Muscle Pain With Shingles
- Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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What Is It?
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster or just zoster, occurs when a virus in nerve cells becomes active again later in life and causes a skin rash.
The virus that causes shingles, the varicella-zoster virus, is the same virus that causes chickenpox. It is a member of the herpes virus family. Once you have had chickenpox, varicella-zoster virus remains in your body's nerve tissues and never really goes away. It is inactive, but it can be reactivated later in life. This...
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Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Complication...
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Symptoms of ChickenpoxThe time between exposure to the virus and eruption of symptoms is called the incubation period. For chickenpox, this period is... Read more »
Diagnosis of Shingles
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Shingles
of shingles infection is usually made by inspection of the characteristic rash and associated symptoms. Occasionally, diagnostic tests may be... Read more »
Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Treatment fo...
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
for Postherpetic NeuralgiaPostherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is difficult to treat. Once PHN develops, a patient may need a multidisciplinary approach that... Read more »
Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Risk Factors...
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Chickenpox (varicella) rarely causes complications, but it is not always harmless. It can cause hospitalization and, in rare cases, death.... Read more »
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