Am I Having A Shingles Outbreak?
02 February 2009
Thinking you might have a second round of chickenpox? Ever wonder how this might happen? This condition is known by the medical term shingles. Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, otherwise known as the varicella-zoster virus. Normally after getting the chickenpox virus once, this virus stays dormant in the nerve cells [...]
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Early Shingles Symptoms
24 September 2008
Herpes zoster (Shingles) is a strange virus because it stems from a very common childhood disease. Shingles is actually a spin off of the chicken pox virus. If you had chicken pox in childhood, or at any other time in your life, you can develop shingles later on in adulthood. The initial chicken pox virus [...]
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Shingles Personal Story
12 July 2008
I received a Varicella vaccination after giving birth to my youngest child. The next morning I woke up to find a small cluster of fluid-filled blisters on my left cheek, close to my mouth. Thankfully, I was already in the hospital. I called for the nurse, who in turn called for my doctor. The doctor [...]
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Shingles Symptoms Information
12 July 2008
Herpes zoster, commonly known as Shingles, is a viral infection that is caused by the chickenpox virus. Adults with a weak immune system are most likely to be affected by Shingles. Pain and a rash on one side of the body are the most noticeable shingles symptoms. As a child or young adult, many individuals [...]
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Shingles History
12 July 2008
Herpes voster, commonly known as shingles, is a viral infection that is related to chickenpox, and can actually develop after having chickenpox. The virus that causes chickenpox can lie dormant for years and eventually cause shingles many years after the initial outbreak. The initial shingles symptoms are usually very nonspecific and include things like headache, [...]
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- Michelle: Hello Maya, I'm sorry you suffer so badly. I have...
- Carole: Had a tetanus/whooping cough vacination on Tuesday...
- Iris Humphrey: Thanks for the rundown on shingles. I am sufferin...
- Cristina Villanueva: I have shingles and did not know until yesterday a...
- Maya Cifali: I have had "herpes zoster" recurrently, for years.... -->
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