带状疱疹是春季最易流行的一种病毒感染性皮肤病,老年人和患有慢性消耗性疾病的人容易感染,而且一旦染上病情更为严重。民间把这种病称作“串腰龙”,文献上叫“缠腰火丹”,这是因为侵犯胸腰部位的带状疱疹占本病发病率的60％以上。实际上,这种病还可侵犯头、面、耳及上下肢等部位。由于这种病毒有亲神经的特点,发病总是沿神经走向,呈条带状,故称“带状疱疹”。 Shingles are the most prevalent form of viral infectious skin disease in the spring, and people in the elderly and people with chronic wasting diseases are more susceptible to infection and become more severed once infected. The disease is referred to as “string waist dragons” by civilians and is called “entangled waist fire flames” in the literature because herpes zoster, which invading the thoracolumbar region, accounts for more than 60% of the incidence of this disease. In fact, this disease can also invade the head, face, ears and upper limbs and other parts. Because of this virus has a neurotropic characteristics, the incidence is always along the nerve, was banded, it is called “shingles.”