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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): Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Risk Factors for Chickenpox (Varicella)Between 75 - 90% of chickenpox cases occur in children under 10 years of age. Before the introduction of the... Read more »
Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Treatment fo...
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for ShinglesThe treatment goals for an acute attack of herpes zoster include:Reduce painReduce discomfortHasten healing of blistersPrevent the... Read more »
Shingles
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Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Complication...
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Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Vaccination
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