There was a proposal to leave the unfortunate patients with herpes zoster alone, because they do not want to stay at home, but want to move in society.
I will explain. From the herpes zoster bubbles, the herpes virus flies out, which causes chickenpox in those who do not have chickenpox, sometimes in those who have chickenpox, and occasionally in those vaccinated against chickenpox. That is, it can get sick anyone.
This virus is very unstable in the environment, it does not lie in dried snot like viruses that cause the common cold. If you have picked up chickenpox, it means that someone was near you and infected you meanly. He sneezed at you or flapped his wings, but the result of this interaction is always the same - a virus flies out of the patient and flies into your mouth or nose.
Therefore, patients with chickenpox and herpes zoster should be isolated for a while. Now the bubbles dry up and you can walk.
For a very long time they could not believe that herpes zoster also flies through the air.
With chickenpox everything is clear. There bubbles scatter over the body and with each movement a virus flies out of the bubbles. And blisters with chickenpox are in the mouth and nose. From there, they fly even faster into the air.
Doctors hoped that herpes zoster would not spread as much. But they miscalculated.
It turned out that the size of the rashes with herpes zoster does not affect airborne transmission. That is, a small spot under the scapula and a physiognomy sprinkled with bubbles are approximately equally able to disperse the infection.
It is clear that the more a patient with herpes zoster jerks, the more the virus he scatters. So it is better for him to sit still and not jog around the neighborhood.
It also looks like shingles can spread the virus by mouth. This was not very clear, because if the rash appeared on the back, then it should not be in the mouth.
It is believed that during the rash or immediately before it, the herpes virus floating in blood and may end up in the mouth and nose. From there, he already flies out in about the same way as chickenpox.
These are the pies. In short, sit at home and do not show off until the bubbles dry.
