shingles treatment - Shingles Treatment Facts

shingles treatment - Shingles Treatment Facts: "Most people have had chicken pox at some stages of their lives. And if they had, it is likely that they would also be affected with shingles, which is also known as herpes zoster. This is because the virus (varicella zoster virus) that is behind it all remains within the body even after chicken pox has been treated and the symptoms have vanished. So if someone has not been affected with chicken pox, it is highly unlikely that he or she will be down with the shingles virus. But the good news is that, unlike chicken pox, the shingles disease is not contagious, and so cannot be spread from one person to another. Though the disease is not contagious, but the virus that causes it can still spread when another person comes into direct contact with the rashes.

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