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Shingles

Also called: Herpes Zoster

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Yes...even young children. I saw an 18 month old with shingles on her butt about a week ago in my clinic.
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Once you get the virus you'll always have it. It will come an go depending on your immune system.
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Shingles can have systemic (whole body) effects, like fatigue, headache, malaise,etc., but it would be uncommon for shingles to directly cause a sore...
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Your doctor needs to prescribe a prescription pain medication; shingles is VERY painful.  Unfortunately, I do not know anything about you or...
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Yes....usually in the same or same general area. If you have it on the right side of your chest the first time, it is likely to be on the right side...
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No...this is not a problem. He can use the shower.
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My husbands father had them and I also worked in the medical field. Yes they are . They can also cause terrible pain.
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Studies have not proven that L-lysine has any beneficial effects on herpes zoster (shingles).
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Yes...there is a correlation. Chicken pox, shingles, and other forms of herpes (cold sores/fever blisters and even, genital herpes) are ALL caused by...
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Yes. If you had it on both thighs, it would not be shingles. Shingles follows a nerve pathway, and these nerves do not cross over the midline of the...
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Only if the shingles are on your face. Shingles follows a specific nerve pathway.
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You can see this eruption....I cannot, so seeing your dermatologist is the appropriate next step. A description is really not sufficient to make an...
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Only if the shingles is in the ears...called Ramsay-Hunt syndrome. If you had this herpes infection in your ear area, it can also cause tinnitus in...
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Shingles is very painful.  Touching it or not.  You will still have pain.  It can be constant or intermittet.  (of and on.)
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