帯状疱疹
私は２、３年前、この帯状疱疹にかかった。お腹の右側に帯状に発疹が現れ、それは２、３ミリの赤い粒粒が帯状に長さ１０ｃｍぐらいにできた。最初は痛みもなく、かゆみもなく、何か分からずにいたが、これが帯状疱疹なのかと気が付いた。発疹はひどくならないので、医者にも見せず、発疹部分にメンソレを塗っていた。この発疹は２、３週間で消えてしまった。
一方私の妻は、今年４月５日に帯状疱疹の症状が出た。体の右側の胸や首筋に発疹が出て、これは明らかに帯状疱疹であろうと判断した。ネットによると、発疹が出て３日以内に医者に見せて、治療を受けたほうが良い、と書いていた。私達は病院に行って、妻を医者に見てもらった。彼女は、当時まだ痛みや、かゆみはなかったので、医者にその旨を伝えると、医者は、塗り薬、痛み止め、ビタミン剤などを処方してくれた。４、５日経つと、発疹部分は広がり、頭の部分まで広がった。かゆみと痛みが激しくなり、発疹の部分が熱を帯びてきた。痛さに我慢できなくなったので、病院へ行き、医者に発疹を見せ、痛みがひどいことを訴えた。さらに夜中に痛みで目が覚めて、寝られないことも訴えた。
医者は、より強い解熱鎮痛剤を処方してくれた。妻はこれを服用していたが、さすような痛みは周期的にあり、我慢の毎日であった。薬がなくなったので、再び病院に行き、医者に病状を訴えた。医者は後遺症の神経痛と判断したようである。薬を飲んで１週間経っても痛みは続き、薬もなくなったので、寝る前に風邪薬のパブロンを飲んだ。これが以外に痛みと不眠に効いて、夜中に目が覚めてもまたすぐ寝られ、不眠による不快さはなくなったようである。
妻は、帯状疱疹が出て、６月５日で２カ月になる。この帯状疱疹は、人によっては３カ月で終わる人もいるし、１年もかかる人もいるという。彼女は２カ月になて、やっと症状が収まったようである。高齢者は３人に１人がこの病気に罹ると言われている。抗ウイルスのワクチンを打っておくべきであったであろう。医者は、最初の彼女の訴えが強くなかったので、薬で治ると判断したのであろう。この医者が用心して、抗ウイルス薬の点滴をしておけば、妻はこのような症状に長い間苦しむことはなかったかもしれない。
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Ｍiscellaneous-notes
Shingles
I had shingles a few years ago. A band-shaped rash appeared on the right side of my stomach, consisting of 2-3 mm red particles that stretched about 10 cm in length. At first, I didn't feel any pain or itchiness, and didn't know what it was, but then I realized it was shingles. The rash didn't get worse, so I didn't show it to the doctor and just applied Menthol to the rash. The rash disappeared in 2-3 weeks.
Meanwhile, my wife developed shingles symptoms on April 5th of this year. She had many rashes on her right side of her body, on her chest and on her neck, and we decided that this was clearly shingles. According to the internet, it is better to see a doctor within three days of the rash appearing and receive treatment. We went to the hospital and had my wife seen by a doctor. She was not yet in pain or itching at the time, so we told the doctor that, and he prescribed ointments, painkillers, vitamins, etc. After four or five days, the rash spread and spread to her head. The itching and pain became intense, and the rash became hot. My wife could no longer bear the pain, so we went to the hospital, showed the rash to the doctor, and complained that the pain was severe. She also complained that she was waking up in the middle of the night with pain and could not sleep.
The doctor prescribed a stronger antipyretic and analgesic. My wife took this, but the slight pain came periodically and she had to endure it every day. When we ran out of medicine, we went back to the hospital and complained to the doctor. The doctor seemed to have diagnosed it as neuralgia caused by shingles. She continued to take the medicine for a week, but when she ran out of it, she took Pabron, a cold medicine, before going to bed. This worked surprisingly well for the pain and insomnia, and even if she woke up in the middle of the night, she was able to fall asleep again right away, and the discomfort caused by insomnia seemed to have disappeared.
June 5th marks two months since my wife developed shingles. Some people get over shingles in three months, while others take as long as a year. It's been two months since her symptoms finally subsided. It is said that one in three elderly people will suffer from this disease. She should have had an antiviral vaccine. The doctor probably judged that her symptoms could be cured with medicine because her initial complaints were not severe. If the doctor had been cautious and administered an antiviral drug intravenously, my wife might not have had to suffer from these symptoms for so long.
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