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• It is a viral infection that occurs due to the same virus that causes the aquaculinity (the neck), as it is when previously infected with the aqueous, the virus hides and lives for years in the person's nervous system in an inactive form, but it may again activate the cause of the "fiery belt".
• It can happen anywhere in the body, but it often affects a small part of the body with a specific pattern around the left or right side of the trunk.
• Fire belt is not a dangerous or life -threatening condition; But it may be very painful, this can happen in childhood; But it is more common in adults, especially the elderly.

Symptoms

• Symptoms usually appear in the form of a painful rash, represented in liquid blisters with a specific style that resembles a tape or belt.
• Feeling of severe pain, tingling or heartburn in the affected skin parts, which may start even before the rash appears.
• Allergy to touching the affected area.
• Other symptoms such as fever and headache.
• Pimples can turn into open sores, then exfoliate those sores.
• The rash usually disappears in general within three to four weeks.

Risk factors that may lead to infection

• Previous infection with waterproof (Al -Aqlaq).
• Age, where the "fiery belt" affects people of all ages, but it is more common in adults aged 50 years or more.
• The occurrence of weakness in the immune system, such as the one that occurs when exposed to chemotherapy or radiation, or immune diseases such as AIDS and others.

Complications

In most cases, it passes through its course without any permanent health problems, however the condition can be accompanied by complications

• Severe pain for more than three months, even after pimples disappeared.
• Visual loss.
• Mens and brain.
• Bacterial skin infections.
• The occurrence of scars and changes in the color of the skin for a long time after its disappearance.

Treatment

The "fire belt" treatment usually includes a group of medications that reduce symptoms and reduce the risk of complications such as

• Antiviral drugs: antiviral drugs prevent the proliferation of the virus, and help to heal the rash more quickly, as well as reduce the severity and duration of the pain, especially when they start using it within 72 hours after the appearance of the rash.
• Pain analgesics, because the pain can be severe, and strong analgesics are often needed.
• Antibiotics, which are used when a secondary bacterial infection occurs on the rash.

Prevention

Prevention is to take the vaccine, which is given in the form of two doses for the following groups

• The 50 -year -old and more.
• The 18 -year -old and more when you have an immune disease, or for those who take immunosuppressive medications such as chemotherapy.

Guidelines for people with a fiery belt

• Keep the rash clean and dry to reduce the risk of infection.
• Avoid sharing clothes.
• Not touching the rash of the injured.
• Avoid mixing people with fire belt in particular.
• Wear loose clothes made of natural fibers.
• Make sure to avoid mixing with some special groups (such as pregnant women or people with weak immunity, as well as newborns).