Shingles for Pregnant Women: 3 Treatment Options

Shingles is a common disease that usually occurs in people who had chickenpox as children. It can cause dangerous complications, especially for pregnant women.

Factors Causing Shingles in Pregnant Women:

The activity of the chickenpox virus causes shingles. People who have had chickenpox are at risk of developing shingles.

The body often appears blisters, itching and discomfort when having shingles. Before these signs appear, the patient often feels headache, goosebumps, fever and discomfort. After being infected with shingles and blisters appear, the blisters will burst, leak water, dry and form scars.

Shingles can occur due to the following symptoms:

• Due to fatigue, tension and stress
• Immunodeficiency
• Due to infection from other people

If not treated promptly, shingles in pregnant women can cause many dangerous complications. Pregnant women with shingles can cause eye damage and corneal diseases, putting the patient at risk of lifelong blindness.

Shingles can not only cause hearing problems but can also cause stroke and meningitis.

Treatment of Herpes Zoster in Pregnant Women:

• Treatment of shingles

To treat shingles in pregnant women, patients need to rest regularly and avoid heavy work. In addition, women need to follow all advice and instructions from their doctors throughout the treatment process. When treating this disease, doctors often prescribe antiviral drugs, painkillers and antibacterial drugs.

When you have shingles, to ensure that the blisters dry quickly, you can use a clean dry towel, absolutely do not rub or scratch to avoid infection.

In addition, the patient needs to see an eye doctor immediately for examination and treatment of shingles to avoid the risk of blindness.

• Methods of preventing shingles in pregnant women

Daily lifestyle has a significant impact on the health of pregnant women as well as the risk of shingles. To prevent shingles during pregnancy, it is advisable to practice healthy living habits.

Diet is very important in the treatment and control of the disease. Therefore, pregnant women should include the following foods in their daily diet: Foods rich in vitamin C, zinc, lysine and licorice (use in appropriate amounts and consult before use) and vitamins B12, B6.

In addition, pregnant women should also avoid the following foods:

• Alcoholic beverages: wine, beer, etc.
• Do not use too many nuts, products made from oats, soybeans, gelatin, chocolate, etc.
•  Refined grains
• Foods high in fat, fried foods high in oil.

In daily life when sick

• Avoid scratching and impacting blisters and rash areas.
• Wear loose, airy clothing made from natural materials such as cotton.
• You can lightly bandage the wound to reduce friction and prevent blisters from breaking and leaking fluid.
• Cleanse skin daily with a mild antiseptic cleanser.

Some Folk Remedies:

Drug treatment has a direct negative impact on the baby's development. Below are some safe folk methods in treating pregnant women with shingles.

• Use garlic

How to do it

• Pregnant mothers use a few peeled and crushed garlic cloves.
• Apply crushed garlic to the shingles area and leave for about 20 minutes.
• Rinse the affected area gently with warm water.

Pregnant women with shingles can use garlic during the treatment process. The essence in garlic will help kill bacteria and heal wounds quickly.

• Use onions

Slice an onion into thin slices and apply them to the rash and blisters. The anti-inflammatory properties of onions will help to relieve the shingles.

• Use aloe vera

Aloe vera contains glycoproteins and polysaccharides along with many vitamins and minerals in high concentrations that help soothe itchy skin and heal wounds.

How to do:

• Take the aloe vera flesh and mix it with crushed green beans in a mortar.
• Then apply to the shingles area where blisters appear.
• Then let it dry naturally and continue to apply to the skin. After drying, rinse with water gently.

Do this about 3 times a day and you will see rapid improvement in your condition.

Conclude:

Pregnant women should be careful, although the rate of shingles in pregnant women is usually lower than normal people. Although there is no specific way to avoid shingles, you can strengthen your immune system by getting the chickenpox vaccine for pregnant women and children over one year old. However, if you have never had chickenpox before, it is very likely that you will be infected with shingles or chickenpox from someone who has.

But once you've had chickenpox, the virus can develop into shingles at any time. Therefore, although there is no specific way to prevent shingles, you should try to avoid all risks of infection as well as the possibility of infection during pregnancy.

Some basic information about shingles in pregnant women and methods of treating and preventing shingles are presented below.

Wilimedia  hopes that after reading this article, you will better understand shingles and pay more attention to this disease during pregnancy or when planning to become pregnant.

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