Shingles (infection)

That depends on the state that you live in. It also depends on the specific plan within the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan offerings that you're asking about.

I suggest contacting the carrier either online or by phone and find out. A good broker can also answer your question.

Occasionally, not always. Shingles generally produces a very painful inflamatory rash, and occasionally produces swelling.

Natural immunity to chickenpox results from previous infection. There is no other way to be naturally immune to chickenpox. Sometimes, the previous infection may be mild enough that the disease was not noticed.

You can become artificially immune to chickenpox by getting chickenpox vaccine.

Nystatin and triamcinolone acetonide cream are not both needed for shingles, especially since nystatin is for yeast infections. Triamcinolone acetonide can be used successfully to treat rashes and psoriasis.

In the US, you may be eligible for unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act time off to care for a child with chickenpox. Ask your human resources department if FMLA applies to your employer.

You can get chickenpox, but not shingles, from someone with shingles. You can only get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you haven't had chickenpox or the vaccine before, and if you have direct contact with wet shingles blisters or sores.

Hi, I found this on the World Health Organization web site (info below):

"In mid-1990s, vaccines to provide "basic" coverage for tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles cost about US$ 1 per child."

As you can see, the polio vaccine is here included as part of a package of vaccines.

When you include transportation of vaccines and the labor to administer the vaccines, the price increases a great deal. According to the WHO web site, that package of vaccines along with hepatitis B and Hib vaccines can cost $20-40 per child.

See: World Health Organization Fact sheet N°288, March 2005

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs288/en/index.html

Best,

Kate G.

Shingles is the clinical manifestation of activated herpes zoster viruses that normally live within nerves reaching the skin surface, forming painful papular lesions in a dermatomal distribution specific to their home nerve.

Most human illnesses and infections do not transfer to animals, and most animal illnesses and infections do not transfer to humans. You can check with your vet, but you should be safe to pet your dog or cat. However, do wash your hands before and afterwards. Don't let your pet or any person touch the open sores.
No. The virus that causes chicken pox affects humans and a few other primates, such as gorillas. Most viruses, bacterias, fungi etc are species specific. Some of the few that can cross species are ringworm or some of the tick-borne diseases such as Lyme.
A dog can't get chickenpox. Chickenpox only affects humans and a few other primates.
No because Animals can not get illnesses from humans just like humans can not get illnesses from animals

Herpes zooster can cause shingles. This type of herpes causes chicken pox. It's slightly different then the herpes that causes cold sores and genital herpes. If you have had chicken pox as a child then you could possibly get shingles later in life.

Shingles is caused by the chicken pox virus. It is not common in children but does occasionally happen. The pain often precedes the rash. The rash will look like groups of little fluid filled vessicles on red bases that will follow one or a few nerves.

One key to the diagnosis is that it will always be on one side of the body only except that it can slightly cross the midline in the back. If it is on both sides of the front it is unlikely to be shingles.

Maybe it's a trick by the pro-shingles lobby. The truth is no one wants you to know whether caremark covers the shingles shot. If you email Caremark, the automated e-reply you will receive is that Caremark is "working on" answering your question. (And then Caremark will "work on" this for a long, long time, and eventually you'll just give up. If you have Blue Cross insurance and ask how much your co-pay will be or what percent of the total cost for the vaccine your co-pay will be, the Blue Cross answer will be "it's complicated." Both Blue Cross and Caremark will avoid answering your direct question by very emphatically assuring you that the vaccine is "available" at "approved" pharmacies (even though your email or call is about cost and how much, not availability).

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About 44. Average bundle covers 1/3 of a square. 1 square = 100 square feet. More info, See link below.

Tough question because an 1800 sq' home has more than 1800 sq' of roof coverage, unless it has a flat roof. In which case, shingles would not be the material of choice. You need to measure the foor deck itself; either by measuring the gutter and rake (gable) edges to find square footage or, figure the pitch of your roof and calculate from there. You also have to factor in any other roof linrs such as hip roofs, shed or gable dormers, etc.. But if your roof was, in fact 1800 sq' you could figure the bundles by knowing that 3 bundles typically cover 100 sq' sooo...100/1800=18; 18x3=54

Sometimes.!!

Shingles, also called herpes zoster or zona, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body.

Yes it is normal because shingles follow a certain nerve pattern leaving numbness to the skin. Your doctor hopefully has given you medication to help get over the shingles faster. If not please see a skin specialist or your family doctor.

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.

Any time you layer on top of existing shingles you cut down the life span of the new roof. (Roof gets hotter and so the materials deteriorate faster.)

So you may be able to do it (check local codes) but it isn't advisable.

If you're looking to save, you may be able to do the tear-off yourself.

I have the same thing. I got shingles right after Easter and 3 weeks later suffer from periods of nausea and loss of appitite. I take phenagren and it helps quite a lot. If it gets too bad i go to the doctor for a shot. Helps right away and usually lasts into the next day. I've lost 8 pounds . Crazy and not a fun way to lose weight.

well Synfelt is the best stuff you can use, but its also expensive. Most people nowadays dont want to spend money so while bidding a roof a roofer is probably just putting down tar paper. it works and had been used for yrs but its not as good as Synfelt. Hopefully the economy will pick up and people will start spending a little more money where roofers can bid a job accordingly.

Shingles is pretty rare in kids and teens who have healthy immune systems. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.It's easy to pass the virus on to people who aren't immune to chickenpox (like people who haven't already had chickenpox or gotten the chickenpox vaccine). The difference is that if they get infected, they won't get shingles.

Depending on brand and type of shingles, approximately 200-250 pounds per 100 square feet of shingles.

It says on the side of the box of shingles how many square foot it willl cover so figure that out and multiple tilll.you hit two hundred say each box did ten square foot you would nned twenty boxes,