Shingles : What you should know?
Shingles is described as a viral infection which causes a painful rash. Shingles is a viral infection which occurs anywhere on your body. Generally Shingles infection appears as a single stripe of blisters which wraps around the left side or right side of your body(torso). Usually, shingles caused by the virus called varicella-zoster virus. It is a similar virus that can cause chickenpox disease. If you had chickenpox previously, that varicella-zoster virus stays in your body for the rest of your life. Some years later, that varicella-zoster virus may reactivate as shingles. Typically, Shingles are not that serious life-threatening issues but it can be very painful. Vaccines will help you only to lower the risk of shingles. Early treatment will help you to shorten the shingles infection and also it lessen the chance of future complications. One of the most common complications of shingles infection is postherpetic neuralgia. Shingles infection is a condition which causes pa...