What is shingles?
Shingles (herpes zoster) is an infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This is the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. It may not cause problems for many years. But as you get older, the virus may become active again and cause shingles.
Is shingles contagious?
Shingles is not contagious. You cannot get shingles from someone else. But you can catch chickenpox from someone with shingles if you have direct contact with fluid from their shingles rash.
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- Shingles (National Library of Medicine)What is shingles? Shingles (herpes zoster) is an infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This is the same ...
- ... Ztildo) is used to relieve the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN; burning, stabbing pains, or aches that may ...
- Shingles (American Academy of Family Physicians)Corneal Disorders/Related Issues ... Corneal Disorders ... Eye Infections/Specifics ... Eye Infections ... American Academy of Family Physicians
- ... risk factor for herpes zoster in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia. J Med Virol. 2010 May;82(6):1007- ...
- Amitriptyline is also used to treat eating disorders, post-herpetic neuralgia (the burning, stabbing pains, or aches that may ...
- ... also sometimes used to treat panic disorders and post-herpetic neuralgia (the burning, stabbing pains, or aches that may ...
- Peripheral neuropathy refers to the many conditions that involve damage to the peripheral nervous system, which is a vast communications network that ...
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