Shingles and Chickenpox WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Shingles and Chickenpox
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. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox, and generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles—an illness with very different symptoms—often many years after the initial infection. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- If you have had chickenpox you may suffer from shingles.1
- Chickenpox is a virus that causes a contagious, itchy rash during childhood.2
- Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox that has lain dormant for years.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ University of Iowa: Chicken Pox and Shingles Are Related
- ↑ DermatologyChannel: Viral Infections Chickenpox & Shingles
- ↑ eMedTV: Shingles and Chickenpox
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Shingles and Chicken Pox, Chickenpox and Shingles, Chicken Pox and Shingles
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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