Shingles Facts
When you say the word “shingles”, most people think of the things on their roof. What a lot of people don’t know is that shingles is actually an illness, similar to the chicken pox. Unlike the chicken pox, shingles actually hurt. Since many people don’t know about this outbreak of what seems like a common [...]
Shingles Personal Story
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 [...]
Shingles History
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, fever [...]