Recognizing the early signs of shingles
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Pain, possible infection, ugly red, blistery rash, flu-like symptoms, and possible other complications, shingles is not a condition to take lightly.
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Protect yourself from shingles
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The rash erupts as clusters of small red patches developing into blisters appearing similar to chickenpox. The fluid-filled blisters form a scab within seven to ten days and resolve within two to four weeks.
Read MoreCan You Get Chicken Pox As An Adult?
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Shingles is characterized by painful vesicular rash, featuring small blisters on the skin. This rash is usually restricted to a horizontal band around the torso.
Read MoreUnderstanding Shingles
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Herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. This viral infection may sound foreign, but it is actually the virus that causes chickenpox, the bane of everyone’s childhood. Shingles in essence is a reoccurrence of this original chickenpox, but at a later time. But why or how does this happen? Following the resolution of chickenpox, the varicella zoster virus lies dormant in the spinal dorsal root ganglia, or the spinal cord nerves until something triggers a reactivation is triggered. This is important as 95% of adults have antibodies to varicella zoster virus and all those individuals are vulnerable to reactivation of infection.
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