Is the Shingles virus dangerous?
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Shingles virus is extremely contagious in early stage. You have to be very careful about anyone coming into contact with the sores until they scab over. Good handwashing is a must! See a doctor!!
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Office of Disease Prevention\n\nSHINGLES (herpes zoster)\n \n\n\n(This material is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical care. Direct specific questions to your medical provider.)\n\nWhat is shingles?\nShingles is a localized infection due to the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. It occurs only in people who have had chickenpox in the past and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella virus. Why the virus reactivates in some individuals and not in others is unknown.\n\nWho gets shingles?\nThe disease is primarily seen in the elderly, but occasionally occurs in younger individuals. It affects both sexes and all races with equal frequency and occurs sporadically throughout the year.\n\nHow is shingles spread?\nA person must have already had chickenpox in the past to develop shingles. Contact with an infected individual does not cause another person's dormant virus to reactivate. However, the virus from a shingles patient may cause chickenpox in someone who has not had it before.\n\nWhat are the symptoms of shingles?\nThe first sign is often a tingling feeling on the skin, itchiness or a stabbing pain. After several days, a rash appears beginning as a band or patch of raised dots on the side of the trunk or face. It then develops into small, fluid-filled blisters which begin to dry out and crust over within a few days. When the rash is at its peak, symptoms can range from mild itching to extreme and intense pain. The rash and pain usually disappear within three to five weeks.\n\nHow soon after infection do symptoms appear?\nThe virus lies dormant in someone who has had chickenpox in the past. It can reactivate many years later.\n\nWhen and for how long is a person able to spread shingles?\nA person exposed to a patient with shingles will not get shingles but may get chickenpox. The virus is present at the site of the rash and is contagious for a week after the appearance of lesions (blisters).\n\nWhat are the complications associated with shingles?\nShingles is not usually dangerous to healthy individuals although it can cause great misery during an attack. Anyone with shingles on the upper half of their face, no matter how mild, should seek medical care at once. There is some danger that the virus could cause damage to the eye resulting in blindness. Complications are rare but may include partial facial paralysis (usually temporary), ear damage or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).\n\nWhat is the treatment for shingles?\nMost cases of shingles resolve on their own without specific treatment. Two medications available for use by physicians in treating immunocompromised patients are vidarabine and acyclovir.\n\nWhat can be done to prevent the spread of shingles?\nChickenpox must be prevented in order to prevent shingles. A live attenuated viral vaccine against chickenpox was licensed in the U.S. in 1995 and is very effective (95% efficacy).\n\n \nChickenpox is an infection with a blistering rash, which is caused by the Varicella virus. This virus also causes shingles. \n\nCourse and Symptoms\nThe incubation period, the length of time from exposure to the virus to developing the condition, is two to three weeks. If someone in the house has chickenpox, the likelihood of someone else in the house catching it, who has not already had it, is as much as 90% ie 9 out of 10. \n\nChickenpox usually affects children and starts with a slightly raised temperature, and feeling under the weather, along with the development of red spots, mainly on the body and face. \n\nThe spots appear over a few days and progress from being red spots to forming blisters, which eventually burst, dry, and crust, ultimately to heal. The spots are very itchy, and if the child scratches and infects them they will leave scars. \n\nBy the time the spots have stopped forming and are dried over and the temperature has fallen back to normal, the child is no longer infectious. Usually
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anyone can get shingles my mate had it and hes like 20 its not about age  anyone can get it weather there 2 or 92
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Chickenpox, which can also lead to shingles. (Why your MD was recommending rest.)
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He has shingles, which is herpes simplex and it is not caught from one person to another.  However, you do need to stay away from anyone who has not had chicken pox or the shot.  Shingles is caused from being stressed out and very upset to the point that a nerve comes to the surface and literally burns out which causes the red rash.  It is very painful and it circles the area where the nerve goes and then ends.  He can get it again if he is subject to being nervous or upset.  I have had shingles so many times I now have permanent symptoms in my face, which is numbness and tingling. The sexual herpes is a different type altogether and is caught from one to another and cannot be cured.  There are medications for shingles, but they do not do too much for the problem.  You just have to wait it out.  The symptoms usually last up to four weeks.
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If your shingles aren't severe you could, but shingles can be very devastating and debilitating at times.  I would think you would want to get them cleared up prior to your surgery....just in case.  Allergic reactions of any kind would certainly be a consideration not to mention just your discomfort level of one situation and adding to the the discomfort.
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I'm a physician assistant and have an answer for you.\nShingles is a virus that is also a part of the chicken pox virus. When you are young you get chicken pox, when you are old you get shingles from the same virus. Unfortunately, your doctor is right, it can't be cured. It comes about in times of stress and is pretty painful. There is a medication called Acyclovir that can prevent the outbreaks before they get bad. Usually you begin taking the mediation when you feel an episode come on (tingling sensation or mild pain where the outbreak is going to occur) and it prevents the outbreak from progressing to a painful situation. If i were you, i would ask your doctor or Physician Assistant about Acyclovir. We prescribe it frequently for people with exactly the same problem. hope that helped!
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no sweetheart, shingles is a secondary infection to varricella (chicken pox) the only thing you can use is something like calamine lotion or a good emmoliant (E45) and take some brufen if you feel shit (dont take these if your astmatic or have tummy problems)\ngood like huni\nxxxx
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Shingles is the lay term for reactivation of the Varicella zooster virus which is the same virus that causes chicken pox.\nVaricella zooster virus, after infecting a host, remain dormant in the nerves (dorsal root ganglion)\ngiven opportunity, the virus reactivtes and causes pain and vesicular rash that occupy a patch of skin supplied by that specific nerve (a dermatome) and does not cross the midline.\ntreatment should at least include:\n1. symptomatic relief.\n2. antivirals if severe, or if at anatomical important sites (e.g. face, eye)\n3. mx of secondary bacterial infection, if present.\n4. discussion relating to possible cause of reactivation\n5. check for if the virus is affecting other organs, and manage accordingly
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Shingles are an adult form of Chicken Pox.  They are more severe and not easily treatable.  In some cases in the elderly it can be fatal.
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Only if you're paranoid. There's more chance of being struck by lightning than getting a virus on a mac.
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You could get other illnesses when you get older.\n\nShingles\n\nHerpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, leading to a crop of painful blisters over the area of a dermatome. In Italy and in Malta, it is sometimes referred to as St. Anthony's fire. It occurs very rarely in children and adults, but its incidence is high in the elderly (over 60), as well as in any age group of immunocompromised patients. It affects some 500,000 people per year in the United States. Treatment is generally with antiviral drugs such as aciclovir. Many patients develop a painful condition called postherpetic neuralgia which is often difficult to manage.\n\nIn some patients, herpes zoster can reactivate subclinically with pain in a dermatomal distribution without rash. This condition is known as zoster sine herpete and may be more complicated, affecting multiple levels of the nervous system and causing multiple cranial neuropathies, polyneuritis, myelitis, or aseptic meningitis.\n\nThe word herpes comes from the Greek word for snake; it is cognate with herpetology[1].
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Herpes zoster is caused by a varicella zoster, the same virus that causes chickenpox, and the reinfection in an adult is often known as shingles.  When you get chickenpox as a child, the virus often migrates to the root ganglion of certain nerve cells and remains dormant, sometimes throughout your life.  About 20% of all adults will get an outbreak of shingles later in life, usually with advancing age.  Some causes for the reoccurrance are immunosuppression (either as a result of age, stress, depression, or other disease) or chemotherapy.  It is usually not deadly if treated promptly and properly, and with the newer anti-viral medications available on the market, only lasts a little while.  It is exceedingly difficult to eliminate it for good, since it just goes dormant again rather than dying out completely.
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Try the link below. It has some answers for you.\nhttp://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/shingles.html
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There is a big possibility that you have shingles and you need to go to the doctor and get medicine A.S.A.P for it spreads very fast and I know for I got it when I was in the fourth grade and had to stay out of school for 2 weeks and it was nothing nice it started as a little patch on my upper stomach and turned to a whole lot of blistered patches all the way up my back. Trust me don't self diagnose yourself go see your doctor and you will be glad you did.
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why, everyone has shingles on top of their houses. Well mostly everyone. I don't see why there would be a problem. There could be esbestos in some older roofs.