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Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the virus that causes chickenpox. Shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox. It generally affects the elderly, although it occasionally occurs in younger people or people with immune system deficiencies.
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Shingles (herpes-zoster)
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Queensland Health
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Shingles (or herpes zoster) is a condition caused by the chickenpox (varicella-zoster) virus. Shingles can only occur in people who have previously had chickenpox. When a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus does not completely disappear from the body but stays dormant in the nerves of the spine. However, as a person gets older, it is possible for the virus to reappear in the form of shingles.
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Apr 2008
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Shingles: essential facts
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myDr
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Shingles is caused by the same virus (VZV) as chickenpox. After chickenpox, VZV can lie dormant in the body for decades. If the infection reactivates, the result is an attack of shingles.
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Nov 2000
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Shingles
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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What is shingles? Shingles is caused by the chicken pox virus. After someone has had chicken pox, the virus stays in the nerve cells of the persons spine (nerve roots).
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Mar 2006
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Shingles
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myDr
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Shingles is a painful rash, usually taking several weeks to settle, that occurs most often on one side of the trunk or face.
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Aug 2006
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Corticosteroids for preventing postherpetic neuralgia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Postherpetic neuralgia is a painful condition that is one of the most common complications of an acute herpes zoster infection, a localised rash resembling chicken pox often called 'shingles'. It may persist until death and has major implications for qu...
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Nov 2007
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Topical lidocaine for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Postherpetic neuralgia is a long-lasting pain disorder that causes pain from stimuli that are not normally painful. Local anaesthetics (such as lidocaine) can reduce the sensation of pain that is transmitted through nerves, and allow pain relief in pati...
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Feb 2007
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