The difference between chickenpox and herpes zoster

Chickenpox and shingles differ in the following ways: First, although both are caused by varicella zoster virus infection, chickenpox is mainly a skin manifestation caused by initial infection with the virus, while shingles is mainly a clinical manifestation formed after the varicella zoster virus reproduces in the body. Second, the performance is not the same, chickenpox is mainly manifested as the head, face, trunk and other concentric parts of the blister, the middle of the umbilicus, accompanied by obvious itching, infectious. And herpes zoster is mainly distributed on one side of the body, manifested as erythema on the basis of cluster distribution of herpes, blisters, accompanied by obvious nerve pain, paroxysmal, also infectious, but infectious to be lower than chickenpox. Third, the treatment method is different, chickenpox can be actively rest, supplement nutrition, light diet, isolation, some patients in the absence of fever or not accompanied by upper tract infection, without drug treatment for five to seven days can gradually heal. And herpes zoster, especially in the elderly patients must be actively treated in the early stage, because it is not timely and easy to cause nerve repair is not ideal, the formation of scar necrosis, resulting in the occurrence of postherpetic neuralgia.