Shingles Vaccine: Essential Protection or Optional Choice
Introduction: Shingles is a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), responsible for chickenpox also. It occurs most commonly in adults over 50 and people who had experienced chickenpox are more prone to it. The rash appears on one side of the body, often as a single stripe of blisters. Shingles is not contagious, but if any person gets exposed to virus, he may get chickenpox but not Shingles., if he has not experienced in early days. For prevention against complications due to Shingles, vaccine is already available but medication needs to be started as early as possible Causes of Shingles / Symptoms After recovery of person from chicken pox, the virus named as varicella-zoster virus (VZV), becomes inactive and remains dormant in the body’s nerve tissues. Years later, it can reactivate and cause shingles, typically in older adults or individuals with weakened immune systems, When single strip of painful rashes appear in our bod...