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Shingles (infection)
Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral disease caused by a virus similar to that which causes chicken pox. Persons affected by the disease experience painful skin rash with blisters that occur along a particular nerve path.
797 Questions
Can you shampoo your hair with shingles in your head?
Yes, you can wash your hair if you have chickenpox. Use a mild shampoo and gentle washing, and pat dry.
When does swelling with shingles go away?
Shingles is the re activation of the chicken pox virus, Varicella zoster. Outbreaks when they do occur can last 2-3 weeks. The pustules then dry up and disappear although the affected area can often remain painful and sensitive for some time. The virus lies dormant in the nerve endings so never actually disappears. Reactivation can be caused by illness and stress as well as other factors, it is therefore possible to have multiple outbreaks throughout ones life.
Can you catch shingles from kissing?
Yes and no.
Shingles is herpes zoster virus. The symptoms develop in people who have had chicken pox before. If you haven't had chicken pox you may develop it when exposed to shingles.
If you have had chicken pox it can trigger shingles.
It is infectious only when the blisters are forming and 'weeping'. Therefore it is spread through physical contact. It is no longer infectious when the blisters are dry scabs.
It is not airborne but a mask and gloves are worn by healthcare workers to protect them from contacting the skin of active patients.
What type of pathogen is shingles?
Chicken pox is caused by the Varicella Zoxter Virus (VZV) and it is one of eight herpes viruses to infect humans. The most common cause of infection that it gives is chicken pox in children, and then shingles in adults...although I can't remember the last time I've heard of an adult having shingles. The VZV virus is also known as the chickenpox virus, varicella virus, zoster virus, and human herpes virus type 3.
Is scarlet fever related to chickenpox and shingles?
Scabies and chicken box are unrelated infections, and having chicken pox in the past does not protect against scabies.
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.
Can you get shingle on both sides?
yes, I have them down my leg, across my chest, on my back and on my arms.
Does humana hmo cover shingles vaccine?
I have Humana coverage with Blount County schools in Maryville, TN. I am 63 years old. Does Humana cover the cost of the shot?
Can you get shingles from a child who has chickenpox?
No, 'Shingles' itself is not a condition that can be 'caught'.
When someone first catches the virus Herpes zoster, the first symptoms they will develop is what we call 'chicken pox'. However once this condition passes, the virus remains in the body, and can cause shingles to develop many years later.
If you've never had chicken pix before, then you may catch it from an infected child. However if you have had it before, then technically you are still actually infected by the virus, and contact with the child won't cause you to get chicken pox again, nor can it trigger shingles to develop.
Yes there are and here are the details:
A live vaccine for VZV exists, marketed as Zostavax. In a 2005 study of 38,000 older adults it prevented half the cases of herpes zoster and reduced the number of cases of postherpetic neuralgia by two-thirds. A 2007 study found that the zoster vaccine is likely to be cost-effective in the U.S., projecting an annual savings of $82 to $103 million in healthcare costs with cost-effectiveness ratios ranging from $16,229 to $27,609 per quality-adjusted life year gained. In October 2007 the vaccine was officially recommended in the U.S. for healthy adults aged 60 and over. As of October 2008, a controlled study is underway to evaluate the effectiveness on those aged 50-59. Adults also receive an immune boost from contact with children infected with varicella, a boosting method that prevents about a quarter of herpes zoster cases among unvaccinated adults, but which is becoming less common in the U.S. now that children are routinely vaccinated against varicella.
In the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, population-based immunization is not practised. The rationale is that, until the entire population could be immunized, adults who have previously contracted VZV would derive benefit from occasional exposure to VZV (from children), which serves as a booster to their immunity to the virus, and may reduce the risk of shingles later on in life. The UK Health Protection Agency states that, while the vaccine is licensed in the UK, there are no plans to introduce it into the routine childhood immunization scheme, although it may be offered to healthcare workers who have no immunity to VZV.
A 2006 study of 243 cases and 483 matched controls found that fresh fruit is associated with a reduced risk of developing shingles: people who consumed less than one serving of fruit a day had a risk three times as great as those who consumed more than three servings, after adjusting for other factors such as total energy intake. For those aged 60 or more, vitamins and vegetable intake had a similar association.
Answered By: Ali Sabah Al-Takmachi, University of Sharjah, College of Medicine
Reference: Herpes zoster. (2009, October 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:24, October 30, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herpes_zoster&oldid=321644228
Can you die if you get shingles in your eyes?
Yes, shingles can cause blindness, because the virus can infect the eye. Untreated shingles can cause many serious complications, which makes it very important to seek proper medical care with this condition.
How many bundles of roof shingles will it take to cover a mobile home that is 1056 sq ft?
A square of shingles is 100 sqft. there are 3 bundles in a square. 1267 sqft is better rounded off to 1300 sqft to allow for waste. so 13oosqft dived by 100 sqft = 13 squares. 13 x 3 = 39 bundles.
Can shingles recur in children?
Yes, shingles can recur. Shingles is a herpesvirus, specifically herpes zoster - the chickenpox virus. After a person is infected with chickenpox - usually as a child, the virus regresses to the nerve ganglia (groups of nerve cell bodies). It cannot be completely cured.
During times of stress or illness, the virus may re-activate, causing a rash usually preceded for several days by burning pain. The pain and rash is usually one sided and follows one dermatome (nerve distribution). The rash may last for up to a week before it subsides again. Typically, after the first episode, the pain and rash do not last as long as the first episode, however this may be variable.
Treatment is available. Antiviral medications, such as valacyclovir (Valtrex) have been proven to decrease the length of time of outbreaks. It does not prevent outbreaks, however.
Long time complications of shingles may include persistent pain in a dermatomal distribution. If the rash occurs on the face or near the eyes, you should be checked immediately. This condition is called zoster ophthalmicus, and may result in permanent blindness.
Can chickenpox be caused by shingles?
Once you get the chicken pox infection, the virus gets hidden in your posterior root ganglion. How does it evades the immune system is poorly understood. It comes out in the form of herpes zoster or shingles, when your immunity lowers down. There is no mutation of the virus.
How much does a square of 30 year asphalt shingles cost?
It will vary depending on where you live and the time of the year but between $60 and $75 is the usual range.
What is the incubation period of shingles?
Once it's entered your body, it has an incubation period of 12-14 days.
Can you get chickenpox if you never had them but had shingles?
Just wanted to add you can have had shingles without ever having chicken pox and although rare you can get them at any time (I had shingles at the age of 5 but never had chicken pox). Shingles and chicken pox are in the same family but are different and look different. I have not had another outbreak since the age of 5 although I have been exposed to chicken pox.
AnswerMost cases of shingles are caused by the varicella-zoster virus. A few are caused by herpes simplex. So, yes, it is possible to get shingles from a latent herpes simplex infection if you have never had chicken pox.How many squares of shingles are in an 1100 square foot roof?
depends on if you go with a 25 yr or a 30 yr shingle. For a 25 yr shingle you are looking at 44 bundles plus 10% for ridge cap comes to 49.5 bundles. For a 30 yr shingle you are lloking at about 51 bundles plus 10 % comes to 56 bundles there abouts.
How long does it take to get over a very mild case of shingles?
An outbreak of shingles even if it appears to you to be a mild case can last anything from a week up to several months to go and remains in your body like a time bomb that may break out at any time when your immune system is low.
Shingles remains dormant in your body once you have contracted the virus which causes it and it may flare up at different times or not at all during the rest of your life and can be triggered or set off after a bout of illness when your bodys defenses arnt as strong as usual or when you are feeling run down or depressed or your age may make you more succeptible to an outbreak also if you have HIV or AIDS and also some medicines which you might be given especially after the transplant of a body organ may trigger it and each time your body shows physical signs of shingles being there such as clusters of blister like spots and sharp needle like pains usually only down one side of your body and the blisters should be treated the same as chicken pox blisters as they are part of the same group of viruses called varicella zoster and some people think that you can contract shingles from a person who has chicken pox but it cant be contracted in this way but chicken pox may be contracted from a person with shingles whilst their blisters are at the weepy stage until they crust or scab over.
Being stressed can trigger a break out but it doesn't give you herpes. You get herpes from having intercourse with some on that has it (cold sores), or kissing some one on the mouth that has it.
How much do laminate shingles weigh?
A laminate shingle's weight will vary a great deal depending on its dimension and thickness. A rough estimate would be that enough shingles to cover 100 square feet would weigh around 240 pounds.
Could my shingles really be herpes?
There are at least three different types of herpes viruses. The one that causes shingles (and chickenpox) is not the same as the one that causes the sexually transmitted disease genital herpes.
