Do your best to decompress to avoid a shingles attack.
What can bring on an attack of shingles.
Herpes zoster also known as shingles is caused by a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus vzv the same virus that causes chicken pox.
The virus remains dormant in nerve cells and reactivates as a result of stress causing pain and a rash on the band of the skin supplied by the affected.
About 1 in 3 people in the united states gets shingles at some point during their lifetime.
Two vaccines may help prevent shingles the chickenpox varicella vaccine and the shingles varicella zoster vaccine.
I can t believe this is a coincidence.
Medications such as corticosteroids or chemotherapy also can compromise the immune system and invite a shingles attack.
Shingles also called herpes zoster occurs as a result of a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus vzv that causes chickenpox since the virus never completely leaves the body it can reactivate in the form of shingles causing localized rash and nerve irritation.
Symptoms can also appear on the face and in the eyes mouth ears.
I received the shingles vaccine on friday at 3 00pm and by 5 00 had a full blown herpes attack on my lower back.
And if you re 50 or over it goes without saying.
Shingles typically occurs in older people and in people whose immune systems are weakened.
Shingles not only gives you a painful rash it can also lead to other serious problems.
Aging seems to make people more vulnerable and shingles most often appears in people over fifty.
Shingles usually affects one side of the body.
We know this will be a tough one to avoid for some people so we thought we d get it out of the way.
Chickenpox vaccine the varicella vaccine varivax has become a routine childhood immunization to prevent chickenpox.
Find out what shingles can cause what to look for and how to get treated.
I also have a painful rash at injection site and feel awful.
Shingles can occur in people of any age but it usually affects older adults.
Deactivating the virus and quieting overexcited nerves.
So let s bring it back down to earth.
Get a shingles vaccination.
For an acute attack of shingles treatment is a two front assault.