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Shingles

Also called: Herpes Zoster

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I've had an outbreak myself and know what you're going through. It sounds like you're suffering from postherpetic neuralgia, which...
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Shingles is contagious, so there is the potential that you could pass the virus to one of your patients, particularly babies and children or adults...
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Your doctor knows your health the best and whether there is anything about your health that would make the shingles vaccine a problem. However, there...
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Yes, you can get the flu shot and the shingles vaccine on the same day. That means two shots because you can't give them in the same shot...
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Yes, you can. In fact, anyone who has had chicken pox can get shingles in the future. That's because shingles is caused by the same virus that...
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It is not likely that your grand-daughter has shingles on BOTH of her hands. Shingles follows a nerve pathway and occurs just on one side of the body...
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You are unlikely to get sick if you take both shots at the same time. They are totally different vaccines, with different side-effects and...
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My eye health was damaged by a stroke and being a weak part of the body it gets shingles in it sometimes. If you have it in the eye, it is very...
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I have never heard of this. I always thought that shingles and chicken pox were from the same virus, but have never heard of this connection.
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It's my understanding that if you have not had chicken pox, and are exposed to shingles, you can actually catch chicken pox - since they both...
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Generally, shingles heals well and problems are few. However, on occasion, the blisters can become infected with bacteria, causing cellulitis, a...
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There are several effective treatments for shingles. Drugs that fight viruses (antivirals), such as acyclovir (Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex), or...
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There are several effective treatments for shingles. Drugs that fight viruses (antivirals), such as acyclovir (Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex), or...
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