Help Is On The Way For Shingles Sufferers
...Many years ago her husband had shingles, right in his eye. "I remember the excruciating pain he had. I remember him sitting on the couch screaming, 'There's something in my eye, you've got to get it out!' He thought it was a piece of metal."..
...The shingles virus is actually chickenpox, technically known as herpes zoster. It often lies dormant in the body for years.
As people get older and their immune system weakens, the virus can become activated, traveling along a nerve to the skin, where it causes a blistery rash....
...There are as many as 600,000 cases a year in the U.S. Often the first sign is just pain. That's why people who get shingles on their chest sometimes worry that the jabbing, aching pain means...
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...The shingles virus is actually chickenpox, technically known as herpes zoster. It often lies dormant in the body for years.
As people get older and their immune system weakens, the virus can become activated, traveling along a nerve to the skin, where it causes a blistery rash....
...There are as many as 600,000 cases a year in the U.S. Often the first sign is just pain. That's why people who get shingles on their chest sometimes worry that the jabbing, aching pain means...
Help Is On The Way For Shingles Sufferers...Read More
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