Tell Me Everything About Shingles

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Tell me everything about shingles.

Following a bout of chickenpox the virus lies dormant in the spinal nerve cells. But it can be reactivated years. Shingles is a rash with shooting pain. The pain and rash occur near an eye.

It usually shows up on just one side of your body. Healthy adults age 50 and older should talk to. Contact your doctor promptly if you suspect shingles but especially in the following situations. Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella zoster virus which is the same virus that causes chickenpox.

You re 60 or older because age significantly increases your risk of complications. Anyone who has recovered from chickenpox and even children can get shingles. Symptoms of shingles include burning or shooting pain tingling or itching chills fever headache upset stomach and. If left untreated this infection can lead to permanent eye damage.

The first sign of shingles is often burning or tingling pain which can be severe or sometimes numbness or itch generally on one side of the body. Shingles arises from varicella zoster the same virus that causes chickenpox.