Health experts estimate that 50 percent of people who live to be 80 will have an attack of the herpes zoster virus, which you probably know as shingles. The virus, a version of the one that gave you chickenpox as a child, hides in your body, sometimes for 50 years or more, until something provokes …
If you are one of the fortunate people who have never experienced the virus, you certainly never want to. It is an uncomfortable condition that manifests with stabbing pain and a burning sensation. After experiencing the virus once, you’re likely to do everything possible to never have it again. Which leads to the burning question: …
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus called the varicella-zoster virus or VZV. While the same virus causes them, they are not the same illness. When a child becomes infected with chickenpox, the virus becomes latent in their nerve tissue, where it is inactive. It can later become reactivated, causing a painful rash …
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Varicella-zoster, commonly known as “shingles,’ is a virus infection that causes a painful rash, usually on one side of the body. The varicella-zoster virus is the same virus that causes chickenpox. If you have had chickenpox as a child, the virus may lie dormant in your body for many years, only to erupt into a …
Shingles is a painful rash caused by a virus. Shingles can occur anywhere in your body, but mostly they appear as a single thread of blisters on the left or right side of the body. From the appearance of the rash, doctors can quickly diagnose if it’s shingles or something else. The shingle rash appears …
