Shingles

Shingles is a disease caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus. It usually occurs in adults and seniors who have already had chickenpox. Vaccination against shingles is the best protection against this disease.

• Painful skin rash on one side of the body along the path of a nerve, lasting 2 to 3 weeks
• Skin rash and tiny blisters that break and form a crust in the painful area

• Scars
• Infected blisters
• Pain for several months along the path of the affected nerve (nevralgia)
• Impaired vision if the shingles affect the face
• Infection over the whole body
• Death

• Shingles vaccine