Fernando Rocha Reveals Serious Illness: “The Pain Is Excruciating”

Fernando Rocha Reveals Serious Illness: “The Pain Is Excruciating”


Fernando Rocha posted a video on social media

The host Fernando RochaThe 57-year-old took to his social networks this Thursday, 27, to post a video in which he tells his followers that he has been diagnosed with herpes zoster, a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), responsible for chickenpox and which can remain hidden in a person’s nervous system for years or decades.




“I wanted to make a statement about a disease that I am dealing with these days called herpes zoster. If you have had chickenpox, you are over 40, 45 years old, you can have herpes zoster. It is a disease that also occurs in relation to low immunity, factors But, in any case, this chickenpox virus, called varicella-zoster, is stored in the body, waiting for a window of opportunity,” it started.

“This window presents itself with a low level of immunity, with emotional changes. I don’t know exactly what it was, but I have had shingles for about a week. I have already taken the necessary antiviral drugs for a week and now I know I am dealing with the consequences of this disease which is pain, but it is a very big pain.” He continued.

“It’s an excruciating pain, it’s like a sword stuck in the rib… And it has to do with the emotions that we keep in life, which accumulate, well, I can’t say, but they are emotional variations. But my This statement is just to say this: there is a vaccine against herpes zoster. The vaccine is only offered in the private network, it costs a lot, around R$800 and it takes two doses. concluded.

I wait:

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Source: Terra

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