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Can shingles go from upper chest to upper thigh both on right side?
Yes, shingles can present along a dermatome on one side of the body, affecting the skin from the chest to the thigh. This pattern is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, which causes shingles. If you suspect you have shingles, it's important to seek medical attention for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Is cellulitis caused by a virus?
No, cellulitis is not caused by a virus. It is a bacterial skin infection usually caused by Staphylococcus or Streptococcus bacteria entering the skin through a cut or wound. Prompt treatment with antibiotics is important to prevent complications.
What is la culebra disease?
La culebra disease is a parasitic infection caused by the trematode Schistosoma mansoni. It is transmitted through contact with contaminated freshwater in certain regions of Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Symptoms can include fever, abdominal pain, and liver damage if left untreated.
Can you have shingles on the inside of your body and not on the outside?
Yes, it is possible to have internal shingles, where the rash and pain occur internally without any visible signs on the skin. This is known as internal shingles and can affect organs such as the lungs, brain, or eyes. It is important to seek medical attention if you suspect you have internal shingles.
What disease characterized by bacterial infection of the sebaceous oil glands in the skin?
Acne is a skin condition caused by the inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands due to a particular bacterium known as Propionibacterium acnes. This condition can lead to the formation of pimples, blackheads, and cysts on the skin.
Can sunshine make shingles worse?
Shingles is caused by the same virus that gives children chickenpox. Skin damaged by shingles is extra sensitive and sunbathing may cause the virus to ramp up or reemerge if one has recently healed.
Why is the disease herpes zoster called shingles?
Shingles is painful because it is a virus from the chicken pox family that infects and irritates the cutaneous or skin nerve to a certain area of skin.
Is shingles a virus or bacteria?
Shingles virus is commonly known as chichken pox virus. When chicken pox virus stays latent in the body(in the nervous system) and becomes reactivated after few years, it is referred to as shingles. Shingles occurring in adults has more complications than chicken pox.
What skin disease is caused by human papilloma virus?
Warts
Watery vesicles on the skin and mucous membranes are caused by?
Watery vesicles on the skin and mucous membranes can be caused by viral infections such as herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causing chickenpox or shingles, and coxsackievirus causing hand, foot, and mouth disease. These vesicles typically contain clear fluid and are often accompanied by itching or pain.
Can you get aids from a sever skin disease?
AIDS is caused by the virus HIV. It doesn't develop from another disease.
Do antibiotics used for shingles affect Depo-Provera?
No, but shingles are caused by a virus so you should not be using an antibiotic for this illness, unless you scratch the lesions causing a skin infection.
Why is the virus called shingles?
Shingles is not the name of the virus but the name of the rash. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the varicella (chickenpox)-zoster (shingles) virus. Its' name is from the French and Latin meaning girdle or belt. The rash "follows" the nerves. These nerves come off of the spinal cord in a belt-like fashion.
How are chickenpox and shingles alike?
Chickenpox and singles are both caused by varicella zoster virus. They both cause skin lesions that are itchy and blistering, and then dry to scabs.
Are shingles catchy?
No. You can however catch chickenpox from the shingles if you've never had them before. The shingles themselves come from a dormant chickenpox virus in your skin tissue.
Can you get chickenpox from talking to someone with shingles?
Facial herpes, or cold sores, is caused by herpes simplex virus. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus. You can't get chickenpox from someone with facial herpes unless they also have chickenpox.
Can you catch shingles from a shingles vaccination?
Shingles are caused by the chicken pox virus. If you had chicken pox as a child, you have the potential to have shingles later in life. The virus stays latent deep in nervous system tissue and then activates and produces the pain and skin eruptions known as shingles. We are not sure what causes the virus to go active again after decades but there is likely some initiating trigger. The flu shot would not cause shingles, however, each individual's response to drugs and medications can be different. Ask your doctor if, in your case, the immune response to the flu shot could have caused your outbreak of shingles. It is doubtful, but potentially not impossible. If that were the initiating event, it would not be that you "caught" shingles from the vaccine, it would be that the immune response to the vaccine might have triggered the chicken pox virus to reactivate and create shingles.
