Shingles Treatment Pain

Shingles treatment pain

        Shortly contagious, shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox: Herpes zoster virus (Herpes family of viruses). Thus, the same virus responsible for chickenpox in children and shingles in adults. After chickenpox, the virus persists for life in the body, ready to reactivate at a reduced immune system or a physical or psychological stress. Common from 50 years, manifested by fever, aches and rash most often affects the chest. Thus, individuals with the most frequent contacts with this childhood disease are 5 times less risk of developing herpes zoster. This finding may explain why with the decrease of cases of chickenpox in children, zoster in adults seen its frequency increase.

        Shingles is caused by reactivation of varicella. Shingles is characterized by a painful skin rash, causing burning and itching. This event is a frequent on one side of the chest or back. Shingles affects mostly people over 50 years, with a marked increase in the incidence of herpes zoster with age. All people with shingles have in common, the latter having had chickenpox. Indeed, shingles is caused by a reactivation of chickenpox virus. He should know after having contracted chickenpox, most viruses are eliminated except a few that remain dormant in the ganglia. Probably at a lower immune defenses, they can reactivate and cause shingles. Thus 20% of people who have had chickenpox develop shingles at some point in their lives.