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2. Shingles - Wikipedia

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   6,400 (with chickenpox) [5] Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. [2][6] Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide mark either on the left or right side of the body or face. [1] Two to four days before the rash occurs there may be tingling or local ...

3. How to tell if you have shingles: Signs and symptoms ... - AOL

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   Aside from the blisters that tend to scab over within a few days, people with shingles can experience nausea, fever, chills, vomiting, headache and sensitivity to light.. In a 2018 interview, Dr ...

4. Shingles symptoms, what causes it and how to treat the virus

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   The painful infection is very common and often starts with a tingling feeling in the skin

5. Zoster vaccine - Wikipedia

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   Contents. Zoster vaccine. A zoster vaccine is a vaccine that reduces the incidence of herpes zoster (shingles), a disease caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, which is also responsible for chickenpox. [ 8 ] Shingles provokes a painful rash with blisters, and can be followed by chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia), as well as ...

6. Aciclovir - Wikipedia

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   Aciclovir, also known as acyclovir, [ 4 ] is an antiviral medication. [ 5 ] It is primarily used for the treatment of herpes simplex virus infections, chickenpox, and shingles. [ 6 ] Other uses include prevention of cytomegalovirus infections following transplant and severe complications of Epstein–Barr virus infection. [ 6 ][ 7 ] It can be ...

7. Famciclovir - Wikipedia

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   Famciclovir. Famciclovir is a guanosine analogue antiviral drug used for the treatment of various herpesvirus infections, most commonly for herpes zoster (shingles). It is a prodrug form of penciclovir with improved oral bioavailability. Famciclovir is marketed under the trade name Famvir (Novartis). Famciclovir was patented in 1983 and ...