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Viral infection known as shingles?
Shingles is caused by a virus called Herpes Zoster. It is basically the result of chicken pox that has been dormant for years. It emerges years later as shingles.
When the herpes virus goes to sleep the medical term for this action is?
When the herpes virus is not active, it is dormant.
A volcano that has not erupted in many years is said to be what?
dormant dormant
Can some viruses remain dormant in the body for many year?
Yes, some viruses can remain dormant in the body for many years. For example, the herpes simplex virus can establish latency in nerve cells, becoming inactive and causing no symptoms until it reactivates later. Similarly, the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox, can lie dormant in the nervous system and later cause shingles. This ability to remain dormant can complicate treatment and contribute to recurrent infections.
Make a sentence with the word dormant?
To hibernate is to enter an inactive or dormant state.
What are fever blisters caused from?
A fever does not cause fever blisters, just like a cold doesn't cause cold sores (they are the same thing) but if infected with the Herpes Simplex I virus, a person's immune system is compromised and the virus can come out of its dormant stage. Too much sun, stress, certain foods, suppressed immune system are a few of the predisposing factors that can bring the Herpes Simplex Virus I out of its dormant stage. Remember once you have the virus, you will always have it. There is no cure.
Can a cold sore cause facial numbness?
Because the herpes virus affects nerves, and is dormant in nerves, an outbreak of any kind of herpes can cause some numbness and tingling in the area.
Is shingles and herpes are same?
Herpes is a family if viruses that cause different diseases. Herpes simplex I is associated with cold sores, herpes simplex II is associated with genital herpes (although those two can be reversed), CMV and EBV can cause mononucleosis and colds and congenital infections in babies as well as cancers, roseolovirus can cause roseola, human herpes virus 8 causes Kaposi's sarcoma and other cancers. The herpes varicella-zoster virus causes chicken pox (varicella). It lies dormant in nerve cells and years later it can reactivate to cause shingles (zoster). So shingles is one example of a herpes virus infection.
How many years can the HPV virus be dormant?
HPV can stay dormant for decades. Diagnosis does not give you an idea of when you were infectedd.
Is Mount Pinatubo a Dormant Volcano?
IT was a dormant for 600 years until its latest eruption in 1991
Is the east maui volcano dormant?
You mean Haleakala? Yes, it has been dormant for many years.
Why there is no cure to herpes of lips?
There is no cure for herpes of the lips because the virus that causes it, herpes simplex virus (HSV), remains in the body after the initial infection. The virus can become dormant and reactivate, resulting in recurring outbreaks. While antiviral medications can help manage symptoms and reduce the frequency of outbreaks, they cannot completely eliminate the virus from the body.
