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If an adult or child is exposed to the herpes zoster virus and has not had chickenpox as a child or received the chickenpox vaccine, a severe case of chickenpox may develop, rather than shingles. Herpes zoster can be contagious...

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Shingles (herpes zoster) is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox — the varicella-zoster virus. The first sign of shingles is often burning or tingling pain, or sometimes...

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Herpes zoster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Shingles" redirects here, for other uses of the term, see Shingle. Herpes zoster Classification and external resources Herpes zoster blisters on the neck and shoulder ICD-10 B02...

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Shingles is another name for a condition called "herpes zoster" and is an infection that results from the reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox (the varicella virus). It causes a painful rash. ... Most of the time your immune...

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Also known as herpes zoster, it often appears as a band of blisters that wraps from the middle of your back around one side of your chest to your breastbone. Other parts of your body can be involved as well,...

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/shingles/DS00098

Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection of the nerve roots. It causes pain and often causes a rash on one side of the body, the left or right. The rash appears in a band, a strip, or a small...

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Varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox...it is not the same as the Herpes simplex 1 and 2 viruses that cause cold sores and genital herpes, respectively...

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If an adult or child is exposed to the herpes zoster virus and has not had chickenpox as a child or received the chickenpox vaccine, a severe case of chickenpox may develop, rather than shingles. Herpes zoster can be contagious...

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Herpes zoster lives in nerve tissue. ... In rare cases, herpes can infect the facial or eye nerves. This can cause outbreaks around the mouth, on the face, neck, and scalp, in and around the ear, or at the tip of...

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