatment
A disease known and unknown at the same time - almost everyone has heard of it, but when it affects us, it turns out that we do not know much about it.
How long can the symptoms of shingles last?
Shingles is a viral disease caused by the chickenpox virus. It can occur in patients of any age, but most commonly shingles develops in the elderly and in people with weakened immunity. The symptoms...
Nerve paralysis after hemiplegia - is it life-threatening?
Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus. Weakened immunity, stress or other illnesses that affect the immune system favour the onset of the disease. One of the symptoms that accompany herpes is...
What ailments can be early symptoms of shingles?
Half-septicaemia, which is actually a reactivation of the latent chickenpox virus infection, is mainly associated with characteristic skin lesions, which are painful blisters. However, before...
Hemiplegic neuralgia - what is it?
Everyone has probably heard of hemiplegia, but not many people know about the condition called hemiplegic neuralgia. What are its causes? How can it be effectively treated?
Recurrent shingles - clinical and immunological features
Shingles belongs to a group of diseases of a viral nature, caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus or hemiplegia. The clinical manifestations occur on the skin surface, in the area of the...
Shingles in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Shingles is a disease closely related to chickenpox. The child initially contracts chickenpox, with the virus entering the child's nervous system (affecting the cranial nerves and intervertebral...
Shingles in children
Shingles, or septicaemia, is an infectious disease that is caused by the same virus as in chickenpox (Herpesvirus varicella zoster). After the chickenpox has been treated, the virus remains in the...
Exercise in pregnancy and the puerperium. Part 3: Gymnastics in the second stage of pregnancy
The material presents some basic improvement exercises recommended for women in the second period of pregnancy.
Exercise in pregnancy and the puerperium. Part 2: Gymnastics in the first period of pregnancy.
The material presents some basic improvement exercises recommended for women in the first period of pregnancy.
Exercise in pregnancy and the postpartum period. Part 1: Introductory information
This article presents the benefits of daily exercise during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. It also discusses the basic recommendations to be made before starting and during exercise.
Chickenpox - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment with acyclovir
Acyclovir (Zovirax, Heviran) is an antiviral drug that is effective in herpes virus and chickenpox and herpes zoster virus infections.
Chickenpox - contact with a sick person
Children with immunodeficiencies are at risk of numerous complications of smallpox. For this reason, documented contact with a person suffering from smallpox requires specific prophylactic measures.
Chickenpox - infectiousness to the environment
Chickenpox is a highly infectious disease. Among children who are not immunised against smallpox, the risk of contracting the disease after contact with the virus reaches almost 100%.
Chickenpox - complications
Chickenpox is usually a relatively mild disease, but various complications, including life-threatening complications, are possible during its course.
