Examples of shingles in the following topics:
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- Three common skin conditions that result from viral infections are cold sores, shingles, and warts.
- Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe.
- Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but remains latent and can go on to cause shingles—an illness with very different symptoms—often many years after the initial infection.
- The goals of treatment are to limit the severity and duration of pain, shorten the duration of a shingles episode, and reduce complications.
- Describe what causes cold sores, shingles and warts and the treatment options available
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- It commonly causes chicken-pox in children and adults, and herpes zoster (shingles) in adults.
- Of particular interest include HSV-1 and HSV-2, which cause oral and/or genital herpes, HSV-3 which causes chickenpox and shingles, and HHV-5 which causes mononucleosis-like symptoms, and HHV-8 which causes a Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer of the lymphatic epithelium.
- Shingles, Pityriasis Rosea).
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- It is used to treat herpes simplex virus infections (type 1 and type 2) as well as chicken pox and shingles.
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- For example, varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox in the acute phase; after recovery from chickenpox, the virus may remain dormant in nerve cells for many years, and later cause herpes zoster (shingles).
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- At least five species of Herpesviridae – HSV-1 and HSV-2 (both of which can cause orolabial herpes and genital herpes), Varicella zoster virus (which causes chicken-pox and shingles), Epstein-Barr virus (which causes mononucleosis), and Cytomegalovirus – are extremely widespread among humans.