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South Dakota Department of Health - Office of Disease Prevention SHINGLES (herpes zoster) (This material is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical care. Direct specific questions to your medical provider.) What is shingles? Shingles 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. Who gets shingles? The 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. How is shingles spread? A 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. What are the symptoms of shingles?

2. NINDS Shingles Information Page shingles information page compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). More about shingles, Studies with patients, http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/shingles_doc.htm

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Accessible version Science for the Brain The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system Browse all disorders Browse all health organizations More about Shingles Studies with patients Research literature Press releases Search NINDS... (help) Contact us My privacy NINDS is part of the National Institutes of Health NINDS Shingles Information Page Synonym(s): Postherpetic Neuralgia, Herpes Zoster Reviewed 07-01-2001 Get Web page suited for printing Email this to a friend or colleague Table of Contents (click to jump to sections) What is Shingles? Is there any treatment? What is the prognosis? What research is being done? ... Additional resources from MEDLINEplus What is Shingles? 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 and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus. The disease generally affects the elderly, although it occasionally occurs in younger and/or immunodeficient individuals. The first sign is usually a tingling feeling, itchiness, or stabbing pain on the skin. After a few days, a rash appears as a band or patch of raised dots on the side of the trunk or face. The rash develops into small, fluid-filled blisters which begin to dry out and crust over within several days. When the rash is at its peak, symptoms can range from mild itching to extreme and intense pain. Contact with a person with shingles may cause chickenpox (but not shingles) in someone who has never had chickenpox before.

3. Facts About Shingles (Varicella-Zoster Virus), NIAID Fact Sheet June 2003. Facts About shingles (VaricellaZoster Virus) shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After an attack of chickenpox, the virus lies dormant http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/shinglesFS.htm

June 2003 Facts About Shingles (Varicella-Zoster Virus) Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After an attack of chickenpox, the virus lies dormant in the nerve tissue. As we get older, it is possible for the virus to reappear in the form of shingles. Shingles is estimated to affect 2 in every 10 persons in their lifetime. This year, more than 500,000 people will develop shingles. Fortunately, there is currently research being done to find a vaccine to prevent the disease. What is shingles? Shingles is an outbreak of a rash or blisters on the skin that may be associated with severe pain. The pain is generally on one side of the body or face. Who is at risk for developing shingles? Although it is most common in people over age 50, anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk for developing shingles. Shingles is also more common in people with weakened immune systems from HIV infection, chemotherapy or radiation treatment, transplant operations and stress. What are the symptoms of shingles?

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5. Shingles: An Unwelcome Encore Caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, shingles most commonly occurs in older people. Treatment was once limited to wet compresses and aspirin. Todays treatments, however, help In Italy, shingles also is called St http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/301_pox.html

Email this Page To a Friend U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA Consumer magazine May-June 2001 Table of Contents Shingles: An Unwelcome Encore By Evelyn Zamula In Italy, shingles also is called St. Anthony's fire, a fitting name for a disease that has bedeviled saints and sinners throughout the ages. Caused by the same varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox, shingles (also called herpes zoster) most commonly occurs in older people. Treatment was once limited to wet compresses and aspirin. Today's treatments provide a variety of ways to shorten the duration of a shingles outbreak and to control the associated pain. Sometimes, however, shingles leads to a chronic painful condition called post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) that can be difficult to treat. Initial Symptoms After an attack of chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus retreats to nerve cells in the body, where it may lie dormant for decades. But under certain conditions, usually related to aging or disease, the virus can reactivate and begin to reproduce. Once activated, the virus travels along the path of a nerve to the skin's surface, where it causes shingles. Shingles' symptoms may be vague and nonspecific at first. People with shingles may experience numbness, tingling, itching, or pain before the classic rash appears. In the pre-eruption stage, diagnosis may be difficult, and the pain can be so severe that it may be mistaken for pleurisy, kidney stones, gallstones, appendicitis, or even a heart attack, depending on the location of the affected nerve.

6. NIP: Diseases/Varicella/shingles General FAQs shingles (Herpes Zoster) General questions about shingles (from Chickenpox virus) shingles is more common after the age of 50 and the risk increases with advancing age. shingles causes numbness http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/varicella/faqs-gen-shingles.htm

NIP: NIP HOME First time visitor? About NIP ... Acronyms NIP sub-sites: ACIP Flu Vaccine Immunization Registries Vaccines for Children Program ... VACMAN NIP Site Search National Immunization Hotline English Spanish TTY Get Adobe Reader Vaccines Shingles (Herpes Zoster) General questions about shingles (from Chickenpox virus). Contents: What is shingles? Is shingles contagious? What should I do if I get shingles? Can you develop shingles after being vaccinated? ... Is there a vaccine to prevent shingles? Go to other pages of varicella related questions: Disease specific Vaccine specific Treatment related What is shingles Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the chickenpoxvirus that remains in the nerve roots of all persons who had chickenpox and can come out in your body again years later to cause illness. Shingles is more common after the age of 50 and the risk increases with advancing age. Shingles causes numbness, itching or severe pain followed by clusters of blister-like lesions in a strip-like pattern on one side of your body. The pain can persist for weeks, months or years after the rash heals and is then known as post-herpetic neuralgia. Is shingles contagious Yes, people with shingles are contagious to persons who have not had chickenpox. Therefore, people who have not had chickenpox can catch chickenpox if they have close contact with a person who has shingles. However, you can not catch shingles itself from someone else. Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus which has been dormant (staying quiet) in your body ever since you had chickenpox. So, you get shingles from your own chickenpox virus, not from someone else.

7. Medinfo: Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Medinfo s patient information on shingles (Herpes Zoster), a painful, blistering rash caused by the chickenpox (varicella) virus, which affects only a limited http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/shingles.html

index search health books site map Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Shingles (otherwise known as Herpes Zoster) is a painful, blistering rash caused by the chickenpox (varicella) virus, which affects only a limited area of skin, and makes you feel surprisingly tired, run down, and even depressed. Symptoms You may feel slightly unwell, and develop a localised area of pain and tenderness a few days or sometimes up to two weeks before the rash appears. The rash starts off as red spots, which quickly turn into blisters. They always affect only one side of the body (left or right) and never cross the midline. This is because they come out on the area of skin which is supplied by one particular nerve. The rash may affect any part of the body, including head and limbs. It may thus appear as a band around one side of the chest or abdomen, or down an arm or leg. It may affect the head, and when it affects the upper cheek or the side of the forehead it may also affect the eye. You should certainly see your doctor if you have shingles affecting the side of the head, and especially if it seems to affect the tip of your nose or the eye itself. It is usually a very painful rash, and typically people can't bear clothes touching the affected area.

8. Shingles: Hope Through Research An informational booklet on shingles compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). What is shingles? http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/shingles.htm

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Accessible version Science for the Brain The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system Browse all disorders Browse all health organizations More about a disorder Studies with patients Research literature Press releases Search NINDS... (help) Contact us My privacy NINDS is part of the National Institutes of Health Shingles: Hope Through Research Get Web page suited for printing Email this to a friend or colleague Request free mailed brochure Table of Contents Introduction What is Shingles? Who is at Risk? What are the Symptoms of Shingles? ... Shingles Prevention Study Introduction When the itchy red spots of childhood chickenpox disappear and life returns to normal, the battle with the virus that causes chickenpox seems to be won. But for all too many of us this triumph of the body's immune system over the virus that causes chickenpox is only temporary. The virus has not been destroyed, but lays low, ready to strike again later in life. This second eruption of the chickenpox virus is the disease called shingles. "I was having exams at college and I got a rash in a band around my waist. I first thought it was chickenpox, but I'd had that years before and instead of itching, this time the spots were very painful," recalls a young woman who had shingles in her twenties.

9. Hardin MD : Shingles (Disease) From the University of Iowa, the *best* lists of Internet sources in shingles. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/shingles.html

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12. Chickenpox And Shingles and overview of this common viral infection....... http://www.drreddy.com/shots/cpox.html

Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office on the Web TM Varicella (Chickenpox and Shingles) Chickenpox and shingles are two diseases caused by the same virus, varicella. The virus is similar to the herpes virus, and to Epstein-Barr virus (which causes mononucleosis). It used to be that most children caught chickenpox as children. The virus is spread by droplets coughed or sneezed out by someone who is already infected. The signs of a chickenpox infection are fever and malaise, followed by the typical rash. The "poxes" start as small red spots, which become red bumps and then develop a small "vesicle" of clear fluid in the middle. Eventually the vesicle breaks, the "pox" crusts over, dries, and then falls off. The rash usually appears first on the head (often along the hairline), then spreads over the entire body in successive "crops" of new "poxes". An infected child is thought to be contagious from 1-4 days before the rash appears until all of the "poxes" have crusted over. (There is some evidence that a child is no longer contagious 6 days after the rash starts, but most people will wait until all of the "poxes" are crusted just to be safe.) In toddlers and school-age kids, the fever, malaise, and rash are usually all there is to chickenpox. One exception to this is bacterial "superinfection" of a "pox", which can be treated with antibiotic ointment or oral antibiotics. In infants and older people (late teens and up), and in people with immune-system problems (such as cancer patients, but also including people taking lots of steroids for asthma, eczema, or other diseases) chickenpox can be much more serious, and sometimes fatal. The complications can include chickenpox-viral pneumonia, as well as damage to other organs. However, these complications are extremely rare in preteen and early-teen children.

13. Shingles Prevention Study, NIH Bethesda Site, National Institute Of Allergy And Welcome. shingles is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk for shingles http://www.niaid.nih.gov/shingles/

Welcome Shingles is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk for shingles, which can be a very serious disease. There is no way to predict who will get shingles, and there is currently no way to prevent it. Click here to view a map of the study sites. As of July 31, the NIH Clinical Center site has closed enrollment in the Shingles Prevention Study. A total of 38,359 volunteers enrolled into the study, including 1,741 people through the NIH Clinical Center site. To learn more about the study, click on a topic to the left. Last updated August 14, 2001 (dkc)

14. Shingles (herpes Zoster). DermNet NZ An online dermatology resource for patients, GP's and dermatologists http://www.dermnet.org.nz/dna.shingles/shing.html

@import url("/common/screen.css"); DermNet NZ Ad Authoritative facts about the skin from the New Zealand Dermatological Society Home For patients For doctors ... Site map Search: Home Viral Shingles Shingles is a painful blistering rash caused by reactivation of Chickenpox virus. Chickenpox (varicella) is the primary infection with the virus, Herpes zoster . During this widespread infection, which usually occurs in childhood, virus is seeded to nerve cells in the spinal cord, usually of nerves that supply sensation to the skin. The virus remains in a resting phase in these nerve cells for years before it is reactivated and grows down the nerves to the skin to produce shingles (zoster). This can occur in childhood but is much more common in adults, especially the elderly. Shingles Herpes zoster ophthalmicus affecting the trigeminal nerve (the forehead) Herpes Zoster arising after a surgical operation Shingles patients are infectious (resulting in chickenpox), both from virus in the lesions and in some instances the nose and throat. Shingles is more common and more severe in patients with poor immunity. Blisters can occur in more than one area and the virus may affect internal organs, including the gastrointestinal tract, the lungs and the brain.

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16. Page Not Found | Aidsinfonet.org | The New Mexico Aids Info Net A nontechnical fact sheet on herpes zoster (shingles). http://aidsinfonet.org/514-shingles.html

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18. MedlinePlus: Shingles Other health topics A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ List of All Topics. shingles. Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on shingles . General . Diagnosis . Causes From http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/shinglesherpeszoster.html

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Shingles Contents of this page: News From the NIH General/Overviews Pictures/Diagrams ... Organizations Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on Shingles: General Diagnosis Causes Therapy You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: Chickenpox Brain and Nervous System Infections Seniors' Health Latest News Risk Factors for Prolonged Shingles Pain Identified (05/21/2004, Reuters Health) From the National Institutes of Health Shingles (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary Shingles: Hope Through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) General/Overviews Herpes Zoster (American Academy of Dermatology) Shingles (Patient Education Institute) - - requires Flash plug-in Also available in: Spanish Shingles: An Unwelcome Encore (Food and Drug Administration) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Herpes Zoster (National Institutes of Health) Pictures/Diagrams Photos of Shingles (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Prevention/Screening Shingles Prevention Study: Common Questions (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Specific Conditions/Aspects Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO): What You Should Know (American Academy of Family Physicians) Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type I (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary Shingles (Acute Herpes Zoster) and Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN) (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)

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Order Now Shingles Eliminated Every year an estimated one million Americans develop shingles, and the disease is estimated to affect two out of every ten people in their lifetime. Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine to prevent shingles, which typically affects people over the age of 50 and those with weak immune systems such as AIDS and cancer patients. But none have yet been developed. Singles can occur in anyone who has previously had chicken pox, since the shingles virus is the same virus that causes chicken pox. After going through chicken pox, the virus lays dormant in immune cells in the nerves, and can be triggered later in an adult. About one tenth of people who had chicken pox as children will develop shingles in their twilight years. Someone who comes into contact with an infected patient, such as a caregiver, can contract chicken pox from that person if they did not have it as a child or have not been vaccinated against chicken pox, but they cannot “catch” shingles—it's not contagious. Symptoms of the conditioninclude skin sensitivity, itching, a tingling sensation and/or sharp pain. Shingles then progresses into a rash that forms in an area or band on the body. (The word “shingles” comes from the Latin word for “belt” or “girdle.”) The rash then turns into blisters which turn into scabs and can be extremely painful or uncomfortable. The condition lasts in the body about one month.

20. EMedicine Health - Shingles Overview shingles is a reactivation of the herpes zoster virus (varicellazoster virus, or VZV). This same virus causes the childhood illness chickenpox. shingles, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/17511-1.asp

Search June 2, 2004 Registration Healthcare Professionals High cholesterol can affect children. Is your child at risk? About 1 million people in the United States have Crohn disease. What are treatment options? Is there a connection between IBD and Crohn Disease? About one third of those with diabetes do not know they have it. Are you one? Two million or more Americans have schizophrenia. Is someone you love affected? One third of those with asthma are children. What are the symptoms and triggers? Asthma Cholesterol Crohn Disease Diabetes ... Mental Health You are in: Bacterial and Viral Infections Shingles Overview Shingles is a reactivation of the herpes zoster virus (varicella-zoster virus, or VZV). This same virus causes the childhood illness chickenpox. The chickenpox virus (varicella) remains in a dormant state in the body in the root of nerves that control sensation. In about 1 out of 5 people, the virus "wakes up," often many years after the chickenpox infection. The virus then travels along a sensory nerve into the skin causing a painful rash known as shingles. Shingles is derived from the Latin and French words for belt or girdle, reflecting distribution of the rash in a broad band. This band is usually only on 1 side of the body and represents a

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