According to medical publications in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Journal of Immunology, nutrition directly affects the ability to restore the epidermis.
Consuming the wrong food when suffering from zoster (also known as herpes zóster) causes a sudden increase in cytokine and histamine levels in the blood. This condition makes blisters slow to dry, irritate itching, leading to scratching reflexes causing superinfection and certainly leaving deep scars.
To prevent sequelae, it is necessary to limit the following familiar foods from the daily menu:
Sweets, soft drinks
Confectionery, tea, bottled soft drinks... because high levels of sugar in them will stimulate the inflammatory reaction of the whole body, breaking down the collagen structure, causing the damaged skin area to slow down the regeneration of young skin.
Fried dishes, fast food
Fried dishes, fatty meat, fried chicken, french fries. These are foods with saturated fat that hinder blood circulation, reducing the amount of oxygen and nutrients delivered to restore the skin damaged by the virus.
Seafood
Shrimp, crabs, crabs, snails, and squid contain large amounts of strange proteins that easily trigger allergies. These foods will increase itching at blisters, stimulate patients to scratch and tear the protective epidermis, opening the way for Staphylococcus bacteria to enter.
Alcohol, beer
Alcohol will directly impair the function of white blood cells. When the immune barrier is neutralized, skin damage will spread, take longer to heal, increase the rate of neuropathic complications and prolong the life of the disease.
