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Where around the world is shingles found?
There is no out break for shingles as such. The disease is common through out the world.
Can having old mercury filling replaced cause shingles?
The replacement of a silver-mercury amalgam or filling has absolutely nothing to do with having the shingles. Shingles is an outbreak, usually in later life, caused by the chicken pox virus. Only those who have had chicken pox can break out in shingles.
Can shingles go down the leg?
Shingles can break out along the pathway of any nerve. Anyone who had chicken pox as a child has the virus in their bodies. Later, as an adult, the virus can become active, causing a breakout along a nerve or nerves. Shingles is extremely painful to endure.
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.
Can tanning bed make shingles break out?
Tanning beds can potentially trigger a shingles outbreak in individuals who have previously had chickenpox, as the ultraviolet (UV) light may weaken the immune system. Shingles occurs when the varicella-zoster virus, which remains dormant in the body after chickenpox, reactivates. Stress and immune suppression are known triggers for shingles, and excessive UV exposure can contribute to these factors. It's best to consult a healthcare professional for personalized advice regarding tanning and shingles risk.
Is shingles contagious before the rash breaks out?
Shingles cannot be transmitted from person to person but the chicken box virus that causes shingles can be passed on to someone who has never contracted the shingles virus before. When the shingles rash has developed it is contagious but is not likely to be passed to another person if it is covered up.
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.
The side of your thigh feels bruised but it is not what is wrong?
It could be shingles. If so, you will break out with very painful sores like chicken pox in a day or two. Although it's rare to break out there, it happened to me.
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.
Is shingles vaccine effective after shingles outbreak?
Can you take the shingles shot while having shingles
