4. Other illnesses can cause postherpetic neuralgia, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
When you have these chronic illnesses, it increases your chances of getting the disease. These chronic illnesses weaken the immune system and cause different diseases to develop in the body.
Your primary care physician should monitor your health by taking blood and imaging tests on a regular basis. The primary care doctor needs to do a complete physical on a regular basis as well to catch postherpetic neuralgia and other diseases before it becomes worse.
A lot of the times the medications that the doctor prescribes may cause diseases, such as postherpetic neuralgia to develop. That’s why it’s important that your doctor stays on top of your overall health, including all medications. You may have to change or stop a medication when you develop postherpetic neuralgia.
Don’t be afraid to tell your doctor how medicine is interacting with your body.