Top shingles Articles in Infectious Disease

Shingles linked to stroke risk
Internet Source, 10/16/2009

People with shingles are almost a third more likely to have a stroke in the next year, according to The Daily Telegraph, which reported research into stroke risk following shingles. The newspaper also says that people with a "rare" form of shingles affecting the eye [more...]

Is it possible to get shingles after childbirth a second time?
Internet Source, 09/23/2009

Shingles occurs when a person's past chickenpox infection is reactivated. The chickenpox virus remains inactive within the nervous system but may show up as shingles in about 20 percent of people. [more...]

Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study
Internet Source, 10/21/2009

Adults with the skin disease shingles appear to be at raised risk for stroke, especially when it affects the area around the eyes, researchers report. Previous reports have linked shingles with stroke risk, but "the exact frequency and risk for these phenomena [more...]

Shingles Raises Risk Of Stroke By 30 Percent Or More In Adults, Study Finds
ScienceDaily, 10/09/2009

Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one–year follow–up than adults without shingles, in a study. [more...]

Shingles may boost the risk of stroke
Internet Source, 10/13/2009

Shingles are more than just painful. A new study suggests that they may increase the risk of stroke. Shingles is caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus, also called varicella zoster virus, which lays dormant in nerve fibers. When it's reactivated [more...]

Shingles raises stroke risk by 30 percent
Internet Source, 10/12/2009

As if getting shingles isn't painful enough, researchers reported on Thursday that adults who get the rash have a 30 percent greater risk of developing a stroke than other adults. [more...]

Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia: Past, present and future
Pain Research and Management, 08/26/2009

GJ et al. – The history behind the current understanding of the varicella–zoster virus and its relationship to the pain conditions caused by shingles and postherpetic neuralgia are reviewed. The framework for the current conceptualization is Hope–Simpson's latency hypothesis. Data from recent work [more...]

Varicella zoster virus: review of its management
Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 08/19/2009

Chickenpox is a benign self–limiting disease in the majority of cases and usually no specific treatment is required. Treatment of shingles is indicated to reduce the acute symptoms of pain and malaise, to limit the spread and duration of the skin lesions and to prevent the development of post [more...]

Sex Health Advice Genital Herpes Symptoms and Treatment
Internet Source, 09/18/2009

Genital herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the world. It is caused by the herpes simplex virus. This is the same family of viruses that causes cold sores, shingles, and chicken pox. [more...]

Facial herpes zoster infection precipitated by surgical manipulation of the trigeminal nerve during exploration of the posterior fossa: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 09/25/2009

Mansour N et al. – Postoperative shingles precipitated by trigeminal nerve manipulation during surgery for trigeminal neuralgia can be a distressing and demoralizing experience for the [more...]