Anyone who has had chicken pox can develop herpes zoster. Also known as shingles or zoster, herpes zoster is caused by the same virus as chicken pox. After the chicken pox clear, the virus remains dormant (inactive) within certain nerve cells of the body.
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Shingles (herpes zoster) is a nerve infection caused by the chicken-pox virus. Shingles results from reactivation of the chicken-pox virus that remained in your body since you had chicken pox--perhaps many years ago. ... Herpes zoster (shingles) is caused by the chicken-pox virus.
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The herpes virus that causes shingles and chickenpox is not the same as the herpes viruses that causes genital herpes (which can be sexually transmitted) or herpes mouth sores. Shingles is medically termed Herpes zoster. ... Pictures of Shingles (Herpes Zoster) on the face...
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Herpes zoster (shingles) on the back ... Herpes zoster (shingles) - close-up of lesion ... Herpes zoster (shingles) on the hand and fingers...
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Shingles Disease - Questions and Answers (Herpes Zoster)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ... Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine Q & A(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Herpes zoster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herpes zoster (or simply zoster ), commonly known as shingles and also known as zona , is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the...
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Medinfo's patient information on Shingles (Herpes Zoster), a painful, blistering rash caused by the chickenpox (varicella) virus, which affects only a limited area of skin, and makes you feel surprisingly tired, run down, and even depressed. ... You can only get shingles (Herpes Zoster) if you have previously had chickenpox.
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Herpes zoster (commonly referred to as "shingles") and postherpetic neuralgia result from reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus acquired during the primary varicella infection, or chickenpox.
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The viruses multiply, the telltale rash erupts, and the person now has herpes zoster, or shingles. With shingles, the nervous system is more deeply involved than it was during the bout with chickenpox, and the symptoms of shingles are often more complex and severe.
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Shingles (herpes zoster) is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox — the varicella-zoster virus. The first sign of shingles is often burning or tingling pain, or sometimes numbness or itch, in one particular location on only one side of the body.
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