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Shingles is a viral condition that involves inflammation of sensory nerves. Affecting adults, the condition can cause numbness, itching, or pain followed by the appearance of clusters of little blisters on one side of the body.
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Shingles should you refrain from going to work?
Shingles is a contagious disease. If you have shingles, you should refrain from going to work. This disease is seen in older adults mostly, or those with weakened immune systems.
Which of these is a viral disease that can later mutate to cause shingles?
chicken pox
What is la culebra disease?
culebra or kulebra is a skin disease common in tropical countries. It is marked by swelling of the skin with abrasion- like skin surface and or small pimple- like surface. It is associated by extreme pain and fever.
Is shingles a virus caused by skin disease?
Shingles are caused by the varicella virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. Those who have had chicken pox when younger carry the dormant virus for the rest of their lives. Should the virus "reactivate" in an adult, the result is shingles.
What the disease that person adult look like kids?
No one knows the answer for this question
Is shingles an auto-immune disease?
Shingles is not an auto-immune disease.
How do you spell shingles?
Both the viral disease and the building material are spelled "shingles."
Where around the world is shingles found?
There is no out break for shingles as such. The disease is common through out the world.
Is shingles related to botox?
Shingles is a painful disease caused by the chicken pox virus. Shingles has nothing to do with Botox.
What is shingles disease in French?
Zona
Are there times when the shingles rash looks more like bug bites than blisters?
Yes, shingles rash can look like bug bites as well as blisters. There is no one way that shingles looks.
How is the shingles disease acquired?
Shingles comes from having chickenpox in the past. It stays in your body and as you age it comes out as shingles. There is a shot for it.
What is the word for shingles in spanish?
For the shingles on a roof, "las tejas" For the disease, "herpes zóster"
Can cats catch shingles from humans?
Shingles is a human disease that is caused by chicken pox that remains dormant until something like stress brings it out. It is unlikely that a human can pass it to a pet.
Shingles should you refrain from going to work?
Shingles is a contagious disease. If you have shingles, you should refrain from going to work. This disease is seen in older adults mostly, or those with weakened immune systems.
Do you capitalize the disease shingles?
No, "shingles" is not capitalized unless it is at the beginning of a sentence. It is considered a common noun.
Is Shingles a disease?
Technically yes, but only through direct contact with the wounds, blisters or rashes of the person having the shingles disease. A healthy person cannot get shingles if informal contact is made with someone suffering from shingles. This infection can't be transmitted if a person suffering from shingles sneezes or coughs. Shingles can't pass through the air.
