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ShinglesBy Trevor Lloyd
Shingles the Disease
By Trevor Lloyd
Overview
• A viral infection that causes a painful rash and blisters
Causes
• Varicella-zoster virus
• Causes chicken pox
• Hibernates in spinal cord and nerve tissue
• May reactivate later
• Travels through nerve pathways to skin
Risk Factors• Chicken Pox
• Age
• Of infection
• Of recurrence
• Depressed Immune System
• Cancer
• Medications
• Disease
Early stages
• Small, Painful bumps
• Turn to blisters
Symptoms• Pain
• Rash
• Blisters
• Itching
• Some people experience:
• Fever and chills
• Headache
• General achiness
• Fatigue
Treatments• No cure
• Drugs:
• Acyclovir (Zovirax)
• Valacyclovir (Valtrex)
• Famciclovir (Famvir)
• Other things:
• Anticonvulsants
• Tricyclic antidepressants
• Numbing agents
• Narcotics
Prognosis• Not life threatening
• Vaccines
• Treatments
• Complications:
• Vision loss
• Postherpetic neuralgia
• Neurological problems
• Skin infections
Current Research
• Shingles linked to stroke
• Teachers with mustaches have a 98% chance of getting shingles
What you need to know
• A recurrence of the Chicken pox virus
• Risk factors are related to a depressed immune system
• Symptoms include pain and blisters
• Treatable, but no cure
• Your going to live
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2014, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shingles/basics/definition/con-20019574
• (2012, May 7). Retrieved December 3, 2014, from http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/varicella.html
• (n.d.). Retrieved December 2, 2014, from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270711.php