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14 September 2023
When it comes to shingles, prevention is undoubtedly better than cure. Shingles, or herpes zoster, is known for its painful rash and the array of complications it can bring. What many might not realize is that there’s a tool at our disposal…
Continue reading14 June 2023
Pocas personas que han sufrido un episodio de herpes zóster olvidan el dolor de las ampollas y la erupción que estallan, como un fuego incontrolable, a lo largo de los nervios bajo su piel. Este dolor no dura minutos u horas, sino días y a…
Read article13 November 2020
Few people who have had a bout of shingles ever forget the blisters’ pain and rash that erupt, like so much wildfire, along the nerves under their skin. This pain lasts not minutes or hours but days and sometimes weeks. Even more ghastly, s…
Read article9 September 2020
Shingles is a viral infection that affects a nerve and the surrounding skin, caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster, the chickenpox virus. After varicella zoster causes chickenpox, mostly in childhood, it remains dormant in the body for…
Read article15 August 2020
Most of us have heard about the medical condition, shingles, that causes great pain and suffering for many people later in life. The virus is linked to the contraction of chickenpox earlier in life following the varicella-zoster virus lying…
Read article7 July 2020
Shingles, (herpes zoster) is an infection usually associated with people over fifty. When someone gets chickenpox, typically younger people, the disease takes about three to five weeks to heal, but the virus survives in the cells. Later in…
Read article22 June 2020
Shingles and chickenpox are itchy, painful, and cause an immense amount of discomfort for those they affect. It is tempting to call them the same, given their similarities. However, they are two very different illnesses. Chicken Pox We comm…
Read article16 May 2020
Rashes can cause a variety of health issues if not treated properly. While many people assume that certain viruses that cause a rash can only occur in those of advanced age, anyone can be susceptible to the varicella-zoster virus. Reasons f…
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