Shingles is a disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox, and generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles—an illness with very different symptoms—often many years after the initial infection.
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