Nasal spray made from ingredients that are available in the chili, could be a new weapon in the fight against pain caused by shingles. We are talking about a common complication of the disease, known medically as post-herpetic neuralgia.
Shingles called re-activation of the chickenpox virus. Once people have been ill as a child with chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in the nerves, where it suppresses the immune system. But because of age, stress or illness immune virus can "wake up" after years and even decades after chickenpox itself. It causes inflammation and nerve damage, rash, and pain in the affected area - usually on the chest, abdomen or face.
Seizures shingles last up to 2 weeks, and 20% of its victims develop postherpetic neuralgia . This serious disorder with severe pain that lasts for at least 3 months. Pain can be of different types (shooting, burning, pressing, etc.). Patients give a small dose of antidepressants and epilepsy drugs that suppress pain.
New spray created in the US is based on capsaicin - that the component, which makes hot pepper. When a person eats pepper, capsaicin causes a burning sensation due to the activation of nerve cells. Well, neuralgia after denying it, on the contrary, depriving cells of sensitivity. In clinical trials, 40% of the spray reduced the intensity of pain patients and improve the quality of sleep. (READ MORE)
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