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If you're talking about shingles on a roof, they last 15 to 30 years depending on the quality and if they were installed properly.
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∙ 11y agoShingles usually lasts 4 - 6 weeks, though the pain may linger long after the skin lesions have healed
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Can accupuncture help shingles?
In my clinical experience the pain caused by shingles can be treated well with acupuncture. Acupuncture can also be used to shorten the duration of a shingles outbreak, as well as strengthen overall immune system health which helps with the number of shingles outbreak.
Can you get shingles from shingles if you have had shingles before?
No. Shingles is not contagious, but someone with shingles can give chicken pox or varicella to someone who has not had chicken pox before.
What is shingles in Spanish?
Shingles
Can one pimple be shingles?
No. You only get shingles's if you have had chickenpox. No chickenpox no shingles's.
Will the shingles vaccine protect you from ever getting shingles?
Shingles vaccine protects you from the shingles for few years only.
Can you get the shingles vaccine after having shingles?
You could get the vaccine if you already had shingles; but it may not help you from recurrence of zoster, which by the way is less than 5%. If it does recur, the vaccine may help you.
How do you treate shingles?
There is no cure for herpes zoster (shingles), but anitviral medicines, such as Acyclovir, can shorten the duration of the break out and help reduce pain. To help treat the pain associated with shingles, your doctor can also prescribe antidepressants, steroids, or a topical steroid cream, and creams to help the itching. Taking an over-the-counter pain reliever may also help. Ask the pharmacist for suggestions for over-the-counter treatments.
Can you get shingles from lying in a bed after someone else who had shingles say in a hospital?
Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus. You do not get shingles from someone with shingles; you get chickenpox from someone with shingles. Then when you get older, you will get shingles because you had chickenpox. Or, you might get older and never get chickenpox. In that case, you will thank your mother for having you vaccinated against chickenpox when you were a child.
Is shingles vaccine effective after shingles outbreak?
Can you take the shingles shot while having shingles
Did the hottub cause shingles?
No, it did not cause shingles.
Can you get pregnant after shingles?
You can get pregnant after having shingles.
I am looking for roofing shingles or asphalt shingles?
or fiberglass ? Depends where you live, determines what shingles to use.
