Originally posted by PhlabibitNot exactly. Once you recover from Chicken Pox, the herpes zoster virus which caused the pox goes into hiding inside your nerves. Later in life apparently it can spring back out, causing shingles.
Have not read the thread, but my brother got the shingles. From what I understand, it's an adult form of Chicken Pox. I swear my parents brought me to a cousins house to get it... but my brother was only a baby back then.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles
"Herpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation (from the nerve cell body in the sensory ganglion of a segment of the spinal cord) of varicella zoster virus (VZV, primary infection of which leads to chickenpox), one of the Herpesviridae group, 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", although that name usually refers to ergotism.[1][2] Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a neurological disease, affecting the nervous system with or without the appearance of a rash on the skin.
Treatment is generally with antiviral drugs such as acyclovir (Zovirax), or prodrugs such as famciclovir (Famvir), or valacyclovir (Valtrex). For the antiviral drugs to be most effective, patients should begin taking them as soon as possible after the appearance of the rash, within 12 to 72 hours for maximum efficacy.[3][4]
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Originally posted by zeeblebotYeah, but it looks like a heat rash at first, and by the time the pattern shows up it's been there for a week. Mine seems to be mild, probably because I'm fairly young, and it cures itself generally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles
"Herpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation (from the nerve cell body in the sensory ganglion of a segment of the spinal cord) of varicella zoster virus (VZV, primary infection of which leads to chickenpox), one of the Herpesviridae group, leading to a crop of painful blisters over the area o ter the appearance of the rash, within 12 to 72 hours for maximum efficacy.[3][4]
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AND I have no insurance.