What is Shingles?
Shingles is a viral infection that results from the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox. It typically affects a single sensory nerve ganglion and the skin surface that the nerve supplies. Anyone who has had chickenpox can later develop shingles.
People can develop shingles if they had chickenpox in the past. This virus can lie dormant for years, and then reactivate as shingles. A person who has not had chickenpox before can get chickenpox through exposure to someone with shingles.
Shingles are most common after the age of 50, but they can appear at any age if a person has previously had chickenpox.
Most Common Symptoms
Some of the most common symptoms of shingles include
- a constant dull, burning, or gnawing pain, or sharp, stabbing pain that comes and goes
- a skin rash that resembles a chickenpox rash but only affects certain areas
- fluid-filled blisters that develop as part of the rash
Signs and Symptoms
Shingles usually affect one side of the body. This is most often the waist, chest, abdomen, or back. Symptoms can also appear on the face and in the eyes, mouth, and ears. The virus can also affect some internal organs.
Shingles typically affect a single sensory nerve ganglion near the spinal cord, called a dorsal root ganglion. This is why the symptoms occur in specific areas of the body, rather than all over it. The pain results from nerve involvement, rather than the rash itself.
Symptoms can vary in nature, depending on where on the body they appear.
Some people have pain but no rash. Others may have a rash with pain that is accompanied by other symptoms, such as fever, chills, or headache.
Prevention/Vaccine
Shingles aren’t life-threatening. But it can be very painful. Vaccines can help lower the risk of shingles. Early treatment may shorten a shingles infection and lessen the chance of complications. The most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia. This is a painful condition that causes shingles pain for a long time after your blisters have cleared.
Shingrix is a nonliving vaccine made of a virus component. It’s given in two doses, with 2 to 6 months between doses.
Shingrix is approved and recommended for people age 50 and older, whether they’ve had shingles or not. People who’ve had the Zostavax vaccine in the past or don’t know whether they’ve had chickenpox may also receive the Shingrix vaccine.
Shingrix is also recommended for people who are 19 years of age and older and who have weakened immune systems due to disease or medication.
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