Shingles Imagine a bug bite itch. Now imagine an itch that can never be scratched, and if scratched, bursts of pain flare up on that particular body part. Shingles, or Herpes Zoster, can be defined from an online dictionary as an acute, painful inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Shingles (herpes zoster) is triggered by the Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV), also called Human Herpesvirus 3 (HHV3), which is also causes chickenpox (varicella) ("Re: Who Discovered the Shingles?"). Over one hundred years, there have been incidents of shingles for different people. The earliest cases of shingles are over two hundred and fifty years old. The rash itself was sometimes confused with smallpox/chickenpox, so it’s a
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Also, over the country medicines can help reduce pain during an attack of shingles pain. Up-to-date antibiotics can also be applied directly to the skin to halt the infections of filled blisters. However, sometimes shingles causes long-tern complications since there isn’t exactly a cure. The effectiveness of the treatment usually dials the pain level down a notch, but there is still some type of pain and itchiness. The filled blisters, if opened, can cause more infection to the already affected area by shingles ("Shingles Treatment"). Some preventative measures one can take to avoid contracting shingles is that to reduce stress, have a stronger immune system by working out and eating healthy. Not smoking and getting the right amount of sleep every night can also help. Some risk factors for getting shingles is having had chicken/small pox in the past, being older than the age of fifty, having had a another disease, such as diabetes, weakening the immune system, having received treatment cancer, and experienced trauma/stress (Shingles
Also, over the country medicines can help reduce pain during an attack of shingles pain. Up-to-date antibiotics can also be applied directly to the skin to halt the infections of filled blisters. However, sometimes shingles causes long-tern complications since there isn’t exactly a cure. The effectiveness of the treatment usually dials the pain level down a notch, but there is still some type of pain and itchiness. The filled blisters, if opened, can cause more infection to the already affected area by shingles ("Shingles Treatment"). Some preventative measures one can take to avoid contracting shingles is that to reduce stress, have a stronger immune system by working out and eating healthy. Not smoking and getting the right amount of sleep every night can also help. Some risk factors for getting shingles is having had chicken/small pox in the past, being older than the age of fifty, having had a another disease, such as diabetes, weakening the immune system, having received treatment cancer, and experienced trauma/stress (Shingles